The spectacle of seeing Musk's roadster orbiting the Earth is useful all
the same - unscientific though it may be. From a public outreach
perspective it's a home run.
That said, this can only be good news for prospective science missions to
the outer planets.
Clear skies,
Nick
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:22 AM, Syphers, David <dsyphers@xxxxxxx> wrote:
It sounds like the orbit is heliocentric, and into the asteroid belt. The
original idea was to go near Mars, but not insert into its orbit (which
would require a lot more fuel and maneuvering).
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16971200/spacex-falcon-
heavy-launch-success-roadster-orbit-elon-musk
Too bad they didn't put something useful out there. A flagship-level
observatory clearly would have been too costly, time consuming, and risky
on a first launch like this, but maybe a little X-ray spectrograph like
some sounding rocket experiments use?
-David
On Feb 6, 2018, at 8:18 PM, Paul <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:sea. The other two boosters landed just fine, and Elon Musk's car is going
I guess by now you all know the core missed the boat, and is lost at
to be parked in Martian orbit. Valet service? Is that correct? He's not
placing it in Earth orbit?
there already.
Mars could use a nice electric vehicle--not that we don't have a few
core does as well….
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo
From: "Eide, Phyllis" <eide@xxxxxxx>
To: "sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:02 PM
Subject: [SAS] Re: Falcon Heavy launch at 10:30 pacific time!
Agree – and how about those boosters landing perfectly???!!!! Hope the
Behalf Of Nick Monkman
From: sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:00 PM
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Subject: [SAS] Re: Falcon Heavy launch at 10:30 pacific time!
Oh wow...that was incredible
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Mary Singer <hari@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It was SPECTACULAR! Perfect!!
👍👏 💥💥👍
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On Feb 6, 2018, at 12:35 PM, mikes442 <mikes442@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
T - 10 minutes !
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From: John Riegel <riegel.john@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2/6/18 9:57 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SAS] Re: Falcon Heavy launch at 10:30 pacific time!
Update: now targeted for 12:05 PM PT
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Nick
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