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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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  Why SpaceX matters.

  https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2018/02/06/why-spacex-matters/
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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.
  

  Simon the NASA rocket you mention...in my opinion it is a big waste of money. NASA is desperately trying to hang on to the launch side of things. It doesn't need to build that rocket but bureaucracies never want to lose their mandates.

  Elon Musk is developing the same reality distortion field as Steve Jobs, I think they both have an element of P.T.Barnum about them.
  

  I have to say, I 100% agree with you on that personality cult development. This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Tesla and Edison come to mind as examples of their own time.

  Still, the rocket works. It isn't fake. It lands (no one has ever done this other than in prototypes). And he is selling launches for cheaper than anyone else. I don't put SpaceX in the same category as Musk's other ventures.
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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 agree, outta here, at least on general bolden. In the realm of revealing way to much about myself, i spoke to general bolden at length on this (we shared a common interest in motorcycles and one thing lead to another) and he was passionate about the shift to the private sector. Thats said, bush 100% started the move and ended the shuttle program (prematurely imho). I cant speak on president obamas views beyond the fact that he let general bolden push the agenda forward.

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  I'm connected to him too..even met him...soooo hmmm.
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  Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

  by freemindfade in

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  curious what the canadian take is on all this .

  i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?

  that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.

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  Trudeau says "sooory eh"

  https://twitter.com/VassyKapelos/status/961275329816838144
  
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  Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

  by freemindfade in

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  curious what the canadian take is on all this .

  i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?

  that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.

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  Manhattan should be called Peoplehattan. And don't even get me started over the Isle of Man.
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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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  Really? Why be a douche and make this somehow political? Since, however, you want to be political it was a replican president who ended the shuttle program and pushed for the private sector to take up the cause of sending payloads into space. Your welcome.

  Barack Obama deserves a lot of credit for changing the paradigm as does his NASA admin Charles Bolden.
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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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  Simon, forget OR. Embrace the power of AND.
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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?
  I mean we've been sending things into space and had men walking on the moon nearly 50 years ago. So it's just the re-usable rockets that are the new thing, right?
  It's a pity that something more useful was put up instead of a car, pure publicity stunt. I get that there is 'risk' to the payload on a maiden flight but there could have been lots of cheap, useful payloads sent up instead of something that just adds to the debris now littering earth's orbit. Maybe something that could do some cleanup? Now that would have been impressive

  It's kind of a big deal. Yes we did things like these 50 years ago, but there's a much higher level of refinement, meaning reusability and lower costs.

  It's like saying, on the maiden flight of a new airplane capable of cheap long distance travel for the first time "didn't the Wright brothers fly an airplane decades ago?"

  With lower costs comes greater access to space and whatever it is we want to do--things like better internet access for example. Furthermore, this is a largely private company. It will be joined soon by Bezos' Blue Origin, Allen's Stratolaunch, and Virgin Galactic, provided they all execute.

  As for the car, you hit on the reason it was the payload. But it won't be in our vicinity for long. It's going out into deep space.
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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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  Stock market turmoil....

  by mikeflood in

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  dow jones losing 1175 points today, equivalent to 4.60 % ..... same more or less around the world's stock exchanges.

  it's like president bush said "wall street got drunk and now it's got a hangover".

  i think people went irrational over investing, a correction is needed..

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  Here's how I see it. After 2 flat years or so, the market entered an ascending channel in late 2016. The recent sell off happened after the market got ahead of itself and the channel was violated on the upside. If the bottom of the channel isn't violated, the uptrend remains intact. I've added the red lines to show what I mean.