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Marvellous stuff, and really quite breathtaking.
Adam
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Launching a piece of junk into space isn't very rock n' roll ... Yuri Gagarin was rock n' roll ...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Adam
Call me Mr Grinch, but Musk is just Howard Hughes MK2.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Apparently they overshot:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/elon-musks-spacex-rocket-heading-towards-asteroid-belt-overshooting/
They are saying that Jupiter will probably make the orbit unstable within decades.
Good grief, people whining about a few rocket tests - while they type on computer keyboards, powered by a multi-gigawatt power grid, semiconductors developed with space age technology, their daily lives depending on communications satellites, weather satellites, and god knows what else.
Just carry on moaning and enjoy your caves. The rest of us will be fine thanks.
The car was just a dummy load wasn't it, to test the rocket?
Once the rocket has been proven it will launch comms satellites, GPS systems, weather satellites etc.
The goal of the company is to drive the cost of getting things into orbit down and many of the payloads will be at the cost of taxpayers and for the good of everybody. I wouldn't let the fact they had a bit of fun with the test distract from the fact that the future payloads could bring a great benefit to millions of people.
Is a big rocket like this needed to put things into orbit? I thought this was more about getting to the moon and beyond.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Mission accomplished.