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We can all think what we want about Elon… But no one can deny he is enabling some amazing advancements in technology.  

 


 

 

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10/14/2024 10:05pm

Landing on those hooks is beyond belief!

What a time to be alive.

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Joey Bridges
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10/15/2024 2:52am

Landing on those hooks is beyond belief!

What a time to be alive.

Incredible video. 

NASA drops the ball on any kind of a viable space program,(and yet still gets funding from the taxpayers) and he picks it up and runs away with it for the win.

 

Is he not in the process of rescuing the two who are stranded up in the space station  ??

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lappedrider
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10/15/2024 2:13pm

NASA is not only working with SpaceX, they are also funding SpaceX with billions.  

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10/15/2024 2:16pm Edited Date/Time 10/15/2024 2:17pm

I really don't think people understand how monumental this was. Its not just landing a rocket. Its landing it un-manned rocket on the launch tower without touching the ground, with only lower boosters for thrust direction and those square wind brakes for angle adjustment. Truly incredible. Speechless.

Edit: Also, no one understands just how big that booster is. 233 ft tall and 30 ft wide.

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It seems crazy that they can keep it that stable with all of the thrust coming from the bottom of the thing.  It looks like if it were to tilt just a little bit more then it would take off sideways, but obviously it is working!  It will be interesting to see just how many times the sections can be reused.  

While SpaceX gets paid to produce the products for NASA and others, it really isn't all that much money when you start looking at it.  Something like $2-3 billion, which seems like not that much for what they are accomplishing.  

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APLMAN99
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HonDawg17 wrote:
I really don't think people understand how monumental this was. Its not just landing a rocket. Its landing it un-manned rocket on the launch tower without...

I really don't think people understand how monumental this was. Its not just landing a rocket. Its landing it un-manned rocket on the launch tower without touching the ground, with only lower boosters for thrust direction and those square wind brakes for angle adjustment. Truly incredible. Speechless.

Edit: Also, no one understands just how big that booster is. 233 ft tall and 30 ft wide.

No one understands how big it is?  Only you?  Really?

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Robgvx
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10/15/2024 5:50pm
HonDawg17 wrote:
I really don't think people understand how monumental this was. Its not just landing a rocket. Its landing it un-manned rocket on the launch tower without...

I really don't think people understand how monumental this was. Its not just landing a rocket. Its landing it un-manned rocket on the launch tower without touching the ground, with only lower boosters for thrust direction and those square wind brakes for angle adjustment. Truly incredible. Speechless.

Edit: Also, no one understands just how big that booster is. 233 ft tall and 30 ft wide.

As I read the other day, “A skyscraper took off, went to space, came back, and parallel parked“.

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10/15/2024 6:14pm
APLMAN99 wrote:
It seems crazy that they can keep it that stable with all of the thrust coming from the bottom of the thing.  It looks like if...

It seems crazy that they can keep it that stable with all of the thrust coming from the bottom of the thing.  It looks like if it were to tilt just a little bit more then it would take off sideways, but obviously it is working!  It will be interesting to see just how many times the sections can be reused.  

While SpaceX gets paid to produce the products for NASA and others, it really isn't all that much money when you start looking at it.  Something like $2-3 billion, which seems like not that much for what they are accomplishing.  

$26 billion has been spent on SLS, with only one launch so far!

Starship is cheap in comparison.

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10/15/2024 7:13pm

Holy crap....what an amazing feat of engineering. 

 

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