SpaceX Tuesday...
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I'd recommmend people make their own minds up - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-odd-empathy-o... - not worth derailing the thread for, sorry I mentioned it!
Flooble said:
I'd recommmend people make their own minds up - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-odd-empathy-o... - not worth derailing the thread for, sorry I mentioned it!
vice.com - mind made up without reading the article...The leaning tower of Elon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO9TsQdLOE
Can't quite see our submarine in the panning shot sadly. I think it's round the corner to the right, hidden by the big silo.
No rest for the wicked though. The next Falcon 9's (#26) provisional launch date has been brought forward a couple of days to June 14th.
This one will also leave from Cape Canaveral @ 3.32 pm UK time (10.32 am local time). Quick turnaround for the landing ship flotilla's crew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO9TsQdLOE
Can't quite see our submarine in the panning shot sadly. I think it's round the corner to the right, hidden by the big silo.
No rest for the wicked though. The next Falcon 9's (#26) provisional launch date has been brought forward a couple of days to June 14th.
This one will also leave from Cape Canaveral @ 3.32 pm UK time (10.32 am local time). Quick turnaround for the landing ship flotilla's crew.
Leithen said:
Elon Musk's full interview at the Code conference.
Interesting, thanks. Annoying hosts, but he took it in his stride.Beati Dogu said:
The leaning tower of Elon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO9TsQdLOE
Can't quite see our submarine in the panning shot sadly. I think it's round the corner to the right, hidden by the big silo.
Here's some closer footage of the Falcon 9 from the same Youtuber.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzO9TsQdLOE
Can't quite see our submarine in the panning shot sadly. I think it's round the corner to the right, hidden by the big silo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCmAd6_G9Mc
And presumably this is your sub?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94DDAZeUpB4
Eric Mc said:
Sylvaforever said:
5738692./185068.
I hope you aren't claiming he was responsible for that number?I'm afraid I don't do the WvB fan club.
Whilst in the latter period of his tenure he did not have an "easy time" due to Nazi infighting [in fact I'm led to believe it was formal action by Hitler that finally stopped his "persecution"] facts are he took both party and SS membership freely to further and enhance his career and status in the third reich and of course knew nothing of the horrors, which must have been pretty difficult considering the slave labour that was employed by the organisations making his rockets, which he oversaw.
His service to the US space race stand as his monument, in many ways, an act of penance.
Anyway back on topic.
Edited by Sylvaforever on Sunday 5th June 00:40
Nothing to do with SpaceX of course so I don't particularly want to go down a discussion on Von Braun's ethics - that's a massive subject worthy of a thread all of its own.
What I was alluding to was his charisma - which he had in spades and for those who worked directly for him, he was obviously an inspirational leader - like Musk must be.
I am definitely no Werner Von Braun fan boy and there are massive questions about many aspects of what he did and how he did it - but, as I say - that's worthy of a separate thread.
What I was alluding to was his charisma - which he had in spades and for those who worked directly for him, he was obviously an inspirational leader - like Musk must be.
I am definitely no Werner Von Braun fan boy and there are massive questions about many aspects of what he did and how he did it - but, as I say - that's worthy of a separate thread.
The mad thing was, back in the 1960s, ANYBODY could apply to work for NASA on the Apollo project.
There is a famous story told of a young recently qualified Danish aeronautical engineer who wrote a letter to Dr Werner Von Braun (sorry for yet another VB reference but there are parallels with him and Musk).
In the letter he told VB that he had recently qualified and asked where best he should go to further his career.
VB just dashed off a quick reply saying -
Come and join us. We're going to the moon
Your faithfully
Werner.
Ironically, Musk himself is South African - although he now also holds American and Canadian citizenship.
A similar reply from Musk would be, of course -
Come and join us. We're going to Mars.
There is a famous story told of a young recently qualified Danish aeronautical engineer who wrote a letter to Dr Werner Von Braun (sorry for yet another VB reference but there are parallels with him and Musk).
In the letter he told VB that he had recently qualified and asked where best he should go to further his career.
VB just dashed off a quick reply saying -
Come and join us. We're going to the moon
Your faithfully
Werner.
Ironically, Musk himself is South African - although he now also holds American and Canadian citizenship.
A similar reply from Musk would be, of course -
Come and join us. We're going to Mars.
annodomini2 said:
garyhun said:
Eric Mc said:
If I was 30 years younger I'd be applying for a job there - in any capacity.
I'd be right next to you in the queue.I am starting to think maybe 5 or so years ago would have been the sweet spot to join spaceX.
Tesla looking for hundreds of software coders now, no pressure there then.
Then again I'd rather go as a blue collar than as design, I recon they burn through a lot of people in engineering.
Besides it'd be ubber cool to say "I built that one" don't ya think..
BEAM module entered for the first time today. Surprised the hatch doesn't have a hinge !
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/06/video-beam-we...
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/06/video-beam-we...
Beati Dogu said:
SpaceX have announced the launch target date and time of the next rocket:
Wednesday, June 15 - Launch window opens 10.29 am ET (3.29 pm UK time).
The landing and support ships have already left port.
The Falcon 9's static test fire should be on Sunday 12th.
Almost missed this one! Countdown underway - launch in an hour ish with a proposed landing on the drone ship OCISLY I believe....Wednesday, June 15 - Launch window opens 10.29 am ET (3.29 pm UK time).
The landing and support ships have already left port.
The Falcon 9's static test fire should be on Sunday 12th.
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