SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST) • Hacker News Board

FLUX-YOU wrote: post #12

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No significant forces are expected to interfere with it and disturb the orbit enough to make it hit another object.

Elon should issue challenges to go interfere with it to promote space development. $1mm if you can rendezvous. $2mm if you can put a drink in the driver's cupholder.

Doubt the incentive would be worth the cost... $1mm for something that might take $100m in R/D and resources to accomplish.

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Post by giarc » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

In a hundred million years, someone or something is going to find that car and be really confused.

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Post by jedberg » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

I’m willing to admit that even as a 40 year old man I still cried when she cleared the tower. That was beautiful.

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Post by mwambua » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

What happened to the center 1st stage though?

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Post by gordon_freeman » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

lovehashbrowns wrote: post #19

Watching those two boosters land together was freaking amazing!! Well worth the watch if anybody missed it. :)

did the CORE land as well? And what about the Roadster? They did not show those.

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Post by adventured » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 8:59 PM UTC

lovehashbrowns wrote: post #19

Watching those two boosters land together was freaking amazing!! Well worth the watch if anybody missed it. :)

What a show indeed. Incredible.