So I'm the only nerd on HBCU Sports forum fascinated by the Falcon Heavy Launch?

[pvdogteam]

I thought it was a crazy display of hard work above advanced level mathematics at work and as an engineer I thought it was superhero level achievement by a private corporation. Still trying to figure how the roadster will stay in tack in the harshness of outer space for a billion year journey


Simulation


The actual launch

 

[Herbert77060]

Uhhhhhh, yes you are.

Damned android pad correcting my words.

 

[pvdogteam]

Unchanging, yes you are.

touche' I'll take that one LOL

 

[Herbert77060]

touche' I'll take that one LOL

 

[CEE DOG]

No. I watched it. I like very science and technology. I have watched it over and over. Just amazed at the achievement Musk and his team made.

 

[PsychoJag]

Nope I follow everything Elon Musk. I contributed to his underground tunnel project for LA.

 

[jag4life]

I watched it. That was amazing. I miss my aerospace days

 

[pvdogteam]

I watched it. That was amazing. I miss my aerospace days

I miss mine too, hate they never built my top secret bird I worked on it was going to be really cool, at least my part worked

 

[Tpop33]

There are a bunch of space geeks on here, I enjoyed the launch, it's always fun watching "good" history in the making. Musk is giving NASA a run for their money, and truth be told, decades from now, NASA will not be a big part of the space race when it comes to building space transportation.

 

[jag4life]

There are a bunch of space geeks on here, I enjoyed the launch, it's always fun watching "good" history in the making. Musk is giving NASA a run for their money, and truth be told, decades from now, NASA will not be a big part of the space race when it comes to building space transportation.

Actually NASA loves the fact that Elon Musk is doing this. The traditional NASA contractors are the ones panicking. It's not a competition with the agency at all.

 

[Tpop33]

Actually NASA loves the fact that Elon Musk is doing this. The traditional NASA contractors are the ones panicking. It's not a competition with the agency at all.

It is if funding gets redirected to the private industry, which would affect both federal and contracted personnel.

 

[jag4life]

It is if funding gets redirected to the private industry, which would affect both federal and contracted personnel.

But which funding? NASA contracts out most of this type of stuff already so that won't be much of a change. SpaceX already has Commercial Crew and CRS contracts with NASA. They can't do much with its rockets and without using NASA infrastructure.