Big one sitting on the launch pad and due for launch 14:20: -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QXreqOrTA
SpaceX launch
Musk apparently used to get pretty nervous during launch phases - hard not to etc, with probably $500m on the line, even without payloads etc.
I sorta think they 80% chance of working ok - thou this is more of a test, so it will probably blow up at some point.
I always wonder what a satellite manufacturer thinks when their payload is lost mid-flight. Its took 2-3 yrs to build the thing, but its more work etc, when it gets busted to smithereens.
I sorta think they 80% chance of working ok - thou this is more of a test, so it will probably blow up at some point.
I always wonder what a satellite manufacturer thinks when their payload is lost mid-flight. Its took 2-3 yrs to build the thing, but its more work etc, when it gets busted to smithereens.
NASA spent years trying not to make a mistake or else they may lose their funding. So they ended up doing nothing.
This is a very sped up version of development. Which should see them really start to outsprint other development models.
I think they did well to get the launch, let alone anything else.
This is a very sped up version of development. Which should see them really start to outsprint other development models.
I think they did well to get the launch, let alone anything else.
Wishing to advance the ego of Musk. Otherwise it was a catastrophe. The Wright brothers would be proud. But they took the risks themselves. Musk sits in his ivory tower and ponders what he can do next with his billions. Do you really want space travel in the hands of a single person?
I just wonder what the motivation is for SpaceX. Is it entrepreneurial exploration? Expending humanity's reach.
Well, NASA did it at vast cost. And several people lost their lives too.
SpaceX looks like a sports trainer, engineered for profit without quality.