Englishmum

A few years ago we were on a family holiday in Florida and were fascinated by our visit to the Kennedy Space Center. One of the Space Shuttles was due to launch from a nearby beach the next day and we waited patiently next to the ocean along with thousands of other people. Sadly the launch was cancelled due to a technical hitch and we never did get to see one take off

I’m fascinated by today’s anticipated launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from the Kennedy Space Center (1.30pm ET). This is a project from Elon Musk and contains a car which he’s hoping to send to Mars. The heavy rocket is the largest one of our time, 230 ft tall and 27 rockets!

Is anyone in FL going to watch it? (Wish I was there lol!)

There will be a live webcam stream at:

SpaceX

(And quite a good report on what to expect at www.usatoday.com)

Let’s hope it actually launches today!

BenK91

I hope for your sake it launches today! Not for Elon Musk though... Always nice watching something go wrong for that slimy weasel

MidAtlantic

The cool part is the return of the boosters and this time, if all goes to plan, there will be three returning almost simultaneously.

SultanOfSwing

This is cool. Hopefully the launch is a success

Pulaski

On this occasion I am more than pleased with his efforts - because atop the Falcon Heavy sits a test payload - a Tesla car, no less, which is being hurled into the eternal void of space.

Hopefully he will follow up by slinging more of them in to space.
But not all to the same location, at least one is going to a drone ship, and at least one is coming back onshore.

Nutek

So ambitious.

Musk says anything longer than a 15 second burn will be counted "as a win". Gives it a 50/50 chance.

So cool.

RICH

Hoping to see it's trail from Clearwater, if it gets high enough🤞

BenK91

You make a good point sir

Floridablues

I'm actually going up on my roof (i've done this before) which is roughly 50 miles due west of the Space centre. The local news channel interviewed a young lady that had driven on her own from Indiana and arrived at the Space coast just after mid night to wake to the reporter at her car! Hope for her sake it takes off.

Anian

I think he just wants to recreate the beginning of Heavy Metal.

MtbbikeVanlife

"Don't Panic"

MidAtlantic

Spectacular, especially the two boosters landing simultaneously.

Englishmum

Absolutely incredible - I had goosebumps! I love that there was a Tesla onboard complete with the ‘Starman’ dummy!

They were (apparently - I didn’t hear it) playing ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie when the rocket took off..and on the simulated video on the SpaceX website which I was watching last night, they were playing Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars’. So apt and so cool!

materialcontroller

That launch was spectacular and very well executed. Well done Space X.

petitefrancaise

Just amazing!!