For those interested here is a link to a live stream for the SpaceX Falcon:?ÿ http://www.spacex.com/webcast
I get to run outside and watch with my own eyeballs!?ÿ ??ÿ
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I had the Science Channel on and they carried it live. Man, that made me feel 16 again. For a little dessert before the main course, skip to about 37:30 into FL/GA's link and watch the boosters land.?ÿ
Every high school math and science teacher should replay that launch in class tomorrow. No telling who might be inspired.
Those boosters landed within a fraction of a second of each other.?ÿ Even given the fact that they started back to Earth from the same place and took nearly identical paths it's still amazing and impressive.?ÿ Just a little deviation in the deceleration burn could've made a difference in how quickly each one touched down.
Talk about your robots and drones; those boosters are both.
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Hero. Give me my model 3 already!
Love it.
Well now we can all stop worrying about an alien?ÿ invasion. Any extraterrestrial in their right mind that sees a red Tesla roadster headed towards Mars blasting "Space Oddity"at 150 db is going surmise an invasion of Earth would be worthless.?ÿ ??ÿ
So.......I knew noting of this until this morning and I gotta ask is this a joke on all of us about putting a car in orbit?
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So.......I knew noting of this until this morning and I gotta ask is this a joke on all of us about putting a car in orbit?
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Probably more off a publicity stunt than a joke .?ÿ Apparently on an inaugural launch of an untested rocket typically the payload is concrete,?ÿ steel, or experiments of low importance/value. That way if it fails they've not compounded their losses. In this case he took his personal car which was one of the first Tesla roadsters and put a crash test dummy in an untested space suit on board. What a great way to generate free advertising for your car company and test a space suit and rocket simultaneously.?ÿ
So.......I knew noting of this until this morning and I gotta ask is this a joke on all of us about putting a car in orbit?
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Elon Musk didn't become a billionaire by joking. This was a test flight with a payload (Tesla Roadster) for future launches. Apparently the Roadster decided it didn't want to orbit Mars so it's currently on its way to the outer limits of our solar system.?ÿ ? ?ÿ
Then again who really knows, Stephen Ward might be right!?ÿ https://www.google.com/search?gs_ivs=1&q=Tesla+stock#tts=0
Maybe they might pick up a hitch Hiker...
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Don't forget your Towel!
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