A little thing I threw together...
[FONT=&]Shades of Weyland-Yutani.[/FONT]
The center one lit but the outer two did not, and that was not enough to slow the stage down. Apparently it hit the water at 300 miles per hour and took out 2 of the engines on the drone ship. That sounds like some pretty fun footage, so if the cameras didn't get blown up as well then we'll save that for the next blooper reel.
So would this be considered one of the biggest victories for capitalism in modern times?
Private company builds its own rocket, delivers massive payload into orbit, and now will potentially sell these services to the US Government/Military/etc...
It's insanely impressive to see how well it all went.
The telemetry of the car is probably overloading Elon's e-mail inbox, saying he's overdue for countless maintenance and inspections based on mileage.
... And consider this:
“I’ll tell you what I’m going to do Mr Bond. I’m going to stick you in a spacesuit with a radio, and strap you into one of my cars. Then, while mankind watches, I’ll launch you into space. The last thing you’ll hear before leaving this earth forever, will be their applause.”
Elon could have totally gotten away with disposing of a body, and we're all just sitting here laughing and clapping along.
The telemetry of the car is probably overloading Elon's e-mail inbox, saying he's overdue for countless maintenance and inspections based on mileage.
... And consider this:
“I’ll tell you what I’m going to do Mr Bond. I’m going to stick you in a spacesuit with a radio, and strap you into one of my cars. Then, while mankind watches, I’ll launch you into space. The last thing you’ll hear before leaving this earth forever, will be their applause.”
Elon could have totally gotten away with disposing of a body, and we're all just sitting here laughing and clapping along.