** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Freakbro]

Just love the showmanship as well...a copy of Hitchhikers in the car and don't panic on the screen

 

[Combat squirrel]

ALMOST A GOD DARN APOLLO MOMENT THIS !!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT !!!!

Centre stage ?!!?!?!?!?

 

[Glaucus]

I dont think I have ever watched something that has given me such feelings of tension and jubilation.. and sheer gigglefits with the synchronised landing.

And I bet it still pales compared to those who got to watch the moon landings. I can only hope I will see a moon landing before death. So no killing me for a few years.

 

[Cosimo]

Just awesome.

 

[explicit4u]

Loved the cheeky careers page plug!

Honestly how can anyone watch this and not want to pour money into space travel.

 

[RSR]

Wow..... Just Wow....... I am lost for words!

 

[godinman]

Absolutely amazing. What happened to the second stage!

 

[Skillmister]

Honestly how can anyone watch this and not want to pour money into space travel.

And the reality makes me sad One can only hope that if SpaceX and others keep doing their thing it will start improving

 

[Zefan]

Absolutely amazing. What happened to the second stage!

Second stage is still going, pretty sure you mean the first stage centre booster, which is still unaccounted for indeed...

 

[bliss]

Simply lost for words here. Incredible!!!

 

[Fourstar]

It would appear the centre core was lost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2307
(link borrowed from arstechnica thread)

 

[pacegod]

Centre core was lost, but 2 out of 3 is amazing.

 

[godinman]

Second stage is still going, pretty sure you mean the first stage centre booster, which is still unaccounted for indeed...

That's what I meant yep. Although I wonder how long we'll get video from the 2nd, or is that now dead?

 

[Ceryndrion]

well 2 outta 3 aint bad..

 

[Evian]

Hopefully human flight will soon follow.

 

[.:MBK:.]

Think they are saving that for BFR still.

 

[VaderDSL]

Hopefully human flight will soon follow.

Not until the BFR sadly, they aren't going human rated for the Falcon Heavy. We may need to wait till after 2024

 

[Nazbit]

What a privilege to watch

 

[Glaucus]

Yep the lunar fly around mission is canceled.
They don't see the point in time and effort to human rate the heavy.
On better news the BFS (upper stage) should be ready for testing in 2019(add a year or two for Elon one), like the old grasshopper. So just short jumps.

 

[andy_mk3]

That was pretty amazing!

The booster landings were nothing short of textbook, unbelievable! Hats off to the clever people that make that kinda stuff happen.