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Elon Musk's huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch
Mr Musk has decided this should be his old cherry-red Tesla roadster with a space-suited mannequin strapped in the driver's seat.
The car will be sent towards Mars' orbit - but there is little chance it will hit the planet
Elon Musk will attempt to fly the world's most powerful rocket later with his own sports car on the top.
The US entrepreneur's Falcon Heavy launcher is designed to have twice the lifting capacity of any other vehicle.
But because of the historic high failure rate of maiden flights, only a dummy payload is being risked.
Getting all 27 engines to light in unison and control them during the first phase of ascent is not straightforward.
The Soviets tried to ignite 30 engines on the first stage of their ill-fated Moon rocket, the N1, and never got to orbit. Mr Musk has a future rocket under development he calls the BFR. This will feature 31 first-stage engines.
Elon Musk's huge rocket set for launch
Seems this only cost 90M to do this after investing Billions To Develop These Rockets.
btw: CHERRY RED TESLA'S are cool! T - 11:00....and Counting, till Burn...Off?
Elon feels there's a 50/50 chance of a Big BOOM? WTF? No!
Mr Musk has decided this should be his old cherry-red Tesla roadster with a space-suited mannequin strapped in the driver's seat.
The car will be sent towards Mars' orbit - but there is little chance it will hit the planet
Elon Musk will attempt to fly the world's most powerful rocket later with his own sports car on the top.
The US entrepreneur's Falcon Heavy launcher is designed to have twice the lifting capacity of any other vehicle.
But because of the historic high failure rate of maiden flights, only a dummy payload is being risked.
Getting all 27 engines to light in unison and control them during the first phase of ascent is not straightforward.
The Soviets tried to ignite 30 engines on the first stage of their ill-fated Moon rocket, the N1, and never got to orbit. Mr Musk has a future rocket under development he calls the BFR. This will feature 31 first-stage engines.
Elon Musk's huge rocket set for launch
Seems this only cost 90M to do this after investing Billions To Develop These Rockets.btw: CHERRY RED TESLA'S are cool! T - 11:00....and Counting, till Burn...Off?
Elon feels there's a 50/50 chance of a Big BOOM? WTF? No!
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