Delta 4 Heavy first launch

[teen1418]

what is it carry-ing anyway?

[neilbercasio1]

i wonder whose house will get that shitload of falling engines from space

[EpiDemic117]

@neilbercasio1 The ocean. They are strategically launched in a trajectory where the stage separations will either hit the ocean or run through a burn up in the atmosphere while the parts also hit the ocean away from commercial shipping routes. so it's not likely that these things will ever land in your backyard ahahha.

[arias1772]

damn.... see how charred the orange insulation got after the hydrogen dump? gotta love them RS-68's

[scdecade]

The engines on that thing are SICK!

[FractAlkemist]

musta been a real brain surgeon placing the cam between the strap-on, limiting view

[xylicon]

@FractAlkemist I'm sure since this was the first Delta 4 Heavy to fly they wanted to see how the CBCs would separate.

[JadedFaction]

your an idiot man, they do that to watch the cbc's separate. but invalid brain surgeons like you wouldn't think about that now would they?

[phongbong]

what do they use this for? satalites?

[newenglander31]

I'm pretty sure Ares 1 will be scrapped in favor of using a Delya IV Heavy, now that a military general will be in charge of NASA. lI believe the pentagon will now be calling the shots!!

[TGAcodes]

how heavy do you think that thing is for them to need to use such a huge rocket?

[airpower123]

i think so. it looks big and powerfull. i think this one is going to replace all the rockets. like that jappenese one. but i think the japernese one has more hi tech stuff on it

[kapitankartoon]

WOW! Can anyone tell me why we are not using this rocket for the Orien manned space craft, that will replace the Shuttle?

[retrogamer500]

They originaly planned that, but when the CEV changed, it would be more cost effective developing the Ares rocket than converting the Delta IV Heavy.