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Another YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING moment for SpaceX.
SpaceX catches heavy booster on 1st attempt.
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That is amazing. I guess the incredible computers allow that type of thing to be done. I would not have believed that would one day be possible with a rocket until seeing it. I often think about some of the unconventional designs that came out in the 40's, 50's, and 60's that didn't work because they couldn't be built for stable flight. I feel like if they'd had super computers back then too they could've made some incredible designs work.
Remarkable !
I'm fascinated by the physics involved and I've been trying to find the figures for what this thing weighs, it seems that empty the super heavy stage 1 booster weighs only approx 5% of the total launch weight so if the extra fuel required to land the 1st stage is in a similar order of proportion, it's not so much extra fuel to carry.
I'm fascinated by the physics involved and I've been trying to find the figures for what this thing weighs, it seems that empty the super heavy stage 1 booster weighs only approx 5% of the total launch weight so if the extra fuel required to land the 1st stage is in a similar order of proportion, it's not so much extra fuel to carry.
Congrats to the engineers and workers that made it happen. Hopefully they are rewarded for their efforts
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When the original Apollo capsule went into space it blew peoples minds that you could send a message from space and receive it on the ground. I think it was capped at 26-30 words at a time.
Agree! And I am proud of American companies that lead the world.Parents of those engineers who made that work must be proud of their sons and daughters.
Status quo is yesterday. Go big or go home.
Fifty-six years ago, the Wally, Walt, and Don show was being broadcast from Apollo 7 to televisions on Earth. The LEO mission was launched October 11 and splashed down October 22, 1968.
Jr and I were texting back and forth about the increasing efficiency of spaceflight, in light of today's Starship booster recovery.
Cost to haul payload into low earth orbit:
STS (Shuttle) - 20T for $1.5B ($1500M)
Ariene 5 (ESA) - 21T for $175M
Proton (Russia) - 20T for $100M
Falcon 9 - 27T for $50M
Starship - 150T for $50M
Cost to haul payload into low earth orbit:
STS (Shuttle) - 20T for $1.5B ($1500M)
Ariene 5 (ESA) - 21T for $175M
Proton (Russia) - 20T for $100M
Falcon 9 - 27T for $50M
Starship - 150T for $50M
Perhaps Boeing should poach some SpaceX engineers 
Hopefully, we keep these types of achievements up. For the last couple decades as a country we seem to have abandoned outer space compared to the 1960s and 70s.
I personally think the technologies born from achieving space travel, secures the future of the country which it has done. We can’t sit back. I’m glad that SpaceX is an American company.
As we enter the century, we truly are in a race with other adversarial countries. We need space travel, and the technologies that come along with it to protect ourselves from every day threats.
I personally think the technologies born from achieving space travel, secures the future of the country which it has done. We can’t sit back. I’m glad that SpaceX is an American company.
As we enter the century, we truly are in a race with other adversarial countries. We need space travel, and the technologies that come along with it to protect ourselves from every day threats.
Quantum computing is not far away for the masses. It will change the world. Much technology is hidden from us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing
Perhaps Boeing should poach some SpaceX engineers
Boeing has capable engineers. The overpaid executives simply need to let them do what they do best.
IMHO, the 60s and the 70s Engineers were the best and the brightes of them all
1960s = they made the moon landing possible
1970s = they built Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 which are now 15 billion miles away outside our solar system (heliopause). Just imagine it has computer slower than Intel x86 microchip and they made it possible to go beyond and take pictures inside our solar system
1960s = they made the moon landing possible
1970s = they built Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 which are now 15 billion miles away outside our solar system (heliopause). Just imagine it has computer slower than Intel x86 microchip and they made it possible to go beyond and take pictures inside our solar system
Aint life great, NASA Im guessing has a lot of waste and no accountability,,,,hmmm,,idk
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