"Falcon Heavy Launched" Topic
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15 Feb 2018 6:37 p.m. PST
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| Tango01 | 15 Feb 2018 12:40 p.m. PST |
"On Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 3:45 PM ET, Falcon Heavy successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two, with the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)--a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel.
Falcon Heavy's first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit…."
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Also…
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Armand |
| Uparmored | 17 Feb 2018 12:52 a.m. PST |
Glad American taxpayers and not me are paying to launch a car into space |
| Mad Mecha Guy | 17 Feb 2018 10:15 a.m. PST |
had to have something heavy in nose for test, so may as well been the car. |
| Tango01 | 17 Feb 2018 11:20 a.m. PST |
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| Charlie 12 | 17 Feb 2018 3:50 p.m. PST |
Glad American taxpayers and not me are paying to launch a car into space Arrongant and clueless at the same time. What a combination.
It was all Elon Musk's money. No taxpayer money involved. And it was still fantastic! |
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