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RE: A Tesla Roadster is going to Mars on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket
Yes I also hope for not the fireworks option. Rachel Crane from BBC Money took Elon an interview earlier this morning. He was confident but expressed worry about the booster detachment system which was not tested in space before, and the fact that the Second Stage will coast for 6 minutes before firing up, something not yet done, something might freeze in that time. Let's hope this all works. The engineers will be happy to see all their work paying off.
A lot of friends in NASA, JPL, and SpaceX are connected.
We all cannot wait for this
But did they all return? :P
Can't wait to hear about the droneship landing!
Not Sure. Still waiting to hear.
The Telemetry form the Drone Ship is lost during the landings, and the exhaust from the returning rocket interrupts signal. They cache all the data and retrieve it all later.
Did you read today's updates?
Sounds like two of the motors on the landing failed.
Center booster had 2 failures and the vehicle missed the drone ship by about 300 feet. Which was fortunate, as it hit the water at 300 plus MPH. When impact happened, shrapnel took out two thrusters on the Drone ship, as well as peppering the ship with fragments. Some other sensors onboard the drone ship were lost, too.
Yes I heard about it a few hours after. Apparently on the live webcast without the commentary it was said "We have lost the center core".