SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch

[Raising Heel]

As you might already know I’m on vacation in Florida. The dogs and I are staying in an RV park just south of Cape Canaveral. I was sitting outside about an hour ago and a parade of people and bikes and golf carts kept going by. Lo and behold there was a rocket launch today. Who knew? (Not me, obviously.) Of course I had to check it out. Very cool!

The sound you hear in the video is a drone. The sound from the launch didn’t make its way across the water until about a minute had passed. Also saw the two boosters fall (land?) about five minutes after the launch.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

They landed both boosters simultaneously. Pretty impressive.

I haven't heard yet whether the third one landed successfully on the drone barge.

 

[tarheel0910]

They landed both boosters simultaneously. Pretty impressive.

Yep, and I believe they are going to be reused if there was no damage. I also read that they both made sonic booms on their way down. Did you hear those @Raising Heel?

 

[UNC71-00]

buncha nerds ITT

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

buncha nerds ITT

 

[Raising Heel]

Yep, and I believe they are going to be reused if there was no damage. I also read that they both made sonic booms on their way down. Did you hear those @Raising Heel?

Most definitely. There is a dog park here at the RV park (awesome) so I was watching from there with the dogs. When the sonic booms happened all the dogs started barking and running around like wtf

 

[Raising Heel]

buncha nerds ITT

 

[Nuk'EM Heels]

Did the boosters land successfully on their barges?

 

[Louigi]

Cool, heard to sonic booms at my house.

 

[dadika13]

...and we're worried about North Korea and their 1950's technology?

If SpaceX is doing this shit, imagine what our military has the capability to do.

 

[TarHeelMark]

I’m on vacation

 

[tarheel0910]

If SpaceX is doing this shit, imagine what our military has the capability to do.

The same stuff, just 100X more expensive.

 

[Heels Noir]

They landed both boosters simultaneously. Pretty impressive.

Yep. Watching the two boosters return under retro power and stick their landings virtually at the same time beside each other was amazing.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

The main core didn't land successfully. Some of its engines failed to reignite and it crashed into the ocean near the drone ship.

So everything didn't go perfectly. But that's a hiccup on what was otherwise a great day for SpaceX.

 

[Nuk'EM Heels]

I assume what landed in the ocean can be recovered eventually...

 

[dadika13]

I assume what landed in the ocean can be recovered eventually...

Maybe we should blow up the ocean to be sure the Russians don't get to it first. #coldwarideas

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

 

[WhatTheHeel?]

I watched online but missed the first part and was on a computer without speakers for the rest. How did the car get deployed?

Was it in an attached capsule that split apart and ejected the car? The video feed made it look like it was attached to the outside, but that would have been ridiculous.

I love the "Don't Panic" but did they put a towel in the car?

 

[WhatTheHeel?]

...and we're worried about North Korea and their 1950's technology?

If SpaceX is doing this shit, imagine what our military has the capability to do.

Makes me wonder if NASA will lose a lot of top talent to SpaceX--or if it already has.

 

[dadika13]

Makes me wonder if NASA will lose a lot of top talent to SpaceX--or if it already has.

So I guy I know, Lehigh's top engineer in his class from 2009 chose SpaceX over NASA last year for his career move. So, yes. haha

 

[TarHeelNation11]

Lehigh

@tw3301

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

 

[dadika13]

@tw3301

My wife went there too. They will never ever ever ever stop talking about that game...and CJ McCollum is some hybrid of Jesus Christ and Jenna Jameson to them.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

...and CJ McCollum is some hybrid of Jesus Christ and Jenna Jameson to them.

Well now that is an interesting juxtaposition.