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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top. So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends. So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Control to Major Tom." Cite: SpaceX will attempt to launch a red Tesla Roadster to the red planet "Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent." ERIC BERGER - 12/1/2017, 10:25 PM https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...-on-the-radio- elon-musk-plans-to-launch-his-tesla-to-mars/ Love him or hate him, the man's got flair. And kudos to the choice of song. As to where the idea came from, if you've ever seen the movie Heavy Metal, the opening credits is a scene where a space shuttle drops an astronaut in a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette. The car proceeds to reenter to land in the desert and drive away, all while the song Radar Rider blasts at full volume. Cite: Heavy Metal - Soft Landing - Corvette 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ Yes, the animation is horrible but "back in the day" Heavy Metal was one of my favorite movies. ;-) Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
On Dec/2/2017 at 9:38 AM, Jeff Findley wrote :
Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top. So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends. So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Control to Major Tom." Cite: SpaceX will attempt to launch a red Tesla Roadster to the red planet "Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent." ERIC BERGER - 12/1/2017, 10:25 PM https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...-on-the-radio- elon-musk-plans-to-launch-his-tesla-to-mars/ If they could land the car next to some rover on Mars that would be awesome. But just sending it in the direction of Mars is really cool. Alain Fournier |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
"Alain Fournier" wrote in message news
On Dec/2/2017 at 9:38 AM, Jeff Findley wrote : Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top. So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends. So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Control to Major Tom." Cite: SpaceX will attempt to launch a red Tesla Roadster to the red planet "Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent." ERIC BERGER - 12/1/2017, 10:25 PM https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...-on-the-radio- elon-musk-plans-to-launch-his-tesla-to-mars/ If they could land the car next to some rover on Mars that would be awesome. But just sending it in the direction of Mars is really cool. Alain Fournier I hadn't thought about that, but I'm sure it crossed his mind. ;-) Now THERE is is a site... Musk landing on Mars in 15 years and driving around in a Tesla. :-) -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
On 12/2/2017 11:58 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
"Alain Fournier"Â* wrote in message news If they could land the car next to some rover on Mars that would be awesome. But just sending it in the direction of Mars is really cool. Alain Fournier I hadn't thought about that, but I'm sure it crossed his mind. ;-) Now THERE is is a site... Musk landing on Mars in 15 years and driving around in a Tesla. :-) The Zubrin approach. Telsa Direct... ;-) Dave |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
send a bunch of communication satellites and some inflatable habitats, with supplies
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
bob haller wrote:
send a bunch of communication satellites and some inflatable habitats, with supplies Who wants to put their hundred million dollar communications satellites on a rocket that even the owner of the company says has 50% odds of not blowing up? Bob, do you understand ANYTHING about space uses or orbital mechanics? -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
On 3/12/2017 1:38 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top. So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends. So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Control to Major Tom." In fairness to any aliens who come across it hundreds of millions of years hence, there should be an attempt[*] made to explain how what is clearly a land vehicle designed for a gravity field much larger than that of Mars should end up in orbit around it. Sylvia. [*] Which pretty much implies providing a complete language course designed for aliens. |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
On 12/12/2017 3:12 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 3/12/2017 1:38 AM, Jeff Findley wrote: Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top.Â* So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends.Â* So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: Â*Â*Â* On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his Â*Â*Â* "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Â*Â*Â* Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Â*Â*Â* Control to Major Tom." In fairness to any aliens who come across it hundreds of millions of years hence, there should be an attempt[*] made to explain how what is clearly a land vehicle designed for a gravity field much larger than that of Mars should end up in orbit around it. Sylvia. [*] Which pretty much implies providing a complete language course designed for aliens. Although fun to imagine, this story has been de-bunked, by Musk himself. It was Elon winking at us.... However orbiting a CD of Bowie songs, including Space Oddity, ought not to be out of the question. And would keep the aliens busy for a long time.... Dave |
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Falcon Heavy test flight payload announced on Twitter
On 13/12/2017 2:47 AM, David Spain wrote:
On 12/12/2017 3:12 AM, Sylvia Else wrote: On 3/12/2017 1:38 AM, Jeff Findley wrote: Falcon Heavy has maybe a 50/50 chance of success on its first flight. But you can't launch it empty, because that doesn't properly simulate a flight with a payload on top. So, you really do need a mass simulator. In the past, mass simulators have been solid chunks of metal or a tank filled with something benign like water. Well, Elon Musk isn't one to follow the old boring trends. So, he announced his payload plan (mass simulator) to the public via Twitter last night: On Friday evening, Musk tweeted what that payload would be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster." And the car will be playing Space Oddity, by David Bowie; the song which begins, "Ground Control to Major Tom." In fairness to any aliens who come across it hundreds of millions of years hence, there should be an attempt[*] made to explain how what is clearly a land vehicle designed for a gravity field much larger than that of Mars should end up in orbit around it. Sylvia. [*] Which pretty much implies providing a complete language course designed for aliens. Although fun to imagine, this story has been de-bunked, by Musk himself. It was Elon winking at us.... However orbiting a CD of Bowie songs, including Space Oddity, ought not to be out of the question. And would keep the aliens busy for a long time.... Dave Do CDs, even pressed CDs, work after hundreds of millions of years? Sylvia. |
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