[M_Six]

Musk wins the prize for coolest video ever. How can you top a real Tesla droptop circling the Earth? Or Mars?

[Evren]

Elon Musk is a genius

[ORIGIN M.]

Poor Roadster Sport!

[bimmer456]

Someday Elon Musk will retrieve it and sell it at auction.

[ORIGIN M.]

That sounds about right.

Originally Posted by bimmer456

Someday Elon Musk will retrieve it and sell it at auction.

[Creynolds]

Originally Posted by are0lies

And some jerks get to watch it from their backyards.

I do

[Lups]

Even though it was a school night, we watched it live. It's pretty bloody cool to watch one man giving kids everywhere goals and making science cool again.

[Chihuahua]

I read that the capsule was going to orbit Mars, and a different article stated it was going to orbit the sun. Can anyone confirm where this thing is headed? I always thought the intent was to send it into orbit around Mars.

[Uber Commuter]

Mars

[wdb]

It's heading for the sun so it can use its gravity to sling it into a Mars trajectory. So both, sorta.

[are0lies]

Not long ago, to see these images, you know they would have been photoshopped. Not so much anymore.

[scostu]

Originally Posted by quagmire

*Sigh*

Missed the point. The launch customer provided their own payload adapter. Northrop Grumman did not use SpaceX’s payload adapter. If they did use their adapter, then the blame would be on SpaceX. But do explain how Northrop Grumman’s defective adapter is somehow SpaceX’s fault.

Anyway that launch and landings was amazing. Shame about the core not making it, but that’s certainly a failure anyone would take on this test flight. It would have been nice to have the core booster to physically inspect to see if everything went according to their simulations, but they will examine the telemetry data to determine that and see why the core didn’t make it.

Apparently, the core ran out of fuel and crashed into the drone platform at sea.

http://www.mynews13.com/content/news...ex_launch.html

[UncleWede]

To see the 2 boosters land side by side is the thing of my Sci-Fi fantasies.


Well, along with those things 1MOREMOD told us about blue alien slaves . . .

[R3dliner]

Amazes me that the civilian sector had to pull through for this to happen.

[Captain Blood]

Governments don't tend to be efficient.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

Amazes me that the civilian sector had to pull through for this to happen.

Military gave us the internet. Porn gave us the reason to have it in every home. Then something weird happened and porn became a secondary thing when people figured out saying bad shit online is more fun than making your dog shit on the neighbors lawn.

The point is that from medical industry to our lazy arses avoiding cooking dinner, the governments all over the world do the first push, then businesses come up with ways for us all to become lazier while we enjoy the benefits. It is the way the human race makes progress which is quite hilarious.

[joeinsd]

Originally Posted by scostu

My wife trains at a local Xfit box...one of the guys that trains there works for SpaceX at the NASA launching facility.

He stated that Elon demands long hrs and hard work from his employees
....but pays REALLY well.

This is true. I have a few friends that work at SpaceX and they all have said the same. One of them works 6 days and a minimum of 50hrs a week. She loves it though. She gave my gf and I the opportunity to go on a tour of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne and it was so cool to see what goes on in there. No pics of inside were allowed, of course, so we just put our phones away and took in the experience. There are no tour guides. Your tour guide is the person that invited you, so spent about 3 hours roaming around the facility with her as she explained what she was allowed to to us. It was amazing to stand behind one of the control centers (same one you saw in the live feed) with the first dragon capsule hanging above you. We also saw the fairings that I'm sure were used for this last launch; they were huge, and made in halves.

If you know someone that works there, and get an invitation, definitely GO! Or if you're in the LA area, make a quick pass by to see the first booster that made a vertical landing. It's just out front on the corner of the streets. You won't be able to go inside the area unless you're on a tour, but it's just glass and you can see it perfectly from outside.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Lups

Military gave us the internet. Porn gave us the reason to have it in every home. Then something weird happened and porn became a secondary thing when people figured out saying bad shit online is more fun than making your dog shit on the neighbors lawn.

The point is that from medical industry to our lazy arses bout cooking dinner, the governments all over the world do the first push, then businesses came up with ways for us all to become lazier while we enjoy the benefits. It is the way the human race makes progress which is quite hilarious.

Such progress for mankind.
Wait! You've trained your dog to go in the nieghbors yard? Mine won't. My yard or the dog park only.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Such progress for mankind.
Wait! You've trained your dog to go in the nieghbors yard? Mine won't. My yard or the dog park only.

I did not do that. I don't use leashes so my dogs do it on their own. (I used to live next to my mom)

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by are0lies

Not long ago, to see these images, you know they would have been photoshopped. Not so much anymore.

Totally photoshopped and poorly I might add, everyone knows the earth is flat.

When the aliens find that thing long after we blew ourselves up, they are going to think we flew into space in convertible sports cars. Probably think we were badass motherfuckers.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Totally photoshopped and poorly I might add, everyone knows the earth is flat.

When the aliens find that thing long after we blew ourselves up, they are going to think we flew into space in convertible sports cars. Probably think we were badass motherfuckers.

You totally missed my thread on this subject!

I don't know what the flatties say to this since now corporate world also is supporting this conspiracy (a conspiracy they uphold via satellites but they're not big on details).

[Romo]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

Amazes me that the civilian sector had to pull through for this to happen.

Exactly !!

How can it be that NASA couldn`t do this? (Yes Ik know Washington Politics)

US space traveling is impossible since the withdraw of the Space Shuttle, sending astronauts to the ISS can only be done by Russian help (witch is a disgrace IMHO)

With upcoming space "markets" like China, India, Russia once again, Japan the US have some stiff competition to meet.

The SLS is developing as we speak, but very expensive, and has been postponed some times already.

I know the US has the ability, the technical know how/expertise, come on let`s do it again, we need another Wernher von Braun.
The stars are the future, there is no other way, the milky way it is..........