Jamesbaxster
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Mar 31, 2017 12:11 PM
Jamesbaxster
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VonOhlnhausen
*Cough* Blue Origin did this last year *Cough*
DrunkenWeasel
Must trust Musk.
kofjfsfsf
These kind of spacecrafts are kinda fuel inefficent since you need so save some for the landing so i doubt 99% but idk about the rocket.
a07joshuajj
When I think of Musk I always wonder why no other smart, rich billionaires are paving the way to the future like he is.
SarcasticCanadian
*In Musk We Thrust
LittlePoseidon
Musk says "we are gonna do this" then hires the smartest people in earth to make it happen
houtaku
What, they couldn't land it on the CENTER of the platform? *pfft* Amateurs.
houtaku
Or maybe they're just making room for the OTHER three rockets? I dunno.
randomlychosenusernameinuse
15 years could save you 99% or more on space travel.
TehMightyEngineer
Best comment.
inaplasticcup
*simpsons comic book guy voice* actually they're currently aiming for 80% savings because some parts do need replacing each time
severice
I maintain they just throw the rocket at the pad where they have an 80 year old waitress running the controls saying "I got it toots"
severice
In a voice that sounds like she's been gargling gravel for 60 years.
goofyfoot2010
I'm glad my money is being well spent and rich people are able to play their expensive games.
corrcorr
I think Musk came from the future to save the world.
RedIronCrown
It's a big accomplishment but hasn't really saved much yet, let alone 99%.
Janusha
Are those white speccs buildings ?? How big is this thing
simplefishy
Pretty sure the fuel costs more than 1%
ChinaMike808
Actually, it really will save someone about $18mill or so? As I read it.
docblock
Actually, it "only" saves about 1/3rd b/c the used rocket has to be recertified, plus costs like launch operations etc
KimJungPun
Instead of I like Ike, I trust musk
monsterhunter4lyfe
Hey, Musk seems to do alright as far as business is concerned. Maybe he should be president.
boomer0001
He'd have America running EVs asap, be energy independent and have a more secure grid. Not to mention new methods of transportation
tenebrouslyx
problem is government is way less risk tolerant. no way NASA could fail as many times as Musk did and keep pushing
tenebrouslyx
compare Space-X to NASA, who launched 3 rovers to Mars that all dramatically outperformed spec. would've been cheaper to send 50 garbage
tenebrouslyx
rovers that broke down after a year or two. But each failed rover creates headlines that gov is allergic to, so they go hyper-safe
RedDwarfIV
It's way less risk tolerant NOW. Not so much when Apollo was the big goal.
zappyguy
KP-1, LO2 and LHe ain't cheap, especially LHe.
NomadSpork
Compared to the rocket; yes they are.
zappyguy
You packing proportions mate?
NomadSpork
I saw someone say fuel was something like 3% of total cost, but don't quote me on that. I do know that engines are way more expensive.
zappyguy
Nice.
greentinroof
Which program is this? Is this the stage one of a falcon 9?
Spikelf
Ehh it's not in the middle though. Back to the drawing board. JK, Musk has vision the people that made it happen are the real MVP
Lamech777
So glad the private sector is doing well in space related advances. Hopefully the Goa'uld are not watching :o
DrDadJokes
that goes without failure
AnonoMouser
yes well they seem to be able to land them pretty reliably, on a floating barge, using a rocket built from a box of parts in a cave.
BewareTheIceSpiders
If you never fail, you're not trying hard enough!
justherefortheshitposting
Check NASA's history, they had a hell of a lot of failures. That's how pioneering a high-risk field goes. And SpaceX hasn't had burned crew.
Thorbane
That one was just so close but yet so far. It landed successfully, but the leg failed due to icing.
BubbleGutandtheHotSnakes
what does this even mean?
ILIKEYOUSIR
I feel that if Tesla and Pornhub merged they would solve all the worlds problems
adderol
Lol'd too hard at this...
copingcabana
Self driving cock?
DoingItWrongSince1980
They could definitely come up with rockets capable of determining how brave a person is.
CityYeti
I can see it now. PORN! IN! SPAAAAAACE!!!
Gyiszzlakk
I like you Sir
Fluffycorn
but id be pretty weird
rick2g
Pornhub has an odd corporate luxury to be honest and non-judgmental towards their customers.
Batman1702
"Customers" as in everyone?
MichaelHames
I swear to god if porn got political there would be no peace only war and erections
Boobdick
War and Erections. Hottest band name i think ive ever heard.
prepareyourbutt
porn has always been pretty good at predicting what new media distribution methods will succeed
BlanketLemon
...or is the reason they succeed
Tk842
They backed HD DVD it failed. People believe VHS caught on instead of beta max because of porn, but if you look at both instances it is
Tk842
Clear that although HDDVD and BETA Max were superior formats they did not store enough information. For example GTA5 on HDDVD would have
Tk842
Been 4 disks, dual layer blueray is one disk. That why it won.
ChuckKarma
In space, love handles are essential equipment.
poorwhitetrash
Let's also take a minute to appreciate the fact that those are very rough seas and were able to land on a swaying platform.
eLeSDi
Very rough seas is an exageration..but still insane
poorwhitetrash
Check out those white caps with respect to the size of the ships. That's pretty damn rough.
Kollejolle
I'm curious and ignorant, why is the sea preferable to land? Or even a smaller lake? Is it in case of accidents or what?
poorwhitetrash
Liability.
TimmyDans
If you fuck up you want to fuck up with no one around to kill or laugh at you.
RedDwarfIV
Land is preferable. But it costs more fuel to return to land. The drone ship lets them land after boosting the payload as much as possible.
RedDwarfIV
So if a payload is much heavier than the ones that do drone ship landings, then the rocket will be expended instead of landed.
shankycat
I told someone with the means to do so to invest in Space-X in 2012. They did not. Oh well.
MizuNoMark
You gotta sales pitch em
UkrainianBukkake
It is a private company so they couldn't
shankycat
That's what I meant by "had the means". As in, could afford to invest privately i.e. invest a couple mil.
zPapa
Why hasn't NASA done this
Jamesbaxster
Funding
malikcarr
You're kidding, right? NASA sunk $9bn into the Constellation program between 2005-2009, when Obama cancelled it they had produced no rockets
malikcarr
or space vehicles of any kind. SpaceX ran off a total valuation of ~$1bn between 2002 and 2012. Musk is actually trying to get a good return
malikcarr
on his investment and name brand, NASA either finds a way to waste money *or* gets hijacked by Congress as a jobs program rather than a real
malikcarr
space agency. A big part of Constellation was it kept the Space Shuttle systems manufacturers in business, which was a big priority for the-
ItsTime4it
They landed that thing? With the waves pitching and rolling? That small of a landing site ?? This dude is amazing !
Groggster2000
Eventually they will start landing on solid land.
Cre8iveJake
they already have done that.
YOTASOTA
The barge has systems to keep it level in relatively rough seas. Too a point anyway.
Nuttsy
That one? Twice now. And about half a dozen others once.
Valkhi
You haven't heard of this before? Well take a look at the other landings :D there are some amazing footage of those~~
JamesProton
Yes, he is, but let's also give credit to the people who directly engineered this and helped out.
BuckeyeBTH
Agreed! Ideas are great and all... but actually realizing this one was a team of very dedicated engineers paid wayyy less than Musk
defaultuser01
I mean.. He is a mad engineer. And without his expertise, leadership and funding none of this would be "realized" either :) So it's 50/50
BuckeyeBTH
Fahargo
Understand this rocket and landing site ate enormous
Bot17629A98001
Your moms enormous
KarakLohr
2nd time they've landed that particular one
newyorknyc
Does anyone know why it can't land on land?
BuckeyeBTH
If it misses during re-entry or landing while over ocean. Some fish die. If it misses while trying to hit land. People could die. So...
slumpdogmillionare
It uses less fuel if they fire it into an arch across the ocean and land it on a boat than if they try to return to the launch pad.
JakeHawke
Can and has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2puvTW8EA
AvatarRubix
They launch from Florida, and it's best to travel Eastward as they climb. This means they're over the Atlantic when the rocket returns (1/2)
AvatarRubix
They could turn it back around and land on land (which they have done), but it requires a lot more fuel. (2/2)
icecoldjoe
Im guessing safety concerns.
idontlikepickingusername
see above comment
Groggster2000
But they only launch from Florida in the first place cuz safety concerns.
TeeMee123
i can't bare to imagine how complex the algorithms are and how much code there is
Jamesbaxster
the power of the nerd knows no bounds
TheLoneGringo
Nah they just have a pro gamer locked away in a closet and only let him out to land the rocket
AnanasHoi
FUCKING LAG
7788d
actually I'm allowed out to use the toilet as well
DJScrambles
I used to be an engineer at SpaceX, surprisingly the entire codebase is written in BASIC
TeeMee123
I imagine thats actually kinda a good situation, seeing as a lot of people are learning visual basic
RequiemOfTheSun
https://www.quora.com/What-programming-languages-are-used-at-SpaceX This says C++
Bot17629A98001
Pics or it didn't happen
Dukeboysz
(If water : engine=100) ; (if not water : engine=5)
TeeMee123
goToSpace(); comeBack();
fuckthesefuckingadsstraighttofuckingfuckville
heh. That's closer than you realize. More like compensating the for the actual approach proportionally. Literally PID control.
Smidge204
Scary just how good they are at landing a 17-storey building falling from the edge of space on a postage stamp in the middle of the ocean...
BewareTheIceSpiders
They even splashed and retrieved the fairing halves!
Frederf
with a TWR >1!
Dekker3D
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. With a TWR <= 1, they wouldn't be able to slow it down. Did you mean some different number?
Debauchery
Three words, my friend: Kerbal Space Program
feeltheice
I remember losing Timmy when I ran out of fuel for orbital re-insertion... He skipped off the atmosphere and died alone in the void
ilikesmallboobiessincenooneelsedoes
But evidently there are some flaws. They couldn't land it on the bullseye. Imagine if there were some mechanical dock system. It'd misalign!
Brad2217
Well to be fair, they were petty bad at it for a while
zeusdemigod131
When you put it like that, it sounds even more impressive
Jamesbaxster
I love it
frowawayacct2468
Give each rocket a name, like George or Jazyme or Hector, so it's easier to understand which payloads each rocket carries. And unique paint
TheBostonBruins
And it's on the god damn ocean. I can barely stand on a paddle board
ArthurBooRadley
They were practising on your mom's clitoris.
KungFuFetus
Ball bearings. It's all ball bearings these days I tell ya....
Allhailmidgetgoat
Ball bearings, Velcro, and magnets
MichStateinthesouth
Fletch!
PirateRubberDuck
People landed on the moon with less computing power than the average smart phone. We can expect a lot more now.
jakub963
Dont forget the metric ass-ton of personal that monitored every detail on ground. That probably helped as well.
PirateRubberDuck
True. I'm not quite sure why I had to work out that a metric ass-ton of people is around 500 though.
jakub963
I am just saying that it's not all about "getting there using Pc with the power of a calculator". There were a lot of people involved too...
jpb103
Next step is getting the refuelling and prep down to a one day process. The faster the turnaround, the cheaper it gets.
PirateRubberDuck
The reusable rockets can only be used a hand full of times. A hell of a saving but they still have a build more.
mike111177
They are going for 100 per rocket core. That saves over 3 billion dollars per 100 flights.
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
One thing to note, is that the thing is mostly empty. The mass distribution is more like a longer soda can with a weight at the bottom
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
An empty one, that is
haHAaaaaaahhh
bet you are a Riot at parties
bingbangboomhamburgertime
you're mostly empty, boom roasted
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
Gotta start somewhere - I mean if they failed that landing with a mostly empty ship, they might probably do worse with a full one
Glasken
Using rocks we tricked into doing math for us by injecting them with lightning...
Ravenuser
JESUS CHRIST MARIE THEY'RE MINERALS!
Glasken
I GUESS!!
Gattermeier
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Gnashvegas
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yzmotoxer807
I mean it's not that simple. You have to flatten the rocks first.
nanyatenyaa
I wish I could save this comment. I'm going to make this my work life mantra.
SkyrimForTheDragons
slightlyhotcontents
Fahargo
Wait is that true?
ShitBeans1495
You retard.
AlackofPotassiumcankill
Essentially, silicon with metal traces plus electricity
Hitlersbulgingmilkybreasts
Can someone please explain
Glasken
Not sure why anyone downvotes an honest question. Upvote and explain!
Hitlersbulgingmilkybreasts
Thank you. I don't understand why either. Personally I don't know shit about computers so this was informative
ShitBeans1495
Go back to school.
EmpyreanEquinox
Computers
Hitlersbulgingmilkybreasts
Ok ok now explain it to me like I'm five years old
GianlucaTenino
Oh god, where are your parents!
SepticStorm
Computer chips are made with Silicon. which is essentially a rock. silicone + electricity = computer i.e. rock + lightning
idontlikepickingusername
Computer chips use silicon (essentially crystalized sand) and conduct electricity.
CMaxwellEsq
Silicon circuit board = rocks, lighting = electricity, makes computers that do math.