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  Falcon Heavy

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  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  The un-photoshopped version of StarMan finally dropped:

  
  
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  Apart from the fact that cost reduction is happening in general as time goes on and that NASA will be launching another, bigger, rocket shortly, it really does come down to it being "rockets that landed" as everything else has been done before and could already be done.

  It's true the SLS will be more powerful. However, it will launch, at most, once per year. And at a cost of over a billion dollars per launch. Compared to the Falcon Heavy, which will be able to launch dozens of times a year at less than 1/10th the cost.

  Full and rapid re-usability is something we've never seen before. Not even in the Space Shuttle. The next two or three years are going to be very interesting. And the upcoming BFR is going to be a further game changer. We're going to be able to launch payloads with near the mass of the entire ISS - in one go. And send 100 people to land on Mars in a single launch.

  Until yesterday, everything in orbit cost nearly it's weight in gold. Now it will cost a fraction of that. In ten years time reaching Low Earth Orbit wont cost much more than a first class plane ticket. The importance of re-usability cannot be overstated.
  
  
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  Really? Why be a douche and make this somehow political

  Please see Simons first post. I'm NOT the one who made it political.
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  I'm struggling to see the amazing advancement in all this. It's really just that a rocket landed, right?

  Nope. It's not "just a rocket that landed." It's the implications of re-usability. It's the cost reduction. It's much larger payloads. It's a technology demonstrator for dozens of motors on a single rocket. It's a pathway to the Interplanetary Transport System (BFR). It's the ability to put up giant space telescopes. Etc. Etc. Etc.

  "Just a rocket landed" folks, this is what happens when your mind is vandalized by Fox News. You learn to disparage accomplishments by dismissing them as simplistic and insignificant. And you corrupt hope and optimism - with cynicism and distrust.
  
  
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  Coded Logic

  Outahere,

  Source?????
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  Wow Simon, you're a grade A idiot
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  The US is funding dev of SpaceX? Do you mean as a contract? Or as a subsidy?

  And can you cite a source please?
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  Coded Logic

  SUCCESS!!!!
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  He is doing it with his own money.

  Spacex is a privately held and run company that operates off of private funding and hasn't received a single dime from federal government subsidies. The only government money it receives are from NASA contracts (where it's getting paid to supply the ISS and put satellites into orbit) and defense contracts (where it's getting paid to provide a service). This is unlike the ULA which gets paid 800milion dollars a year simply as a retainer (subsidy).

  As usual HH, you have no idea what you're talking about. Turn off Fox News and actually do some research for once. You're fake outrage is getting old fast.
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  Falcon Heavy

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

  if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

  so should be interesting.

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  UPDATE:

  Due to weather conditions the launch window has been pushed back to 3:05 EST