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

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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

gordon_freeman wrote: post #29

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.

They showed the roadster, no news on the center core yet it seems.

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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

gordon_freeman wrote: post #29

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.

They did show the Roadster, it's in space now. The cameras on the drone ship cut out so they're still waiting to find out if CORE landed.

The two boosters landing simultaneously was breathtaking. Photo: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/960980119312453632

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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

Wow, just witnessed history. The landing of the Falcons was seriously thrilling. David Bowie coming on as the payload headed towards its destination got me, have to say.

Congrats to everyone here from SpaceX – what an accomplishment.

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by qume » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:00 PM UTC

Those rockets landing at the same time beats any scene in any sci-fi movie ever made

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by agumonkey » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:00 PM UTC

briffle wrote: post #20

blhack wrote: post #5

Over a MILLION live watchers on this youtube link. Is that a record for youtube?

They seem to really be struggling with the load, or at least my local cache server..

Same here.

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by mrep » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

slimshady94 wrote: post #7

So why exactly would it orbit the sun for a billion years?

Proof that it could have gone to mars but also in a very stable orbit with little chance of hitting an object and infecting it with human biology that is on the tesla.

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by artur_makly » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

So what's left to confirm?

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by ourmandave » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

zhan_eg wrote: post #14

The text on the dashboard of the Tesla - Don't panic.

The Telsa with a spacesuit in it reminds me of the opening scene of the 1979 Heavy Metal corvette re-entry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by tobijkl » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:02 PM UTC

lovehashbrowns wrote: post #19

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

If you look at the footage closely you see that they used the same footage for both boosters. Nevertheless, the landing was superb.

edit: https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=37m53s

Re: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch webcast (live 12:45 PST)

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Post by weej » Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 9:02 PM UTC

Unbelievable. The simultaneous booster landings were incredibly impressive feat. Outstanding launch and spectacular landings!

Screen shots from live feed: https://imgur.com/a/gh410