How Does SpaceX Transport the Falcon 9? 

wash em and give em a new paint job and their shiny again

Just keep your eye out for the rare new falcons

Some had their 10th flight. You can't barely see the logo anymore. Lol

@@ayina111 no booster had their 10th flight yet.. what are you smoking

@@Benjordy2 actually it did

This comment was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

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Have u told you the tragedy of Darth Falcon the Ninth? He was the most powerful rocket in his era, so powerful in fact it could land back down and launch again.

Is it possible to learn this power?

Jonassoe Not from NASA.

Allen Fogarty it’s probably more expensive.

For NASA the contractors are literally spread out across the country. NASA doesn’t make its own rockets and stuff, companies make it. They launch in Florida because it’s closest to the equator or something.

Congressional members & local politicians fight to have facilities built (and thus employee constituents) in their states/districts by incentivizing companies to build there. I.E.: California probably offered a much lower tax rate to SpaceX to build there than Florida did. Not to mention California is a major hub for technology development

Half-Life: 3 nah they launch in florida because they have the sea to its east. So nobody gets hurt in case of a failure. The rockets alwasys fly into the east, except the ones who rotate earth from north to south

They're working on accomplishing that, look up SpaceX Boca Chica.

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle Precisely.

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle thats going to be badass

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle probably won't happen. Tesla Semi won't be heavy duty enough to haul the Falcon 9. It'll only be rated for the normal 80,000 lbs.

Keep waiting idiot .

What makes you think they would be hauling the weight of the first stage loaded with fuel. That wouldn't even be allowed on the highways. Its mass is about 50,000 lbs. empty, and while the bulky transport trailer adds to that, I suspect it easily stays within those load limits on our highways by design. So yes, the Tesla Semi can handle it.

chances are very very slim, their is no fuel in it so no issues there and since they stay south not much worry of snow, or mountain passes ( at least not like the ones i am use to up north here) I don't rule out Ice since i've seen southern Texas roads get black ice a few times but something tells me the hauling company has special safe guards in place like if the temps drop to low the stop that and i doubt the transport at night

@@bloodmoongrizzlythefirst6492 Yeah I bet they do have a lot of safeguards, I'm more concerned about some car smashing into the rocket and causing dozens of millions in damages

@@bloodmoongrizzlythefirst6492 Fully trained truckers would know how to drive on icy roads safely, it's a skill needed up in the colder states. But normal people driving SUVs or pickups would probably be as erratic as Bambi was on his first day on ice.

@@Me-wk7dz Most people would drive cautiously around that. Not just for safety, but for sake of their insurance premiums lol.

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I saw an Airbus Beluga flying at low altitude a few weeks ago. That was a very weird sight.

Maybe it has a lot of air inside

Lucas Igna nope

It flew in the 60s 70s and 80s with turboprop engines !! Amazing .

that looks like a big-mc-lover plane...

LOL

@Black Rod thats funny lol

a collision with a rocket is not your insurance - we are very sorry

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David The Mechanic same here

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@@aaronvannatta9329 lol

They spend a small percent of what NASA spends to achieve even greater results. Turned out to be good that Obama curbed NASA. It presented a defining opportunity to Elon Musk and team.

Exactly!!!! Thank you, I’m not the only knowing person out here!

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@@markwoodstock1112 it’s not that simple. That’s like saying a toaster is better than an oven because a toaster is cheaper. They have completely separate purposes. Sls’ stack alone is about 30 mil. Many facilities such, as that huge vab, and production of an entirely new launch vehicle is what gives it that big 1 billion price tag. And price of launch isn’t even reusability’s main purpose. It’s frequency of launch, mainly, and sls is built to launch once a year. That’s all it’s needed for, to get the 2024 launch date. I’m not saying I dont like what spaceX is doing, I actually love it, but I don’t like people comparing two things that don’t compare. Spacex may be better in ways, like actually getting stuff done and meeting deadlines, I’ll give you that. But sls is not a bad launch vehicle, it’s a step in the right direction.

Tucson is on I-10, on the way between LA and Texas. It's the least mountainous and most direct route, by far. I have only ever seen them heading east.

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Timothy McDaniel would assume the cost, maybe on a larger scale of launches it would be economical but for moving maybe a dozen or 2 in a year doesn't require them to have the contracts with people who can safely ship something of that size and weight, seems like it's more on a mission basis as of right now

You can bet SpaceX is optimized for low cost. If sea transport were cheaper or more efficient, they'd do it.

It wasn't practical for Saturn at all. It was the only way - the Saturn V simply won't fit down any highway. And they could sail the Falcon all the way around to the coast of Florida if they wanted. But why do that when it will (barely) fit down the highway at probably one tenth that cost.

Timothy McDaniel its just quicker on ground

Fastskull that depends on when BFR will fly and when it will become human rated

Ur in luck

Because that’s where it’s best to make them. Plenty of talent and suppliers

Or is there a secret space force.. maybe the world's biggest cover-up..

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The rocket is too long to go around the curves easily, it would derail the trucks

Jake Yaboi to long, wouldnt be able to turn

S.P. 4449 you guessed it

The Solid Rocket Boosters used on the Space Shuttle were disassembled into segments that were shipped by rail from the factory in Utah to Florida and back after the launches.

Here’s an idea, move closer to the food.

Marco5py Greenteam thats fucking stupid

nudetwister r/woosh

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Why waste more fuel to carry something like that when large land vehicles can do the job better.

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It is unrealistic to construct everything in Florida due to personnel constraints. Therefore, parts are assembled in many different areas before coming together at the launch site.

​@@appalachianenthusiast9499 whatever they have the staff to do in California could be done in Florida instead.

There are apparently more acceptable workers in California than in Florida

Musk needs to be closer to Tesla HQ in California? Blue Origin is going to make their new sheppard rocket in Florida.

how about moving the launch pad closer to the factory? There are alot of spaces in NV OR.

There is a launch site on the west coast but it's only for polar orbits, the reason launches in equatorial orbits are only allowed on the east coast is because with older rockets they didn't want first and second stages to land on someones house or start a fire, they wanted them to just fall into the ocean. That may change someday with SpaceX, but it's doubtful.

@Zo You want to be as close to the equator as you can for launching into orbit.

1. SpaceX has a factory in California. 2. California is very densely populated and the land is under a fault line.

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@@barkeest2561 Florida has hurricanes and weather than delays launches. Vandenberg AFB has been launching rockets for decades, earthquakes aren't a problem.

It's actually called that XD

@@PrathamInCloud It's also called the strongback.

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@@key379 Imagine being a fucking little prick

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Gerg C ... I hear ya'... But think of all the dates you'd have.:)

Surprising how no one has crashed into one of them. That would suck.

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Yup

Great video tho

you do realize that earth is just a point in space.. its not even flat ahahaha

please shut up

Lucy we are glad we can provide entertainment for so many people; and trigger the rest

sphere-earthers are hilarious

Some of the first few stages were built in Huntsville. But yeah.

There’s some irony, let the losers of the competition carry your gear!

That's impossible to do because the rocket is empty during transport.

Joseph Bennett but imagine....