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

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

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Post by huhtenberg »

GraffitiTim wrote: post #32
gordon_freeman wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

> they're still waiting to find out if CORE landed

They most certainly had another set of eyes next to the drone ship, so they already know. It's just us who's waiting to find it out.

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

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Post by typicalbender »

tobijkl wrote: post #39
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

The announcer addressed this, he said that he footage was not the same but looked similar because of the proximity of the boosters to each other. I think they were just extremely well choreographed. If you watched the side view from the landing pad they landed at almost exactly the same time.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

tobijkl wrote: post #39
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

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

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Post by icebraining »

tobijkl wrote: post #39
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

Are you sure? It's at least cropped differently - in the right screen you can see more of the "metal foot".

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

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Post by blhack »

tobijkl wrote: post #39
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

You could see one of the boosters firing from the other booster. They were not the same.

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

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Post by genkaos »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #25
FLUX-YOU wrote: post #12

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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.

Following the same logic XPrize wouldn't exist.

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

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Post by tobijkl »

typicalbender wrote: post #42
tobijkl wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The announcer addressed this, he said that he footage was not the same but looked similar because of the proximity of the boosters to each other. I think they were just extremely well choreographed. If you watched the side view from the landing pad they landed at almost exactly the same time.

In the on-board footage both landed on the same pad. https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=37m53s
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