Posts by Outahere

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.

Outahere

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

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.

Outahere

Simon, forget OR. Embrace the power of AND.

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Falcon Heavy

by Coded Logic in

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.

Outahere

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

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.

Outahere

Wow Simon, you're a grade A idiot.

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Stock market turmoil....

by mikeflood in

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..

Outahere

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

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.

Outahere

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

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.

Outahere

Manila should be called Peopleila.

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Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

by freemindfade in

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.

Outahere

From now on, Manchester should be called Peoplechester.