What SpaceX Falcon Heavy just Did Totally Shocked NASA Scientists!

What SpaceX Falcon Heavy just Did Totally Shocked NASA Scientists!
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#techmap #techmaps #elonmusk #starshipspacex #nasa
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intro 0:00
Long road journey 0:30
Nasa’s SLS 6:51
outro 10:10
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What SpaceX Falcon Heavy just Did Totally Shocked NASA Scientists!
"One of our most important launches ever.
Super glad it went well."
Elon Musk excitedly shares his thoughts after confirming the deployment of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft.
After experiencing a long and tough journey to get to the launch pad, Nasa's highly anticipated Europa Clipper astrobiology mission is finally underway.
This mission not only attracted attention because of one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth but also marked the spectacular comeback of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.
Find out everything in today's Techmap episode.
What SpaceX Falcon Heavy just Did Totally Shocked NASA Scientists!
At 12:06 PM EDT on October 14, NASA's Europa Clipper probe atop SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The mission kicked off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa and also marks the 11th overall for the Falcon Heavy, and its second interplanetary mission. It was also the first Falcon Heavy launch to require the full expenditure of the vehicle's three first-stage boosters. Normally, the first-stage boosters for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9 rockets reserve enough fuel to perform landing burns for recovery and reuse on future launches.
To make it possible, both the Europa Clipper probe and Falcon Heavy experienced a long and tough journey to get to the launch pad.
What SpaceX Falcon Heavy just Did Totally Shocked NASA Scientists!
The latest obstacle is Hurricane Milton which forced the delay of the Europa Clipper mission on October 10. The previous obstacle regards Clipper's transistors, namely Mosfets devices that control the flow of electricity on the probe, which may not be as radiation-hardened as they were believed to be. To make matters worse, it all happened just a few months before the scheduled October release. The situation threatened the October launch date but Nasa cannot afford to delay the mission. If the delay happens, there are backup windows are available for the next 2 years but this would also require additional gravitational assists, potentially causing further delays. The mission team, then, worked to determine how many transistors may be susceptible and how they will perform in flight. Nasa evaluated options for maximizing the transistors' longevity in the Jupiter system. Fortunately, on August 28, the national agency announced that transistors would be able to support the baseline mission, thus, the mission remains on track.
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[pravinshingadia]

Remember when NASA were the pinnacle of science excellence before they went woke?

[kevinbissett]

Good Morning my Friend. I love starting my day watching your channel. You never cease to show me something new. Cancel the SLS. Cancelling the SLS is long over do. Thanks for exposing the True about the SLS and Boeing in general. We wouldn't know the Truth if it weren't for You. It's obvious the this is a job for SpaceX. Great Update. Have a Great Day my Friend.

[randywise]

I think Musk thought it would have a high probability of a crash the first try. The risk was worth it to advance the program. That and he had faith his team would pull it off if it was possible.
It was the most awesome thing I have seen in my long life. I remember when we had a wire on our phones and phone booths. When TV came in on rabbit ears. When cars didn't have seat belts.
This was the biggest thing in all of that progress.

[the_lomax]

Bill Nelson the current head of NASA was totally against the commercial partnership program. He believed in the old way of doing thing with contractors like Boeing and Lockheed, So many of the old guard even Armstrong was against the commercial space industry. Problem is companies like Boeing have been in the driver seat dictating pricing and timelines they havent had any competition hence the Major issues with SLS Boeing hasnt modernised and they forgotten what it means to be at forfornt of development and instead focus on how to squeeze as much money out of a contract as they can. I dont want to say Bill Nelson is corrupt but.. things dont get this bad with a project like SLS if there wasnt anyone at the top of NASA getting kickbacks. Also the real hint to me that something was off was when NASA did not want to take the advice of Auditor General and Impose penalities on Boeing for delays and not meeting standards. That reeks of corruption.

[pagansavage]

Once the Starship is up and flying as a certified cargo ship the SLS is finished for good.

[XCX]

I will put money on the next sls being delayed

[stormyridgegirl]

I think the FH program has broken even at this point on the $1B investment in SH

[jeremymerkt]

The number one thing SpaceX has going for it, is it doesn’t have to constantly deal with an ever changing bureaucracy and political positioning.

[RedPixel]

Falcon cost saving recovery launches together with the new Superheavy will make any overbudget launches from the government or any other company laughable and unintuitive and counterproductive. The only thing for the government and other company to do is innovate. It will take time but they need to or face early operational budget demise.

[padraigAZ]

teach your AI that it's 747 not 7 hundred and 47 airplane.

[ArticWolfv]

I am still confused why no one ever talks about the fact that in the united states methane is a classified as a biproduct of oil production and priced accordingly. As a result Space X will never be defeatable on price for space launches.

[billotto]

"Exploiting" your customers doesn't sound very good or like a good business plan...jus' sayin' is all... That's something I'd expect from Boeing or Bezos.

[XCX]

Don't you just love the armchair critics?

[randallackaret]

So many incorrect statements in one video

[jpgolan]

The return of the "masculine" ?!? rocket. 😛😛😛

[GWAIHIRKV]

SHOCK - HORROR, yet another title that has nothing to do with the content. Have you ever heard of the phrase ‘Crying Wolf’?