At about 22:54 in the video, Falcon Heavy is passing through 1,000 kph at an altitude of 7 km, on its way to escape velocity. Its attitude w/r/t earth is almost horizontal at this point, as it is all about gaining speed more than altitude, which is the easier part. Even though I’ve watched this video at least 20 times, I never fail to get emotional in my engineering heart during this segment of the flight. (Next: Starship!)
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Imagine being Elon Musk, watching your child roar into the heavens successfully.
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Impressive indeed, but who is subsidizing this? Musk is worth appx $209 billion which certainly qualifies him as one of the richest people on Earth, but what would you estimate the cost of this latest SpaceX venture?
Just asking because we deserve to know who’s footing the bill!
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Musk has taken advantage of some subsidies, but relatively small game. He has partnered with NASA to help stay financially semi-stable, but he has a real economic winner with his Starlink orbital internet access project, which has already launched many small devices that are available for connection in a beta-test regime. Very cool. And he has launched many satellites for various customers with his Falcon 9 at excellent profit margins due to his game-changing reusability program. He’s a genius. He is conservative. He is an engineer par excellence!
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His next exciting craft, the Starship! Serial number 9 is about to fly to 60,000 ft and return safely. Mars-bound at some point.
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I only asked about subsidies because of Tesla. Thanks for the info; always good to hear about the successes of true entrepreneurs.
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Re: Tesla. All the major mfg’s of cars get subsidies. When in Rome…
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I thought those applied only to GM??
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