I only saw an explosion. The good news is that it looks like it happened during refueling. Once we switch to EmDrive technology we won't have to use propellant like that.
I am sure SpaceX will use their high bandwidth sensor data and figure out the problem and fix it. It is just like software: you iterate and fix problems. They are still on track to go to Mars by 2018 I am certain. And then...beyond?
No you aren't that old. You have fallen into the same trap that most tech people have: you assume progress is inevitable. Since we went to the Moon, it must be possible to go to Mars, and thus it must be possible to go to Andromeda. Because the computer industry has seen amazing growth, you think that applies to everything else. But real engineering is not like software. Despite the claims marketing charlatans at SpaceX make, you won't be going to Mars in in 2024. You won't be going in 2025, or 2225. Welcome to Earth. Sorry you don't like it here, but get used to it.
If launching a rocket with a satellite into LEO is "bleeding edge of the physically impossible" then how difficult is it to go to Mars? We have been launching rockets for 80 years. Is going to Mars easier?
You aren't going anywhere, Bruce. This is what real hard engineering work looks like. It is full of smart people, who still occasionally fail. Wishing hard that you will go to Mars doesn't make it happen. This isn't computer software, which is easily correctible. This is the reality.
Eh, if it isn't "antimatter engines" with you space nutters it is "generational starships" and mystical perpetual motion machines. You all have one thing in common: you don't know what hard engineering work really looks like and how difficult it is to produce something that actually works.
No, rejoice! This is what HARD ENGINEERING WORK looks like. It is full of lots of very smart people working hard, and sometimes failing. It isn't you writing a fucking blog about antimatter engines.
But its OK. We have been working on rocket technology to LEO only for the last 80 years or so. I'm sure we will be building generational ships powered by EmDrives by the end of the year. Get your suit on, we are headed to the STARS!
According to the Space Nutters, we will be flying to Andromeda with our EmDrive real soon. That is, once we get this new fangled rocket stuff worked out.
You are a crackpot if you believe in perpetual motion or ZPE. You keep saying we KNOW we need to "rebuild" physics. But we don't. You are simply a crackpot with an earthlink email address.
You guys got me: you are right. The emDrive is harnessing dark energy. Get your spacesuits on! You will be going to Uranus real soon in your "generational spacecraft"!
"However, we can't know what those are with precision and accuracy."
Yes. Yes we can, because we have the Math that backs up those Laws. This is why people like you are stupid: you don't even understand basic science and how it works.
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I only saw an explosion. The good news is that it looks like it happened during refueling. Once we switch to EmDrive technology we won't have to use propellant like that.
I am sure SpaceX will use their high bandwidth sensor data and figure out the problem and fix it. It is just like software: you iterate and fix problems. They are still on track to go to Mars by 2018 I am certain. And then...beyond?
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No you aren't that old. You have fallen into the same trap that most tech people have: you assume progress is inevitable. Since we went to the Moon, it must be possible to go to Mars, and thus it must be possible to go to Andromeda. Because the computer industry has seen amazing growth, you think that applies to everything else. But real engineering is not like software. Despite the claims marketing charlatans at SpaceX make, you won't be going to Mars in in 2024. You won't be going in 2025, or 2225. Welcome to Earth. Sorry you don't like it here, but get used to it.
Sorry, reality can be harsh sometime. Welcome to Earth!
If launching a rocket with a satellite into LEO is "bleeding edge of the physically impossible" then how difficult is it to go to Mars? We have been launching rockets for 80 years. Is going to Mars easier?
You aren't going anywhere, Bruce. This is what real hard engineering work looks like. It is full of smart people, who still occasionally fail. Wishing hard that you will go to Mars doesn't make it happen. This isn't computer software, which is easily correctible. This is the reality.
My mistake. I am sure you are a space nutter grounded in reality.
Either way, I am sure SpaceX will be headed to Mars in 2018 like they promised.
Eh, if it isn't "antimatter engines" with you space nutters it is "generational starships" and mystical perpetual motion machines. You all have one thing in common: you don't know what hard engineering work really looks like and how difficult it is to produce something that actually works.
No, rejoice! This is what HARD ENGINEERING WORK looks like. It is full of lots of very smart people working hard, and sometimes failing. It isn't you writing a fucking blog about antimatter engines.
But its OK. We have been working on rocket technology to LEO only for the last 80 years or so. I'm sure we will be building generational ships powered by EmDrives by the end of the year. Get your suit on, we are headed to the STARS!
Geez, you space nutters are something else. You think the concrete pad blew up?
According to the Space Nutters, we will be flying to Andromeda with our EmDrive real soon. That is, once we get this new fangled rocket stuff worked out.
Is a discreet GPU a GPU that won't tell your wife if you watch porn?
You are a crackpot if you believe in perpetual motion or ZPE. You keep saying we KNOW we need to "rebuild" physics. But we don't. You are simply a crackpot with an earthlink email address.
You guys got me: you are right. The emDrive is harnessing dark energy. Get your spacesuits on! You will be going to Uranus real soon in your "generational spacecraft"!
Wow...another Space Nutter shot down. The hits just keep on coming!
So we are calling algorithms "AI" now? Cool.
You cannot "relax the bounds" of the Laws of Physics. Christ you Space Nutters really are something else. You don't even realize how stupid you sound.
"However, we can't know what those are with precision and accuracy."
Yes. Yes we can, because we have the Math that backs up those Laws. This is why people like you are stupid: you don't even understand basic science and how it works.
100% correct. We also don't have time to track down every crackpot with a perpetual motion scam.