Someone noticed there was a camera feed on the mission control wall that shows the Center Core's drone ship, after the smoke clears no ship can be seen:<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Darkphibre/status/960990105581240321" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Darkphibre/status/960990105581240321</a><p>9:00 into the feed, it's likely the core either missed or failed to land properly. Although the screen is partially out of view.
Sounds like they lost the center core (might just mean the signal its not clear), hell of a showing though the team should be really proud of the accomplishment.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/stevewdavens/status/960984330943258624" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/stevewdavens/status/960984330943258624</a><p>Original audio from the webcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2304" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be...</a>
Wow, just witnessed history. The landing of the Falcons was seriously thrilling. David Bowie coming on as the payload headed towards its destination got me, have to say.<p>Congrats to everyone here from SpaceX – what an accomplishment.
I'm curious how the realized design that's launching today compares to the Saturn V. This article from 2016 implies that the Saturn V has three times the payload capacity, but that the Falcon Heavy is twelve times cheaper to launch (adjusting for inflation), implying a fourfold advantage in cost efficiency: <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heavy/" rel="nofollow">https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heav...</a>
Unbelievable. The simultaneous booster landings were incredibly impressive feat. Outstanding launch and spectacular landings!<p>Screen shots from live feed: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/gh410" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/a/gh410</a>
Can anyone tell me what the object moving through the right of the screen is at T+9:58? <a href="https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=2392" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=2392</a>
Live view of Starman in orbit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M</a>
I think it's interesting that all of the Space X control team seem so young. My memory of the Apollo missions were that all the controllers were old farts who had been with NASA for at least 20 years. Maybe its because I was very young at the time and now I'm older. Or maybe it's because you had to work for 20 years to be a controller at NASA and Space X is just not that old (yet).