Why it took 5 years for the Falcon Heavy to fly
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Published 2017-12-23
Falcon Heavy. It’s ALMOST HERE! When it flies, it will be the most powerful and highly anticipated rocket of the 21st century.
SpaceX will be attempting the ultimate feat in rocketry, strapping three orbital class boosters together to form a heavy lift vehicle. As if that weren’t enough, the Falcon Heavy will be attempting to land ALL THREE of its massive first stages boosters, two by land one by sea.
SpaceX first announced the Falcon Heavy in 2011 saying the vehicle would be ready to launch in 2013… So why exactly has it taken five additional years to develop a rocket that’s essentially just three Falcon 9’s strapped together?
Well, we’re going to dive into what all has changed since the 2011 announcement including what specific hardware and technology had to be developed. We’re also going to compare the Falcon 9 to the Falcon Heavy in a side by side comparison and explain just why exactly there’s so much more to the Falcon Heavy than just strapping three Falcon 9’s together.
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All Comments (21)
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Almost everyone says, "Elon is the greatest, Elon does this, Elon does that,..." but think of all those SpaceX people that pulled lots of all-nighters to make it all happen.
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I'm only four minutes in and I had to pause to say ... this is the greatest video you have ever produced. Consider me entertained.
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Me: has $90,000,000 lying around Tim: HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS PRODUCT
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"Two by land and one by sea." LOL!!!!! Paul Revere in SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one who cheers like a football hooligan at launch/landings!!
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12 Struts? Pump up those numbers, those are rookie numbers!
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Dude you're doing such a great job. Keep it up!
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Excellent video! A lot of interesting information combined with a great style of presentation!
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Great video. Though it is a bit misleading to say that it's going to Mars. It's going to orbit the sun in an elliptical orbit, and its apoapsis will be close to where Mars orbits the sun. It will never actually get to Mars, it'll just get close during its orbit.
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Regardless of the results, the Falcon Heavy launch will be awesome. I hope it is a total success but I agree that as long as it gets far enough to not damage the pad then it will be successful to at least some degree.
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dude you really put so much hard work in this video. thats one of the best video about spacex recently. keep it up
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New to the channel! Great content, thank you for educating me
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Just a small correction to your reference to Soyuz having 20 engines. Soyuz has 5 engines - 4 RD-107 and one RD-108 - each with 4 combustion chambers driven by a single turbo-pump. RD-107 has 2 verniers while RD-108 has 4 verniers for attitude authority.
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Soyuz doesn't have 20 rocket engines, it only has 5. You're just counting nozzles!!!
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"fully loaded 737 into orbit" Interviewer: Why would you send an airliner into orbit? Elon: Cuz I can.
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So glad to see someone with a healthy excitement for rockets and space! :) Love your videos
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great video, keep up the amazing work
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My friendd you need more views , love your content , keep it up
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Hey man, this is an incredible channel!! You've earned a new subscriber! Your interest and enthusiasm towards this topic shows in the quality of your videos, I hope you get more and more success as SpaceX and space travel evolves!
