SpaceX unveils new Falcon Heavy rocket before January launch

[ScienceRocks]

SpaceX unveils new Falcon Heavy rocket before January launch
December 20, 2017 by Marcia Dunn

This photo made available by SpaceX on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 shows the new Falcon Heavy rocket in a hangar at Cape Canaveral, Fla. It is scheduled for a test flight in January 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX unveiled its new Falcon Heavy rocket on Wednesday, a month before its first launch.

Photos posted by SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk show the new rocket inside its Florida hangar. Missing is the cargo for the January test flight. Musk has said the Falcon Heavy will launch his own cherry-red Tesla Roadster into space.

First, SpaceX will test-fire the rocket's 27 engines at the pad; the company is aiming to do that by the end of the month. The launch is planned for a few weeks after the test.

Falcon Heavy is essentially the company's Falcon 9 times three. It features three Falcon 9 first-stage boosters joined together with a second-stage on the middle one. It also has three times more engines.

Read more at: SpaceX unveils new Falcon Heavy rocket before January launch

Go to the moon now with it!

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Private space sector is killing it. These companies are our only hope for cheaper, more reliable access to the Solar system and beyond. Maybe now we won't have to rely on the Russians for our heavy lift.

 

[ScienceRocks]

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

 

[petro]

Now this is a thread I can read.

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

He just might...
Donald Trump renews NASA mission for human space travel, deep space exploration

 

[anotherlife]

SpaceX unveils new Falcon Heavy rocket before January launch
December 20, 2017 by Marcia Dunn

This photo made available by SpaceX on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 shows the new Falcon Heavy rocket in a hangar at Cape Canaveral, Fla. It is scheduled for a test flight in January 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX unveiled its new Falcon Heavy rocket on Wednesday, a month before its first launch.

Photos posted by SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk show the new rocket inside its Florida hangar. Missing is the cargo for the January test flight. Musk has said the Falcon Heavy will launch his own cherry-red Tesla Roadster into space.

First, SpaceX will test-fire the rocket's 27 engines at the pad; the company is aiming to do that by the end of the month. The launch is planned for a few weeks after the test.

Falcon Heavy is essentially the company's Falcon 9 times three. It features three Falcon 9 first-stage boosters joined together with a second-stage on the middle one. It also has three times more engines.

Read more at: SpaceX unveils new Falcon Heavy rocket before January launch

Go to the moon now with it!

Science needs this, this provides the statistical background that science needs.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

Trumps a businessman he knows that Private industry can do space better than the Government.

 

[Old Rocks]

Now this is a thread I can read.

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

He just might...
Donald Trump renews NASA mission for human space travel, deep space exploration

The treasonous fat senile old orange clown is long on flap yap, damned short on action.

 

[Old Rocks]

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

Trumps a businessman he knows that Private industry can do space better than the Government.

Government did the basic research in physics that industry could not afford to do. Just as the Corp of Discovery made the first maps for westward expansion of this nation, government today mapped out the way for building the means to get into space.

 

[petro]

Now this is a thread I can read.

If Trump was smart he'd work with Musk to get us back to the moon. Next he should order the sealing of one of the moon caves as a long term outpost.

He just might...
Donald Trump renews NASA mission for human space travel, deep space exploration

The treasonous fat senile old orange clown is long on flap yap, damned short on action.

Seems that Trump occupies the empty vast vacuum of space between your ears.
Christ...get a grip on yourself.

 

[DrLove]

Missing is the cargo for the January test flight. Musk has said the Falcon Heavy will launch his own cherry-red Tesla Roadster into space.

Hmmm - cool idea but do we really need any more space junk floating around out there?

 

[mhansen2]

Just watched live the launch of Falcon 9 with ten Iridium comsats from Vandenberg AFB. As I type this, the second stage has shut down and the vehicle is coasting toward a second ignition to final orbit. Go to:

Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes its final launch of the year – Spaceflight Now

Hopefully, we'll be able to watch the launch of Falcon Heavy.

Update: All ten satellites have been deployed. It was amazing to watch each deployment live on HD.

 

[mhansen2]

Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time

Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time – Spaceflight Now

Twenty seven first stage engines! Sounds too much like the doomed Soviet N-1 moon rocket. Here's hoping for better results for Elon Musk.

 

[mhansen2]

Live coverage: Additional testing for first SpaceX Falcon 9 mission of 2018

Live coverage: Additional testing for first SpaceX Falcon 9 mission of 2018 – Spaceflight Now