Space X Falcon Heavy Launch soon!!

**bee utey** · 9th February 2018, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Isn't it heading for deep space?

Depends on how deep your inner space is. Currently its orbit is an elliptical one going past the orbit of Mars into the asteroid belt and back towards the Earth's orbit.

**Homestar** · 9th February 2018, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

watching those two boosters land together was the best TV since 1969....

And the third one.... Video feed was convienently cut as it crashed out of control... 😉

**Ferret** · 10th February 2018, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by Homestar

And the third one.... Video feed was convienently cut as it crashed out of control... 😉

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

**Homestar** · 10th February 2018, 06:20 AM

Yeah, still mightily impressive I've got to say. Not sure which bit it was but on a show on the ABC a science reported mentioned one bit didn't make it and that Tesla cut the video feed as soon as they realised it was in trouble.

**Ferret** · 10th February 2018, 12:48 PM

Read somewhere landing the core booster was thought of to be a long shot right from the start. Something about they had never manoeuvred back a descending stage as far as needed when it was so far from it's designated landing point before.

**kowari** · 10th February 2018, 01:36 PM

Fiddling while Rome burns, it seems to me. Perhaps he could spend his millions on something that extracts plastic from seawater, or reduces global warming, or, or, nah, no
glory in that. Lets just chase pipedreams, after all, it always works in the movies.

**ramblingboy42** · 10th February 2018, 02:23 PM

his money , his choice how he spends it.

**JDNSW** · 10th February 2018, 03:15 PM

Interesting snippet I read today - SpaceX does not use special (very expensive) radiation hardened chips in their computer control systems like NASA does. Instead they use off the shelf components, running in a triplicated system that is itself triplicated; which is about 1% of the cost, and probably more importantly, means they can use much more up to date hardware. Radiation hardened chips take around ten years to develop and test, and a lot happens in ten years of computer development.

**Homestar** · 10th February 2018, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

his money ,

That’s up for debate depending on who you believe...

**kowari** · 10th February 2018, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

his money , his choice how he spends it.

His money, but not his resources.

Your suggesting that wealthy people should have free reign over how they use our resources. So the Wealthy can use all the water they want in a drought, no need to recycle for them eh. Interesting view.

Of course he can waste his money how he wishes, but not if wastes diminishing resources on a grand scale for no advantage to failing planet. The tipping point for us was 2014, perhapse his butler didnt inform him.

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