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Who's watching Starship this morning?
At 5000 tons that is the heaviest rocket ever injected into orbit.
Watch as 33 engines push that baby into the sky. Engines are the round indicators at bottom left.
Watch as 33 engines push that baby into the sky. Engines are the round indicators at bottom left.
A reminder this rocket is as tall as a 40 story sky scraper:
Elon could be called many things, but 'buffoon' sure isn't one of them. The man is brilliant.
He even started this who misguided electric car movement everyone fawns over.
He even started this who misguided electric car movement everyone fawns over.
We're less than three weeks away from the first attempt to catch the super heavy booster in mid-air at it's launch site.
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NASA is still trying to figure out how they'll get their astronauts back from the space station. It's now looking like SpaceX is the one to rescue them. LOL
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NASA is still trying to figure out how they'll get their astronauts back from the space station. It's now looking like SpaceX is the one to rescue them. LOL
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SpaceX Starship will be launching soon (roughly 3 am DR time)
http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=polarisdawn
The largest spaceship ever with astronauts on board.
"The SpaceX Starship is alien technology. Nothing like it has ever been attempted, as it is capable of lifting the entire pressurized volume of the International Space Station in a single flight and will do several flights per day. — Elon Musk
IIRC, this is the rocket they will catch midair with the tower arms when it returns. History in the making.
http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=polarisdawn
The largest spaceship ever with astronauts on board.
"The SpaceX Starship is alien technology. Nothing like it has ever been attempted, as it is capable of lifting the entire pressurized volume of the International Space Station in a single flight and will do several flights per day. — Elon Musk
IIRC, this is the rocket they will catch midair with the tower arms when it returns. History in the making.
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There's been a few more launches since aug, but I never get tired of watching the lift offs and return of the boosters.
Who thought we would be watch rocket launches and catching rockets out of the sky?? All of these spaceships and boosters have numerous 4k cameras that broadcasts each launch live.
This was the latest about 1/2 hour ago (8 pm)
Amazing.
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The spaceship just blew up.
Who thought we would be watch rocket launches and catching rockets out of the sky?? All of these spaceships and boosters have numerous 4k cameras that broadcasts each launch live.
This was the latest about 1/2 hour ago (8 pm)
Amazing.
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The spaceship just blew up.
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Yeah he did a great job. July 4 he can blow up another Rocket...........This one today was his if you did not know. Space X.............
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SpaceX relies heavily on US government contract funding. NASA being its biggest contractor. $17 billion since 2015. Some would argue that private companies can do things cheaper and faster than government agencies. Maybe so.
What Musk is trying to achieve is fascinating. What’s even more fascinating is the Russians are still using decades old dependable technology to transport astronauts to and from the space station. Reminds me of the story of NASA developing the pressurized space pen to enable astronauts to write upside down in weightless environments. The Russians gave their astronauts pencils. Simplicity is often elegant.