[–] 12971756? 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
Funny... There are pics of it with a green screen behind it on a stage... Surely that is fake as well. Why did the car have no mirrors? Look at the total lift capability of that HEAVY rocket then look at the mass of that tiny car. Then look at how the rocket equation works... Where did the rest of the mass go? The math does not work out. Yeah, I'm dumb...
[–] PraiseIPU 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
https://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tesla-roadster-in-space-5.jpg
hmm whats that thing on the right side where a mirror should be?
HOLY SHIT ITS A FUCKING MIRROR!
this sounds like you are saying the rocket can lift 1,000lbs but the car was only 10lbs. but the rocket can ONLY lift 1,000lbs. therefore fake hoax conspiracy!
[–] 12972204? ago
So... This is what I mean. I was flew satellites for a living years ago and have participated in space lift events out of vandyland and the cape. so I'm not talking out of my ass.
OK, this is more in depth what my issue is. The lift capacity of that rocket is big... Really big. Now space lift is really really expensive and super duper risky. Simple as that. There is a lot more though. So I mentioned the rocket equation. I did this for a reason. If you put a tiny orbital vehicle on a massive liquid rocket then one of these situations WILL happen. 1: You will reach orbit with lots of extra fuel. 2: you will end up in a very different orbit than you want to as you burn longer than you should.
So on number 1: why not launch something bigger? Why not volunteer the lift capacity at (?10kusd/kg?) to science and get a tax write off? Why just waste it?
You may reply with "they didn't fully fuel the tanks" but that cannot be true. The tanks are only structurally sound for launch when fully fueled.
2: they didn't end up in the wrong orbit or with wayyyyyy too much fuel.
I'm not saying this to chafe anyone's pussy, I'm saying it because it's not wrong and more people need to look into it. Also, one could "weigh" that rocket with the rocket equation and some photographs of the flight path using calculus if you knew the distance and compass direction that the photographer was from the launch site. I do not have that info and my calculus-fu is not that strong but it can be done.
They said they put a top stage on this and sent it to Mars. Idk. I doubt it. More likely is this. They launched something very different with that rocket. Something none of us were supposed to know about. Exactly what? Idk. But look at the numbers man. Think about it? Certainly billionaires and the government would NEVER lie right?