Live Rocket Launch

[Tin Pot]

As do I, but some of my best friends are rocket scientists, and until the Big Feckin' Rocket ,or whatever it morphs into, gets built, all the talk of manned flights to Mars is just hype.

Without hype, without passion, it won’t happen at all.

 

[C R]

It looks like the second stage burn didn't go to plan, and the payload is going to fly past Mars and into the asteroid belt. Great story all the same:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/07/spacex_telsa_roadster_asteroids/

Edited to clarify, the original intention was that the aphelion of the roadster orbit (furthest point from Sol in its orbit) would be in Mars' orbit, now it looks like the aphelion is going to be somewhere in the asteroid belt, quite a bit further out than expected.

 

[irw]

It looks like the second stage burn didn't go to plan, and the payload is going to fly past Mars and into the asteroid belt.

They were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off...or, err, something like that! I watched the webcast last night after seeing the link on here- what really made me smile is how much cheer there was coming from all those people who've worked on the system every time a key moment passed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Without hype, without passion, it won’t happen at all.

With the hype, with the passion, it isn't happening.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

It looks like the second stage burn didn't go to plan, and the payload is going to fly past Mars and into the asteroid belt. Great story all the same:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/07/spacex_telsa_roadster_asteroids/

Edited to clarify, the original intention was that the aphelion of the roadster orbit (furthest point from Sol in its orbit) would be in Mars' orbit, now it looks like the aphelion is going to be somewhere in the asteroid belt, quite a bit further out than expected.

The second stage burn was hoopla. The real test was GEO. Anything after that was just hyperbolic nonsense.

 

[Bazzer]

Love some of the images from live stream

 

[Inertia]

It looks like the second stage burn didn't go to plan, and the payload is going to fly past Mars and into the asteroid belt. Great story all the same:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/07/spacex_telsa_roadster_asteroids/

Edited to clarify, the original intention was that the aphelion of the roadster orbit (furthest point from Sol in its orbit) would be in Mars' orbit, now it looks like the aphelion is going to be somewhere in the asteroid belt, quite a bit further out than expected.

Courtesy of Reddit

 

[C R]

@Inertia



Can always rely on Reddit to put things in context ...

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Another launch in 9 minutes.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

2:40...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8_bM1VMv4

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Very impressive landing...

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Actually, I'm not sure if this launch was live or not, can't be bothered deciphering the timezone differences. Anyway, it made impressive viewing.

 

[midlife]

Next launch February 17th I think ? Normal Falcon 9.

 

[classic33]

Just waiting for my kids to be old enough to have the stamina and appreciate a trip to Florida. I also need to explain to them they won't be going anywhere near Disney but will be looking at rockets for some time!! I think April '19 is on the cards. Will have to see if we can tie it in with any launches.

The 18th there's one planned.
https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html

 

[Markymark]

The 18th there's one planned.
https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html

Right day, wrong year sadly.