SpaceX Next - Something Big Is Coming

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[robpruitt]

Go SpaceX, you are are only hope!

[khanrhy]

@mirox3mbg Quite possibly an original composition. I like the riffs and electronica aspect.

[lucidwebpress]

Whole lot of engines. It's almost... Soviet.

[Tyrannobeast]

@asdfghjkl48402 Still, factoring in the extra drag and weight, it seems like just quadrupling the payload would be a tall order. Quintupling is nigh ridiculous.

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how it goes, but personally I have reservations against a rocket that uses over 12 engines at once, too many potential failure points.

[Tyrannobeast]

So the Falcon 9 can launch 10.5 tons to LEO. Okay. How then did they go from about 11 to 54 by clustering 3 Falcon 9 cores together? I've heard of over-optimistic marketing, but this seems like flat-out false advertising.

[carparksumo]

spacex + bigelow + VASIMR = mission to mars ;-)

[A86]

@Dash801 - I hope they get this summabitch to work. That will be the most engines on any manned rocket since the N-1, won't it?

[lights779]

@matthewakian2 SpaceX announced the Falcon 9 Heavy, the biggest rocket since the Saturn V. Some people think it may be able to take us to Mars. Check for Mars500 on Boing Boing.

[lights779]

I love this video so much. I've watched it dozens of times. Gives me goosebumps.

[matthewakian2]

What happened on 04.05.11?

[spacegeek5]

@robpruitt I agree NASA is doomed with out spacex there is no way we will do anything in space for a long time

[Elukka]

@cliffsplace If the success rate of initial test flights is indicative of the system's reliability in operation, the Soviet/Russian R-7 family should be the most dangerous way to get people to orbit. (it's not)