SpaceX

[march]

Simply amazing!

 

Live footage from the car:

 

 

[BrazierD]

For once, awesome is the word, and I can forgive the Americans their overexcitement. 

[kunstenaar]

Sign me up to this track day! 

[hedgerley]

Lying in bed, watching a live stream from a Tesla Roadster in low earth orbit travelling at around 20,000mph. On my phone. Capturing a still.

Truly mind boggling.

 

[ramjet]

I was pretty much in awe when they were able to bring the first one back and land it. They just did it with the two primaries and then the centre rocket.

I have no words.

I'll try one.

Does superdoubleplusgood cover it?

[Bibs]

 

[silverfrost]

That is simply amazing to see those two rockets land, let alone both at the same time.   Mars here we come....  Lets hope other worlds do not get nervous of man kinds evolution jump in space travel and decide to invade us before we get to clever .

 

[punky]

Hugo Drax? 

Seriously though that is quite amazing!!

[hedgerley]

Overshot its potential Mars orbit. What a pity. But still an astonishing feat of engineering.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/elon-musks-spacex-rocket-heading-towards-asteroid-belt-overshooting/

[Chillidoggy]

I hope that stray Tesla doesn’t crash into an alien spaceship. Musk could be fending off extra-terrestrial whiplash claims for years.

[comem47]

I know that space is huge, but since it launched towards the asteroid belt instead of staying in a shallower elliptical orbit I don't like the chances of avoiding space rocks for long.

Nope, space travel is not for me: One errant particle  moving at thousands of mph is all it takes  !!     

[march]

1 hour ago, comem47 said:

I know that space is huge, but since it launched towards the asteroid belt instead of staying in a shallower elliptical orbit I don't like the chances of avoiding space rocks for long.

Don't worry, the car has air bags - I am sure all will be OK.

[bogle]

Is that the STIG driving perchance?  Some say he grew tired of driving on Planet Earth.  As you can tell, I'm no Jeremy Clarkson.

[kunstenaar]

...and off to Mars and the asteroid belt goes the little electric Lotus/Tesla. 

The last picture according to Mr Musk.

[Bibs]

Buddsy,  how do you think GPS and satellite TV work? CGI? 

You'll be saying the Earth is flat next

 

[ramjet]

On 2/8/2018 at 18:19, Buddsy said:

You guys are so funny! You really think any of that bull crap is real?

Tesla car in orbit my arse...did you not see the video?

NASA has outsourced its entire hoax making machine over to Felon Musk to remove any Government accountability.

Space X is still NASA since the deal was signed for them to supply the hoax that is the ISS.

Ive seen nothing to make me even consider any of this space stuff is real.

 

buddsy

If the ISS is not real, then what have I been able to watch flying across the night sky?

[Sparky]

I've come to the conclusion that Buddsy is an elaborate hoax perpetrated by Bibs.

[Bibs]

[Chillidoggy]

[bogle]

I love this and I'm sure Leonard Nimoy would have liked it as well.

[USAndretti42]

SpaceX is in California.  The launch was in Florida.  How do they get those big rockets between the two?

[ramjet]

Disassemble, truck, reassemble?

[fmxa]

Truck, or at least they used to be

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-6d6c5d92f75045b561798014a74263a6-c

[Bibs]

Musk would make such a good Bond villain. He should have launched this out of a dormant volcano!! 

 

[Chillidoggy]

Reminiscent of the great Frank R. Paul’s artwork for the covers of Science and Amazing Stories magazines.