SpaceX Releases Animation of Planned Falcon Heavy Launch (gizmodo.com.au)

intellitech writes: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently shared a new (and, really freaking cool) animation demonstrating how the company plans to launch the maiden flight of their Falcon Heavy system later this year, which will be the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V used for the moon landings during the Apollo-era. According to Elon Musk's Instragram post, "FH is twice the thrust of the next largest rocket currently flying and ~2/3 thrust of the Saturn V moon rocket." He also reiterates that there's a "lot that can go wrong in the November launch."

Direct link to the YouTube video.

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Re:manage a three

[rkordmaa]

The initial idea of moar boosters didn't work because as a center core regular F9 booster can't handle three times the structural load. The schedule hasn't been helped by the fact that they still don't actually have a launch stand that is capable of FH launch, though they should have LC-39A converted soon enough. Plus yeah, prioritization.