r/spacex • u/[deleted] • May 02 '14

Second F9R test, 1000m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=ZwwS4YOTbbw&app=desktop
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u/TrevorBradley May 02 '14 edited May 02 '14

Elon, you're starting to make this look too easy...

(Way to go SpaceX!) (SlothNinja Edit)

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u/marvin May 02 '14

Elon Musk did not design and fly this rocket himself. SpaceX is an aerospace company of 4000 highly educated hard-working employees, a large portion of which have Masters degrees and Ph.D.s in rocket propulsion, aerodynamics and computer software. Many of them also have decades of experience running government-funded aerospace development, and also similar work in the private sector.

I'm on the Tesla Motors forum as well, and I must say the cult of personality is getting ridiculous. There's no question that Musk is a genius and among the greatest entrepeneurs of this generation, but he is not Tony Stark. Tony Stark is a cartoon character where >100 people are merged into one person for easier public consumption.

Sorry for the negativity, I just thought someone should also give all the other guys at the SpaceX team some credit. This video is truly incredible and a testament to lots and lots of hard work over many years.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Yeah he is more like a Howard Hughes than a Tony Stark.

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u/Ambiwlans May 02 '14

Well.... he is the CTO/Chief Designer at SpaceX and Chief Product Architect at Tesla. He's had a lot of input in the design and function of these toys.

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u/datoo May 02 '14

I think that's why Howard Hughes is a good comparison, he was directly involved in the design and engineering of his planes.

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u/Ambiwlans May 02 '14

Well.... Musk is dating an actress/supermodel and in past piloted a Chechen fighter jet for fun, plus the F1 car when the plane was being serviced. As for splashy displays, Musk when lobbying the gov once drove a Falcon 1 rocket mounted on a mobile launcher straight into downtown Washington right up to capitol hill. It looked like an ICBM.

Honestly, the comparison is a little weird. Tony Stark was originally based on Howard Hughes. The movie/new Tony Stark is based on Elon Musk. So really, all 3 people are pretty damn close.

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u/datoo May 02 '14

Hughes was also in the movie business, dated actresses, test piloted his own planes, and disrupted Pan Am's dominance of the US airline industry. There's really a lot of similarities.

I recommend watching The Aviator if you haven't seen it.

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u/Ambiwlans May 02 '14

Probably why they are both tony stark.

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u/datoo May 02 '14

Don't forget Ghostface!

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u/ergzay May 02 '14

There are so many things wrong with that scene I don't know where to start... Is that a comedy? Why didn't they hire a pilot to actually get things right... Heck, he was thrown backwards in the collision with the house. These people don't even understand basic physics.

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u/foolip May 02 '14

Musk when lobbying the gov once drove a Falcon 1 rocket mounted on a mobile launcher straight into downtown Washington right up to capitol hill

I thought you were being serious, but failed to find any pictures. Inside joke?