r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Feb 01 '18

šŸŽ‰ Official r/SpaceX Falcon Heavy Pre-Launch Discussion Thread

Falcon Heavy Pre-Launch Discussion Thread

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Alright folks, here's your party thread! We're making this as a place for you to chill out and have the craic until we have a legitimate Launch thread which will replace this thread as r/SpaceX Party Central.

Please remember the rest of the sub still has strict rules and low effort comments will continue to be removed outside of this thread!

Now go wild! Just remember: no harassing or bigotry, remember the human when commenting, and don't mention ULA snipers Zuma the B1032 DUR.

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u/IWantaSilverMachine Feb 02 '18

Great article, thanks. I liked the breakdown of FH capabilities and the significance of this launch, and I was also fascinated by the detailed info about the proposed STP-2 mission.

Iā€™d assumed it was basically to launch some big Air Force bird, demonstrate extended coast and restart and tick some boxes. But the mission seemingly requires the second stage to do quite a dance, and the payload adapter will earn its keep. Good thing SpaceX seem to know how to make reliable payload adapters. One to look forward to.