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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Flight Animation
SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - Flight Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ca6x4QbpoM From the video description: Published on Jan 27, 2015 When Falcon Heavy lifts off later this year, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. Thrust at liftoff is equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft operating simultaneously. The one thing I doubt we'll see in the test launch is all three of the first stage cores landing at the launch site. As far as I know, SpaceX does not yet have permission to land a core at The Cape. I'd imagine permission to land three (two almost simultaneously) in relatively close proximity will take an additional level of permission beyond that. This video is surely to show the future direction. In other words, before ULA officially announces details of their "next generation" launch vehicle, SpaceX is repeating what they plan to do with Falcon Heavy. If Falcon Heavy can demonstrate fly-back and landing of three of four Falcon Heavy first stages before ULA starts flying their "next generation" system, the learner will truly be the new master. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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