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That was awesome!

 

[Head of Vengarl]

so smooth

I thought this would be a fitting reaction gif. I remember watching the live stream of that event as well, and legit tearing up when they succeeded. Man I love science.

 

[PaulLFC]

Unbelievable. Absolutely incredible seeing the rocket land live.

We just witnessed history. Congratulations SpaceX.

 

[Jezbollah]

Do not underestimate how big this is - landing at sea basically validates the entire Falcon Heavy reusable financial model. They needed to show they can land a core FH stage downrange on an ASDS. They did it. Superb.

 

[William]

I think the plan is they'll send people out there to weld some caps over the ends of the landing legs to keep it stationary

Balance shouldn't really be a big problem though, because its center of gravity is actually very low. Slipping off is probably a bigger concern than tipping over

Thanks that makes sense, the fuel is almost all gone I suppose when it gets back down and that's most of the initial weight?

 

[Pristine_Condition]

I think the plan is they'll send people out there to weld some caps over the ends of the landing legs to keep it stationary

Yep. They'll check the integrity of the legs, and spot weld weld everything down for the return.

Do not underestimate how big this is - landing at sea basically validates the entire Falcon Heavy reusable financial model. They needed to show they can land a core FH stage downrange on an ASDS. They did it. Superb.

Yep. It's THE key to making the FH product financially viable in the long term for commercial flight. And without that, you don't get the FH (or BFR) for Mars missions.

 

[Leonsito]

Can't stop replaying the part at the 36 minutes mark: http://www.spacex.com/webcast

 

[Slayer-33]

Yep. They'll check the integrity of the legs, and spot weld weld everything down for the return.

They are probably in Pristine_Condition

Spoiler

heuheuheuheuheu

 

[ActStriker]

:')

 

[Log4Girlz]

so smooth

One of the coolest reverse gifs I've ever seen

 

[NightOnyx]

Mad I missed it live, but that was awesome! Congrats to SpaceX. Glad they were finally able to do it.

 

[_woLf]

I LOVE how excited they got on stream. I love how they were screaming and shouting and cheering.

It made me tear up a little. Those kinds of moments are what people live for.

 

[Blablurn]

They really did it

Nice!!

 

[Kickz]

Musk mission accomplished with Tesla and SpaceX.

Now please I needs the Hyper Loop

 

[jotun?]

Thanks that makes sense, the fuel is almost all gone I suppose when it gets back down and that's most of the initial weight?

Yeah, the fuel is something like 94% of the first stage mass at launch. At landing most of that is gone, and most of the dry weight is in the engines at the bottom

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Can we get a mod to rename the title to include the successful landing info, or should someone makes a news thread about it?

 

[killer rin]

so smooth

That is soo awesome. We made history!

 

[Pristine_Condition]

They are probably in Pristine_Condition

Spoiler

heuheuheuheuheu

I'm looking at the telemetry data, and I identified what you did there...

 

[Jezbollah]

SpaceVids.tv have already got clips up:

Landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8y6nANi32U

Full launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN3CSgNbf8Y

 

[Concept17]

Musk mission accomplished with Tesla and SpaceX.

Now please I needs the Hyper Loop

Musk wants the whole world driving electric cars. He also wants SpaceX to go to other planets, primarily Mars. And he wants solar panels to be used by every household.

Much work to be done.

 

[Leonsito]

Musk wants the whole world driving electric cars. He also wants SpaceX to go to other planets, primarily Mars. And he wants solar panels to be used by every household.

Much work to be done.

I want him to design the Nintendo NX

 

[cebri.one]

Next step, getting at least 30% of rockets landed and getting FH to space.

Thank you Elon, you completely disrupted the space industry and we are seeing progress we haven't seen in decades.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Jezbollah]

We're living in the greatest era of advancement of space flight since the launching of Sputnik and the landing of Apollo 17.

 

[Frostburn]

So exciting to watch that live!

 

[Suikoguy]

One of the coolest reverse gifs I've ever seen

 

[Jezbollah]

Actually, that just shows the amazing last second correction before landing. So good.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Damn, missed the live stream. YT enables me to set a reminder but I never get the reminder

Great achievement!

 

[Jezbollah]

Damn, missed the live stream. YT enables me to set a reminder but I never get the reminder

Great achievement!

Check a few posts up - SpaceVids have clips up but it's in potato quality right now

SpaceX will have plenty of HD clips up soon. They're busy hugging right now.

 

[everyday math]

so smooth

Duuuuddeeeee I'm upset that I didn't realize this was going on

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Check a few posts up - SpaceVids have clips up but it's in potato quality right now

SpaceX will have plenty of HD clips up soon. They're busy hugging right now.

Thanks but I got those. SpaceX also posted the recorded stream on YT. It's just that they usually post some reminder thingy before the event and it just doesn't seem to be able to remind me. Should I get the reminder via mail?

 

[hiro4]

That was amazing. So smooth almost effortless.
It send shivers down my spine.

Great work by the great people at Space X

 

[Norml]

I gave up hope spacex could do it. Still looks sketchy as he'll though.

 

[Concept17]

I want him to design the Nintendo NX

Before he dove into wanting to save the world, his initial plan was to do game development.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Huge congrats to the SpaceX team. I imagine they were under a bit of pressure to succeed after BlueOrigin stuck their ground landing. Landing on a barge in the ocean is obviously an order-of-magnitude higher difficulty though and it's an amazing achievement.

 

[Leonsito]

Before he dove into wanting to save the world, his initial plan was to do game development.

Really? Didn't know that, is there some good biography on him yet?

 

[everyday math]

I gave up hope spacex could do it. Still looks sketchy as he'll though.

What do you mean sketchy?

 

[East Lake]

Can't wait to watch this later. Wonder who is going to go for the first refurb rocket.

 

[cebri.one]

Really? Didn't know that, is there some good biography on him yet?

"Elon Musk : Inventing the Future" by Ashlee Vance is pretty good book.

 

[Nelo Ice]

Really? Didn't know that, is there some good biography on him yet?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062301233/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I read it and it just made me idolize the guy even more lol.

 

[Netherscourge]

lol

-IN BEFORE CONSPIRACY THEORIES-

 

[Leonsito]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062301233/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I read it and it just made me idolize the guy even more lol.

"Elon Musk : Inventing the Future" by Ashlee Vance is pretty good book.

Thanks guys!

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Next step, getting at least 30% of rockets landed and getting FH to space.

Thank you Elon, you completely disrupted the space industry and we are seeing progress we haven't seen in decades.

What a time to be alive.

Everyone interested in this disruption should watch Dan Rasky's talk on YouTube...

Some highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNvqiFRw0FY
SpaceX hates Meetings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCHuT7r38Es
SpaceX, the start-up, hated requirement documents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5FegKLssE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yit0FvjDtkw
Software Start-up Mentality vs. Military-style Mentality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV4acTB0yYQ
Blue Origin - Building a spacecraft "backwards"

 

[Norml]

What do you mean sketchy?

I dunno.The who thing looks like it rides on a lot of hope and luck it will land. I still think they need something else to help it be more guaranteed.

 

[JoseJX]

Can't wait to watch this later. Wonder who is going to go for the first refurb rocket.

SES has expressed an interest in using a refurb rocket, I wouldn't be shocked if it ended up being them.

 

[varkuriru]

Saw the replay, just jaw dropping amazing! Here's to an increase in space missions!

 

[Jezbollah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUAydjne5M&feature=youtu.be&t=2078

Goosebumps.

 

[everyday math]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUAydjne5M&feature=youtu.be&t=2078

Goosebumps.

I can't keep the smile from appearing on my face when everyone starts cheering.

 

[Crispy75]

Everyone interested in this disruption should watch Dan Rasky's talk on YouTube...

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywp6dnJeufw&list=PL6vdik5frDGVL4USjKgYkJoOb76_7sdkS

They're excellent videos.

However, SpaceX is going to keep on growing and they'll find it harder and harder to maintatin that free-wheeling startup mentatlity. Young engineers who can work 18 hour shifts will become middle-aged engineers with families. Teams of 15 will become teams of 150. It will be very interesting to watch them mature.

 

[Nelo Ice]

Press conference from NASA is starting.
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

[cebri.one]

Post Launch (and landing) Press Conference with Elon

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

LOL BEATENNN