That moment when it all pays off! Falcon Heavy test flight, with live reactions from SpaceX Mission Control. These people are proud of their achievement, and rightfully so!
@@Mr.2GD Falcon Heavy is the name of the rocket. SpaceX's main innovation is reusable rockets. Previously, to launch a satellite you would use a rocket that would be destroyed in the process. This made Space operations prohibitively expensive. Imagine if one would have to destroy a plane each time you fly from one country to another. A plane ticket would be so expensive that nobody would be able to afford it! Well, that was the case with the space industry until SpaceX. SpaceX designed rockets which can deliver a payload (satelite, people, etc.) somewhere and return back and land on a planet to be reused again. This video was a test of the Falcon Heavy, which is a rocket vehicle that can lift twice the weight that its competitors can! The Tesla car was used as a random payload (to have weight for the rocket to deliver to test it), because this was just a test launch. Falcon Heavy consists of 3 booster rockets, which is the reusable expensive part. They delivered the car into space and returned back. Two boosters landed in one place at the same time. The third booster landed in another place (but exploded because it didn't have enough fuel). The reason to construct a larger space vehicle out of smaller boosters is to ease design and manufacturing. If you use 3 boosters instead of designing some new superheavy rocket booster, then you reduce the cost of design and manufacturing, because you just have to perfect that one booster design and can make several space vehicles out of them. If something goes wrong with one booster (like in this case where the 3rd booster exploded because they underestimated the amount of fuel it needed) you can just correct the issue and all space vehicles would benefit from that correction / design improvement because they all use same boosters. This is one of the ways SpaceX will reduce costs of space travel. Not only boosters are reusable, but also those boosters can be used in many different space vehicles. So same innovations which improve satellite delivery or astronaut delivery can eventually be used to travel to Mars or even super fast Earth travel (like 30 min flight time to any location on Earth).
Mr. 2GD simply put; the two side boosters that helped the center core and payload get to space landed back on earth upright after their task was complete. Falcon is the name of the series of rockets. the rocket at hand is called Falcon Heavy which is essentially three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together. here’s a video to the original launch: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wbSwFU6tY1c.html
Do you work at SpaceX? Must have been amazing to be there! I watched live from Europe, and keep coming back to this launch whenever I need some extra motivation for my own work :)
@@partyboeller Hi,yes(thats my scrawny butt in black above the phone in the picture),I had a lot to monitor whilst this was in progress(so I looked very serious to start with),but Its so hard to hold the emotions in. If you would like a 4K copy of this(sound is WAY better),let me know.
As you can tell, my video editing skills are not at a pro level :) But yes, I would still like to see it in better quality! In the meantime, keep up the great work. Good luck with Crew Dragon, FH Arabsat and Starship, we are all rooting for SpaceX in 2019!@@paulgarrett9322
@@partyboeller You did just fine :).It feels very strange to me to watch this - I wish I could explain it,but its so surreal to see this on the tube,lol. Thank you so much,it means the world to me.
as a 7 yr old in 1969 I saw the landing on the moon. We watched it in the school hall on a small black and white television Now I didn't know anything about SpaceX but when I saw this footage - the rocket taking off, the Tesla with Starman being released I was amazed. I literally screamed when I saw the BOOSTERS LANDING BACK ON EARTH !!! because only just before I saw it, I knew that rocket boosters were lost forever. Now they are landing back on earth. Holy SH*T. I had no idea that this could be done now. How naive I am.. I apologised to my sons for scaring them because I screamed so loud (with a few swear words thrown in) lol Amazing stuff.
Here's a link to the HD video of that dual landing ... it's so beautiful, like something out of Star Trek! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u0-pfzKbh2k.html
No ones been to the moon, thats why these companys can only send rockets into space not the moon its like there all starting from crawling again, yet they so called did it in 1969? Really
@@xhiltonx you want to know why we haven't been back? It wouldn't make a profit. SpaceX is a launch provider, and if a space agency would be willing to lose money to go back to the moon that's their choice.
It’s already quite a time passed since the launch. But every time when I see this, it still touching my heart. When all other people think it’s just a dream, but they make it happened. This is happening in real world but it’s more exciting than movie.
Never thought I'd be happy crying over a landing rocket, but goddamn this makes me sooo happy, this is the essence of humanity, team work, innovation, spending countless hours of blood, sweat and tears into these type of things. When all of those people started jumping and screaming I just lost it, if only all of the humanity would focus on things like this, not war, not terrorism... Much love and respect to everyone at SpaceX.
I couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably with joy while watching this. Hearing the female announcer do that little laugh was so nice to hear. You can tell she loves her job as her inner child comes out.
SpaceX only employs people who absolutely love and are devoted to their job. That's the only way you survive there. It is an, shall we say, intense place to work. But for those who love what they do, it is the chance of a life time. To rapidly iterate and design brand new things and actually see them fly rather than live on paper only. That is the joy of people that only comes after a lot of blood, sweat, and tears
8:30 just imagine the reaction and thoughts of the person or the team or people that made the code and engineer this to be possible, i have no idea why i am crying mate, we as humans when we come together as one in peace and with a common goal we can achieve anything and everything
When you spend years designing, testing and building something...Then finally see your baby fly.....you will know why these people are cheering. Although you always understand that this huge thing you are working on is supposed to go up to orbit, it really doesn't really have a solid meaning until you see that huge monster catch fire and ascend up into the sky. After the cheering and tears are over, there is a sense of loss. A part of you is gone, never to be seen again. But now, it comes back home. Perfection. (I worked on a small part of the old Apollo program. It was real.)
My final exam started a week ago and i came back to this video whenever i struggle with my simple statistics and linear algebra. This video is 2 years old but still motivates me. Thanks dude for the awesome video.
I get tears in my eyes every time I see this. I love to see and hear the enthusiasm that these folks have when it comes to seeing all their time and effort come to fruition. It’s inspiring.
These are real reactions, from real people who have put countless hours, days, weeks and some even years into that rocket. The Falcon Heavy is the beginning of a new age of exploration and technology and humanity as a race. Now lets go colonies some planets and wipe out the lesser developed natives YYYEEEEHHAAWWW
So perfect to see it entirely from the Mission Control viewpoint!! Have to say, it's *always fun* to watch Gwynne "lose it" with SpaceX's smashing successes.
just a random user nothing will ever come to explain the amount of cringe and how much I would like to facepalm myself into the next realm because of your comment
I could only wish that I would be part of something to this magnitude the fact that these people are so passionate about what they're doing to better humanity is just astonishing to me. Keep doing you SpaceX. Civilization is counting on all of you beautiful people. I wish I found my love for space and rockets when I was in middle school and high school because I would have been right there besides you all!!
I can imagine when these guys getting old, they shall have proud stories to tell to their grandchildren. Unbelievable Elon, leading an unbelievable team!
I LOVE THIS. It's so nice to see how the people in mission control reacted. That lady front and center just sums up how I felt. GOOD LUCK to the spacex team for the april 7th launch.
Gwynne was so much of a rock star in that moment that I half-expected her to stand up, throw back her hair, and start doing air guitar :-) What a day. What a team.
Talk about a SpaceX recruiting video! Who wouldn't want to work at a place like this? Changing the future of humanity. Look at all the energy and excitement! Wish I was there for sure.
On this day, my world fell apart. The sight of both boosters landing was just a beautiful sight that distracted me even for a slight second the horrible mental breakdown that was unfolding since that morning.
that "girl" is Gwynne Shotwell, the President and COO of SpaceX. she's on her phone because she's probably texting Elon, unlike your ass sat typing this dumb comment.
@@laurah200 lol you're trying to discredit the work of a woman who has probably achieved more than you will ever. She's not even the focus of this video, and you still feel the need to mention her. Personal grudge??
Yannis Wen I never discredit her work thrive to be honest. It was just noticeable that she was on the phone .... again. For you an accomplishment is when you are on the top of the top... alright go ahead little sir, go make your millions because Apparently personal goals and accomplishment don’t matter. Goodluck on getting there pal. With that mindset you might have money but no friends. Or let’s say fake friends for the money haha
I love watching these, I never cheer at sporting events or cheer during rocket launches but something about SpaceX launches make me want to scream and cheer. They are making history for humanity over there for sure
Demo-1 de-docking and later splash down... Demo-2 launch… NASA had according to RU-vid ~45k Viewers at the hatch opening of the Crew Dragon... how many viewers will they have with Demo-2? I for sure will be one of them...
The people you see in this room are most likely some of the smartest folks on the planet. They could have chosen to work at investment banks or large hedge funds, and make hundreds of $millions. But instead they made it possible for humanity to take a giant, giant leap in space exploration. You're never going to remember their names but they are heroes. Never let SpaceX die due to lack of funds.
Let me put this in perspective for people I watched Apollo 11 land on the moon at home, and stood on the beach in Florida and watched Apollo 13 launch. No company on this planet would put that much effort and money into something fake! You can't disprove something you can actually watch
Excitement about space travel has been missed long enough! Thank you SpaceX & Elon Musk for your hard work and tremendous contributions in making this happen.
I was hoping this was online somewhere! This was one of the coolest experiences of my life. I definitely teared up just as much at the mission success as the employees' reactions. SpaceX is something special.
just so you know, the "nerds" that you made fun of in in high school, they are probably one of those people sitting in that room now who are changing your world lol
