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Old 02-06-18, 03:31 PM   #1
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Old 02-06-18, 03:35 PM   #2
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Of all the goofy stunts he's pulled, putting a Car into Martian orbit has to be up there....
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Old 02-06-18, 03:37 PM   #3
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Of all the goofy stunts he's pulled, putting a Car into Martian orbit has to be up there....
plus the 90 million dollars it cost too
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Old 02-06-18, 03:41 PM   #4
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plus the 90 million dollars it cost too
Well, they needed a weighted payload, as they were going to do the test flight regardless. The car is just a great publicity stunt. The final orbit is so weird, that there weren't alot of research or commercial payloads willing to take a ride, let alone risk the craft altogether on an untested vehicle.
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Old 02-06-18, 03:42 PM   #5
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3-1 it gets scrubbed for some reason.

1-10 Some thing catastrophic happens.
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This is powerful and exciting ... two big rockets coming back for a landing
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Old 02-06-18, 03:42 PM   #10
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I find Space dark and cold and full of trash floating around Earth's orbit.
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This is powerful and exciting ... two big rockets coming back for a landing
3. The main booster will land on a barge. Hopefully.

And yes, I'm treating this thread like a chat room
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Holy crap that's a beautiful sight!
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Old 02-06-18, 03:48 PM   #13
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I just missed it... is it over?
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This is pretty exciting... hope I live long enough to witness it.

SpaceX's Starship Hopper Turning Elon Musk's Dreams of a Mars Rocket Into Reality

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