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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.

  
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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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  It's an old argument, and one that if consistently followed would mean we'd still be huddling in caves and grass huts in Africa.

  I agree with Musk: We need to become a space faring species that lives on multiple planets. Sooner or later, an extinction event will happen.
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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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  Manila should be called Peopleila.
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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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  From now on, Manchester should be called Peoplechester.
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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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  The US is funding dev of SpaceX? Do you mean as a contract? Or as a subsidy?

  And can you cite a source please?

  Yes COTS is contract-based, but that isn't what I'm talking about.

  The Air Force has dumped some $40 million into methalox engine development at SpaceX. That's just one thing that comes to my mind. And, at the state level, the company has taken subsidies in the past.

  Elon has no problem taking government subsidies. He built SolarCity and Tesla with that.
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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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  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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  Outahere

  and hasn't received a single dime from federal government subsidies.

  I wouldn't quite put it that way although maybe it was once true. US Gov IS funding dev of new SpaceX tech these days.

  I watched the launch. It was impressive.