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Coolest things on earth... - Ofnuts - 02-06-2018
... was the simultaneous landing of the two Falcon Heavy boosters. I reckon some people at SpaceX must have had an engineergasm today. Too bad they lost the core.
The astronaut dummy in the Tesla (with the HHGTTG reference) was also a nice touch.
Special thanks for delaying the launch until after dinner
RE: Coolest things on earth... - Espermaschine - 02-07-2018
Yeah, watching it was strangely euphoric
I still dont understand why people would fly in a rocket like this, when there is always a high chance that it will explode...
Thats like russian roulette.
Didnt they toy with a concept of some kind of plane that can fly into space with different sets of engines ?
RE: Coolest things on earth... - Ofnuts - 02-07-2018
Because that "kind of plane" would need to fly at Mach10 with a very significant payload (85-90 tons: second stage and payload of Falcon Heavy).
RE: Coolest things on earth... - Espermaschine - 02-07-2018
Then only for passengers and use the rockets for payload.
RE: Coolest things on earth... - Ofnuts - 02-17-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79d0jxWZlds