Ardaedhel 10,840 Posted February 6, 2018 Let's be honest, we're all space nerds here. Be sure to watch through the end, there is some actual real-life Buck Rogers shenanigans in this video. 5 shmitty, Noosh, Stasy and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LennoxPoodle 190 Posted February 6, 2018 Any news on the central core yet? Watched the livestream and was actually surprised the thing didn't blow up. I think one of the last remnants of our civilization will a Tesla roadster? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ardaedhel 10,840 Posted February 6, 2018 I've been watching for an update--haven't seen anything on it yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shmitty 3,315 Posted February 7, 2018 5 hours ago, LennoxPoodle said: Any news on the central core yet? Watched the livestream and was actually surprised the thing didn't blow up. I think one of the last remnants of our civilization will a Tesla roadster? Apparently 2 braking engines didn’t fire and it hit the water at 300mph. Debris damaged the drone ship. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CenterPoint 268 Posted February 7, 2018 2/3 isn't bad for a ship that only had a 50% chance of not blowing up on the pad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elbmc1969 182 Posted February 12, 2018 Nah, minimal chance of pad explosion. The synchronized landing was the most impressive part. Big screwup with the Roadster: too much third stage thrust, and it's missing Mars and shooting way out! Best part is official NASA orbital info: unpredictable future orbit due to unmodeled solar radiation, heating, and outgassing effects. I got to see all three of those boosters while they were being constructed and readied. They're very cool. Really neat part is that all of the engines plug into a circular "Octoweb", which then just plugs into the end of the rocket body. Makes assembly much faster and easier. It's scary and impressive when they roll the Octoweb past the coffee/frozen yogurt bar and down the central hall of the assembly plant. (Literally, the (free) coffee/yogurt bar is diagonally across from rocket motor assembly. The other corners of the intersection are mission control and composites assembly. When you see all of the people cheering in front of mission control, the camera is pressed up against the counter where the sprinkles are for the frozen yogurt. Yes, I'm obsessed with the frozen yogurt--or at least the kid was.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
