OT / ICYMI - There's a Tesla orbiting Earth

On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 7:40:29 PM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>
> Starman Live Stream
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>
> Today's amazing launch:
> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761

I had a chance to watch it live. As cool as the launch was, watching the 2 outer boosters fly
home and then land within seconds of each other was even cooler.

Too bad the core booster didn't make it. I wonder whose idea it was to use a drone ship.
I'll bet it was the people they original assigned to take the ship out there. "Say what? You
want us to sit in a boat while some huge rocket tries to land butt first on the deck? Uh...no
thanks. I'll pass." ;-)

I heard that it came in at 300 MPH and took out 2 of the ship's engines. That would have
shaken up even the most seasoned sailor.

> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>
> Starman Live Stream
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>
> Today's amazing launch:
> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761

The last Starman selfie, in route to Mars..
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/?taken-by=elonmusk
https://i.imgur.com/oGTcEI8.jpg

"Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space"
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk

-God speed, Starman

On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 9:30:10 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> writes:
> >On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 7:40:29 PM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
> >> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
> >> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
> >>
> >> Starman Live Stream
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
> >>
> >> Today's amazing launch:
> >> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
> >
> >I had a chance to watch it live. As cool as the launch was, watching the 2 outer boosters fly
> >home and then land within seconds of each other was even cooler.
> >
> >Too bad the core booster didn't make it. I wonder whose idea it was to use a drone ship.
> >I'll bet it was the people they original assigned to take the ship out there. "Say what? You
> >want us to sit in a boat while some huge rocket tries to land butt first on the deck? Uh...no
> >thanks. I'll pass." ;-)

> They tested landing on barges long before they tried to return
> to the launch site.

Whoosh!

>
> >
> >I heard that it came in at 300 MPH and took out 2 of the ship's engines. That would have
> >shaken up even the most seasoned sailor.
>
> The barge is, of course, unmanned during a landing attempt.

Things do go right over your head, don't they? Quasi-pun intended. ;-)

DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> writes:
>On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 7:40:29 PM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
>> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>>
>> Starman Live Stream
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>>
>> Today's amazing launch:
>> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
>
>I had a chance to watch it live. As cool as the launch was, watching the 2 outer boosters fly
>home and then land within seconds of each other was even cooler.
>
>Too bad the core booster didn't make it. I wonder whose idea it was to use a drone ship.
>I'll bet it was the people they original assigned to take the ship out there. "Say what? You
>want us to sit in a boat while some huge rocket tries to land butt first on the deck? Uh...no
>thanks. I'll pass." ;-)

They tested landing on barges long before they tried to return
to the launch site.

>
>I heard that it came in at 300 MPH and took out 2 of the ship's engines. That would have
>shaken up even the most seasoned sailor.

The barge is, of course, unmanned during a landing attempt.

Markem <[email protected]> writes:
>On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:30:36 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>>On 2/8/2018 10:25 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
>>> On 2/8/2018 8:55 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>>>> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
>>>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Starman Live Stream
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>>>>>
>>>>> Today's amazing launch:
>>>>> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
>>>>
>>>> The last Starman selfie, in route to Mars..
>>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/?taken-by=elonmusk
>>>> https://i.imgur.com/oGTcEI8.jpg
>>>>
>>>> "Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space"
>>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk
>>>>
>>>>   -God speed, Starman
>>>>
>>> It took 60 years to go from Telstar to Tesla.
>>>
>>
>>It will crash into Mars and the Martians will see that as an act of war.
>
>Nah the burn was to long so it will be an addition to the asteroid
>belt.

In reality, the car is in an eliptical orbit around the sun where the long
axis reaches from just inside the earth orbit to the asteriod
belt. It only visits the belt ever few years.

On 2/8/2018 10:25 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
> On 2/8/2018 8:55 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>>>
>>> Starman Live Stream
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>>>
>>> Today's amazing launch:
>>> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
>>
>> The last Starman selfie, in route to Mars..
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/?taken-by=elonmusk
>> https://i.imgur.com/oGTcEI8.jpg
>>
>> "Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space"
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk
>>
>>   -God speed, Starman
>>
> It took 60 years to go from Telstar to Tesla.
>

It will crash into Mars and the Martians will see that as an act of war.

On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:30:36 -0600, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:

>On 2/8/2018 10:25 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
>> On 2/8/2018 8:55 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>>>> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
>>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Starman Live Stream
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>>>>
>>>> Today's amazing launch:
>>>> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
>>>
>>> The last Starman selfie, in route to Mars..
>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/?taken-by=elonmusk
>>> https://i.imgur.com/oGTcEI8.jpg
>>>
>>> "Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space"
>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk
>>>
>>>   -God speed, Starman
>>>
>> It took 60 years to go from Telstar to Tesla.
>>
>
>It will crash into Mars and the Martians will see that as an act of war.

Nah the burn was to long so it will be an addition to the asteroid
belt.

Glad Star man is a dummy, the suit however is a real space suit, a
NASA test for certification.

On 2/8/2018 8:55 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
>> Elon Musk is a f***ing ROCKSTAR!!
>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYkm1BVMAY8_Tx.jpg
>>
>> Starman Live Stream
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
>>
>> Today's amazing launch:
>> https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1761
>
> The last Starman selfie, in route to Mars..
> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6VZEzgAEk/?taken-by=elonmusk
> https://i.imgur.com/oGTcEI8.jpg
>
> "Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space"
> https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk
>
> -God speed, Starman
>
It took 60 years to go from Telstar to Tesla.

--
2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

Partway through the launch, I realized I was watching three robots help
a fourth steal a car and escape with it...