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02-07-2018, 08:47 AM | #1636 |
It Goes On
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I just gotta thank you all for the updates on all this. It is so cool. Watching all the videos. I actually just showed the summary one DaFace posted earlier to my class.
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02-07-2018, 08:56 AM | #1637 | |
"Think BOOM!"
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02-07-2018, 08:58 AM | #1638 | |
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- why doesn't he use the money to help fight poverty rather than a vanity project to send a car in space. - isn't space trash already a huge problem - look at what our tax dollars are being wasted on (it's not) I stopped reading at that point really. |
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02-07-2018, 09:01 AM | #1639 |
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Though my fiancé made me laugh because when I told her the core crashed into the ocean she went "what about the fishies." she was joking. Mostly.
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02-07-2018, 12:48 PM | #1640 |
The Seated Villain
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Musk said that SpaceX would now be focusing on developing the BFR. I hadn't even heard of the BFR until I googled it. Holy shit.
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02-07-2018, 01:00 PM | #1641 |
error 404
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02-07-2018, 01:03 PM | #1642 |
The Seated Villain
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02-07-2018, 01:19 PM | #1643 |
Ith Fuhtbawl Time
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I hope there's a day where we ride these things for international flights. Anywhere on earth in like 20 minutes.
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02-07-2018, 01:33 PM | #1644 | |
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/29/1...point-to-point |
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02-07-2018, 01:50 PM | #1645 |
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Here is a good read on the BFR and estimated time lines for future plans:
https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/09/space...ull-story.html |
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02-07-2018, 02:07 PM | #1646 | |
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02-07-2018, 02:26 PM | #1647 | |
"Think BOOM!"
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02-07-2018, 02:57 PM | #1648 |
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The article uses the G forces for ballistic missiles, which have a conspicuous lack of humans on them. Assuming the flight design would be the same for human flight seems... dumb.
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02-07-2018, 03:03 PM | #1649 |
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02-07-2018, 06:05 PM | #1650 |
pie is never free
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Havent paid as much attention to this as I should, but gotta say I was just so impressed watching the two boosters come down and land... getting a tubular shape that really only seems good for going up, with no real control surfaces, to stabilize midair and smoothly land in an upright position is nothing short of mind boggling
It almost doesnt even look real, its like CGI... AMAZING technological advance |
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