+Raphaël G. MVC Posted February 6, 2018 MVC Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, DocM said: Nothing official, but it sounds like it's lost. Any idea why they are being so quiet about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Raphaël G. said: Any idea why they are being so quiet about it? They usually are until they get a bit more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Dysphoria and CrashG 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 That was pretty spectacular. The two side boosters landing at near the same time, incredible. I wondered how landing on a platform floating in the ocean with waves was gonna workout. Still, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsie Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, CrashGordon said: That was pretty spectacular. The two side boosters landing at near the same time, incredible. I wondered how landing on a platform floating in the ocean with waves was gonna workout. Still, very impressive. SpaceX have done it a bunch of times, so it's certainly possible. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 It may not have gone so well this time, have to wait to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguy_1986 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, CrashGordon said: It may not have gone so well this time, have to wait to see. I doubt it had anything to do with the waves though. It looked pretty calm out there. I wonder if it came down too hot, but the video made it look like it might have exploded at it got close to the ship. Hard to tell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CrashG Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, bguy_1986 said: I doubt it had anything to do with the waves though. It looked pretty calm out there. I wonder if it came down too hot, but the video made it look like it might have exploded at it got close to the ship. Hard to tell though. I've only seen the SpaceX feed and the cam went down before it showed anything. If that was the only thing that went wrong, it's still a great achievement. Now back to watching some Starman footage bguy_1986 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Presser webcast coming up anthdci and Lil Alien 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 NEXT YEAR?!!!!!11111?!?!!!! ... aaaaand everyone has lost their [snip] ... DocM and anthdci 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 AHHHH MAHHHH GAWWWDDD!!! (STONE COLD!! STONE COLD!! ) Actually, Brownsville could start doing some of the BFS "hopper" testing if it's ready by next year, he said. Either that or ship-to-ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hoo boy. Lot to take in. Gonna be a really busy six months. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said: AHHHH MAHHHH GAWWWDDD!!! (STONE COLD!! STONE COLD!! ) Actually, Brownsville could start doing some of the BFS "hopper" testing if it's ready by next year, he said. Either that or ship-to-ship. And I t can go to space WITHOUT the booster?!! DocM and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, anthdci said: And I t can go to space WITHOUT the booster?!! Yep. 25~35t of payload, too. On Mars it can do it with practically a full manifest, on Earth it can do it with 25~35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yup, BF Spaceship will be a real, live SSTO vehicle for LEO/MEO payloads in the Proton to Delta IV Heavy class. All kinds of implications for StarLink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2018 ^sound required. Also ... the Spaceman livestream ended. Was hoping it would stay on for the S2 burn. bguy_1986 and CrashG 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) My parents were saying that its weird seeing this much excitement again over space flight. The sort of energy around these SpaceX launches especially today is very reminiscent to those of the early NASA launches. Very incredible achievement today! Edited February 7, 2018 by wv@gt CrashG and DocM 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdlenk Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2018 Heck of a day. I got back out on the ITL Causeway. Was awesome. Pretty rowdy crowd on the causeway, plenty of profanities. Some even shouted me. =D CrashG, Jim K, DocM and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Not 100%, but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Referencing Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+rdlenk Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2018 So Long, Earth. DocM, Dysphoria and Unobscured Vision 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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