The Real Reason SpaceX Developed The Falcon Heavy Rocket!

[@RevMikeBlack]

I think I enjoy Falcon Heavy launches more than any other. It is a majestic spacecraft and the booster landings still look like science fiction.

[@sudind]

Starship is its successor, so all's well.

[@Tube_America]

The brute force of and very expensive Saturn V Moon launches hasn't been topped yet. YET!!!

[@gregderise9969]

I like this video. Really well researched and well written script with very nice graphics. Really nicely edited. Very enjoyable video. You do nice work!

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@ConcreteLand]

I like this format. Lots of info on one subject letting the space geek community know everything they never knew to ask. Kind of a Simon whistler fell to it. Well done & thank you.

[@danielitoi442]

Totally agree!!

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@5limj33zy5]

Ol fact boy what a legend

[@JontyLevine]

Two minor corrections: 3:14 - Only the secondary payload was lost on that mission. The primary payload made it to the ISS successfully. 6:20 - The Merlin engine is named after the a type of falcon (Falco columbarius), which itself derives from Old French and is unrelated to the name of the legendary wizard.

[@Fryguy101]

Yep! All of SpaceX's booster engines are named after birds. Kestrel, Merlin, and Raptor. The only SpaceX engines that aren't are the Draco and SuperDraco hypergolic engines.

[@alanjaques5316]

@@Fryguy101 until someone name some new discovered bird after those two 🤔🤣

[@rosiehawtrey]

Sigh, where do you think Merlins French name came from? Merlin is not his original name, his original name was Brythonic/Welsh - Merlin is the French version of the name. Courtesy of a bloke called Cretien du Troyes ?sp..

[@inthefade]

No need to sigh about it, we’re all learning and sharing here. It would probably be Chrétien.

[@biliam3865]

@@Fryguy101 dracos are flying lizards. that sounds like an apt analogy.

[@paulskaarup9837]

The future is going to be exciting for sure!

[@tahsinrezabulbul9915]

Yes it is

[@ebolawarrior451]

I'm 38, I remember playing with toy Saturn V's and other things when I was little. Now I'm seeing this and it gives me hope, I just wish I could live until I saw us out there for good.

[@nerdwatch1017]

Imagine if they could connect a couple starship boosters together the same to lift a larger version of starship!!

[@wow-sham1300]

Think you mean a larger version of falcon heavy. But just imagine over 45 MILLION pounds of thrust I don’t event want to know the capacity of that rocket. If space x fixes the launch pad breaking/ flame tunnel and the water suppression system I don’t even think that will be enough with 111 raptor engines roaring

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Falcon uses Jet fuel. Starship uses methane. Much cleaner and cheaper.

[@rohanjarande]

Starship is much more complicated, imagining the stress management alone is giving me a headache. Not to mention the aerodynamics and designing a proper launchpad to handle that ungodly amount of thrust, and designing all that for reusability 😢. . . . Would be cool af tho.

[@etimsam]

@@wow-sham1300 Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@SanctusBacchus]

Tell me you don't understand rocket physics without telling me you don't understand rocket physics

[@jcdisci]

Proud rocket nerd since the Mercury Program. I was born 24 days after Sputnik launched, I saw Neil Armstrong step on the moon, and I'm going to Mars! 😎

[@brent6454]

Hey, from Canada!! Just an idea for your channel. When you have clips from previous launches put text on the side or overlaid on the video showing the date of the launch. Might only be applicable to this video though. I might have missed it, but text would of helped!! Either way this channel is awesome and you gained a new subscriber! Thanks.

[@ericblanchard5873]

Can't wait to see what happens next!

[@LuminescentMonk]

Just watched the first ever robotic catch of the booster, and it absolutely was insane

[@MikeSalsgiver]

Really love your work -- Thank you!

[@vincentquaglini2332]

Really love your humor, great documentaries. Love this channel.❤

[@loganford1220]

Really refreshing how the title was directly addressed and answered haha great video

[@rongray8934]

Love the video. My first The Space Race video. Well done.

[@johnstewart579]

Thank you for this detailed account of this marvelous piece of aerospace engineering

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@dan9222scandiguy]

I was there for the inaugural launch in 2018. It was absolutely amazing being part of that crowd. I had no idea the Roadster was being launched which made it even more special.

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@JZ's BFF I still think it would have been cool if Elon had some primitive robotics in the suit and made Starman turn to look at the camera.

[@floydbertagnolli944]

Excellent overview! 😊

[@YunusEmreS]

Nice vid! 👍🏻 That voicecrack tho haha 11:49

[@russ8211]

The Rolls Royce Merlin was also used in the American P51 Mustang aircraft 😀

[@samr.england613]

Wrote a paper on the P-51 way back in '94. One hell of an aircraft! Could beat, in speed, the Messershmidt 262 (the first operational jet aircraft) in a dive!

[@AluminumOxide]

9:41 put another way, the cost of a Delta IV heavy is comparable to the cost to launch the space shuttle, minus refurbishment and payload costs

[@Leon1Aust]

minus refurbishment and payload costs!! Then it's not comparable is it.🤨

[@ronjon7942]

@@Leon1Austyes, it really is.

[@danielitoi442]

Excellent report!! Keep the good work you guys We love watching your videos every time Greetings from Italy

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@bruceperkins2921]

excellent! i enjoyed this episode. go spacex! pisses me off that spacex didnt get to use falcon heavy to put us on the moon.

[@bistermird]

It was meant to carry only cargo.

[@etimsam]

@@bistermird Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@mrzoinky5999]

Starship is not flying yet - so I think Falcon Heavy may be a plan B

[@gregtroublemaker1862]

Thanks for all your hard work that you put into your reporting. Your reporting on the Falcon heavy was educational and hopefully will spark the imagination in some young mind to strive for the stars to land on the moon

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@simonjohnston9488]

Championing Musk's ridiculous lies is not great education. It's fanboying.

[@bobbrian6526]

yeah, the more young people on the moon the better t will be for all humanity

[@Luscious3174]

Rumor has it they were initially going to call Starship the Falcon Ultimate... except Elon wasn't allowed to have the letters FU painted on the rocket 🤣🤣🤣

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@Concavenator_corcovatus]

Could you imagine: “FU 🖕”

[@jaydeister9305]

Thank you for the great report!

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@ventureswithbob]

Another quality video. Educational and entertaining.

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@leonardigweokolo2813]

Wow!!! You gotta respect these guys. Awesome video

[@bunnypeyton9292]

wow! Amazing! Wonders never cease !

[@amon_69]

i thought the merlin engine's name sake was the bird? because there's a theme there: kestrel and raptor also reference birds.

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@ChrisBrengel]

Great video! Thanks for making it!

[@jeffnewcomb601]

Always nice to watch a video about space set to music from Mass Effect.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro 💪

[@ericblanchard5873]

Best channel ever!

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@davebooth5608]

Thank you for this video!!

[@stratcat3216]

The real reason for Falcon 9: income. The merlin piston engine in WWII also powered the P-51 Mustang.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

I knew someone would make that post. I mean who cares, really. He was commenting on British aircraft and British engines. LOL

[@ronjon7942]

@@sonnyburnett8725yes. Forcing an analogy that just isn’t there.

[@balaji-kartha]

Thank you for giving us the history and evolution of this amazingly reliable workhorse of a rocket

[@thiagupillai]

Informative Video, Clear Message. Increase the narrative volume, highlight key points on the screen.

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

I can’t wait to see a falcon, super heavy heavy. You strap three falcon, nine rocket together to get a falcon heavy Used app, three superheavy booster is to get a super heavy heavy booster 33. Raptor two engines by three. Let’s go !!!

[@user-ll9fb5kv6b]

Good video, what is the background music that keeps playing during the video?

[@AlexSchmitt1]

Great video. Pretty sure the Merlin engine is named after the bird though, not the Wizard. Kestrel -> Merlin -> Raptor, all birds.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

All birds of prey that is!

[@ronjon7942]

Correct.

[@Squirel]

Awesome content as always.

[@actualgamer4400]

They finally did the 'Robotic arm catch 1:00

[@ricchamen6304]

It’s the returning 2 booster s landing together and the launch of that 🚗 car.

[@angeloRiv]

I love this video - great job! One thing, we keep saying we could have saved money and could have done missions already if we had not produced Artemis. But then what if Falcon Heavy had been a failure? No one could have predicted that - so now we have Falcon Heavy and Artemis. Very smart way to go...

[@ronjon7942]

Yup.

[@FloridaManMatty]

6:34 - The Rolls Royce Merlin was also the final missing piece that made the P-51 Mustang arguably the finest pursuit fighter of WWII. NOTHING on Earth sounds like that magnificent 27 liter V-12 screaming past at 150 ‘ off the deck at 400+ mph.

[@TecnamTwin]

Thank you for giving the Real Reason. 👌🏿

[@bkkposterboy2]

Best channel best commentator

[@richardloewen7177]

This episode has aged mostly well (in 2024). Love the presentation and detail quality. One issue, though, that others have already noted: While Starship will be unrivaled in getting really big heavy stuff into LEO, Falcon Heavy can send still big stuff--within one launch--well beyond LEO. Great for interplanetary probes. We will be seeing Falcon Heavy launches for years to come.

[@4n2earth22]

Good job! Keep on spacen'.

[@xyphrosthedragon]

"not enough power, just add more boosters"- KSP Player

[@zacharythomas8617]

*Scott Manley

[@johnthomas5806]

learned alot today about FH and look forward to more..

[@Keyboardje]

As a S.F. lover, seeing those two engines land... to me future and reality merged, and I cried (happy teers)

[@coopercarguy]

Great video, very informative. Thanks.

[@WellAnimated]

The editing is nice!

[@vtdawson]

Great video as always. Please look up the difference between the words drastically and dramatically. One word has negative connotations, the other is a positive word. I think you'll understand where you need to make that change. "The launch cadence is about to increase "dramatically"".

[@jebcavness3306]

Great video

[@suveersinghdugal2497]

That’s the first space launch that made me find out about space x and got me intrested in wanting to go to mars.

[@prashanttriapthi1720]

Loved it ❤

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@lkiller4788]

Can Confirm! I became the space nerd i am today because of this rocket and the stunning, spectacular and epic landing

[@brjones27]

"Rapid unscheduled disassembly." lolol

[@ricchamen6304]

Cancel NASA_SLS program and do the Artemis program at 1/4 of the price and build the station on the moon. Best solution.

[@bwashburnff]

@thespacerace The merlin engine is named after the merlin falcon, not the wizard.

[@valecasini]

0:12 yeah but at the time of it's first launch it was the most powerful OPERATIVE rocket, at least until the SLS launch

[@Wised1000]

Dreams are nice, reality is a different story.

[@ColdWindPhoenix84]

I'm curious why you didn't discuss the fuel crossfeed that they were trying to use on Falcon Heavy.

[@timambridge2545]

The first law of aerospace: Everything takes longer and costs more - attributed to Arthur C. Clark (iifc)

[@steveturner3864]

I’m waiting for the starship heavy with three boosters and 99 engines! Yeah baby!

[@samr.england613]

Liquid-fueled chemical rockets will be obsolete long before they have to equip them with 99 engines.

[@deadlinefortheendtribulati4437]

A horizontal lift ship is what is needed for the next stage of space travel. A platform that can deliver a ship from Denver to the upper atmosphere on a regular and weekly or even daily schedule. Horizontal take off and landing until man learns how to turn off gravity.

[@Psi105]

Mandela effect: Does anyone else remember that the center booster failed to land on both the 1st and 2nd flights? Not just the 1st?

[@SerPapus]

Just you

[@filonin2]

Stoned and forgetful effect.

[@Steven_Edwards]

No. You are from another timeline.

[@depj1000]

Could you imagine a superheavy version of this?

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@michaelbotha9500]

the side boosters need to move upwards and connected just below the top of the structure, connected with 90 degree bends to the main structure - the tradition of using thrust to push is the problem - balancing a pencil needs not to be from below - apply thrust to pull. do you carry a briefcase by the base , balancing it on your hand, or by the handle?

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

Strap 3x SH booster togetherness for a starship heavy. Lets go!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

That's putting the cart before the horse! 😂. Space X needs to get this single version to work or nothing happens!

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 it doesn’t hurt to have ambitions

[@caty863]

"It didn't explode; it just blew up into myriad of little pieces." Hahah!

[@uuzd4s]

Hey, the North American P-51 Mustang and P-82 Twin Mustang all used the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1650 engines as well. Albeit they were built under license for Rolls-Royce by Packard Motor Car Co, these engines barked just as hard as the ones built over the pond. The P-82 Twin Mustang was North Americans answer to Kelly Johnsons P-38 Lightning as a long range Escort Fighter for the Heavy Bombers. At 11:04 you've stated the 2nd launch of FH had a successful landing of the Center Core on a Drone Ship, I'm STILL looking for that video ? ? As far as I know, there have been no successful Center Core recoveries, prove me wrong, I'd Luv to see the vid. All that said, Thx for the Falcon Heavy summation, learnt a few things here.

[@johnruckman2320]

We may find that the falcon heavy will still be needed when there is no heavier loads going to space or there are time constraints for a particular load.

[@tk421dr]

merlin is named after the bird, a type of bird of pray like raptor, falcon etc.

[@taiwanjohn]

The R/R engine was also called "Merlin", and Elon is known to be an early aviation history buff, so he would certainly be aware of both meanings.

[@linyenchin6773]

​@@taiwanjohnyou mean "aware if the meaning of both"? I find affixing the suffix "s" to words already conjugated with the suffix "ing" is pure mouth-breather mentak retardation due to misding sense of syntax. Would you also type "bikings" ie. "The bikings I go on are all offroad" of would you have done sense in realizing the "s" is your rendering a degenerate double conjugation? What next, rapings, killings, joustings, castings, blastings, fistings, stingings, ringings, drawings, workings, lashings, snatchings?... What other phonetically retarded misuse of the suffix "s" will you mouth-breathers make next?

[@GThu1]

Everything is always delayed in the aerospace industry? Well, the most famous is somehow not... you know which one.

[@stjepangorera941]

Good video...

[@yebosuwa]

Well falcon heavy has done it!

[@paulhaynes8045]

The way things are going (or not) with Starship, I suspect the FH has a much longer life than Musk expected. It does, after all, have the huge advantage that it works, and it doesn't destroy its launch pad. It's also human-rated, which the Starship never will be.

[@simonhenry7867]

I'd it? Just because falcon 9 is doesn't mean FH is

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Some people lack vision and can only see the negative results of the first launch of starship as a sign of what the future holds. Go back and look at the history rocket development and you'll find numerous rockets that blew up on the launch pad including the Falcon 9 in 2016 as noted on this video. Falcon 9 went on to become the most reliable rocket flying today.

[@Jake1702]

Leaving this here so I can come harass you when it is human rated within the next decade.

[@paulhaynes8045]

@@Jake1702 within the next DECADE? Nothing like playing it safe...

[@kennethwers]

I see a heavy light in the future. A falcon with the starships engines.

[@skylerstevens8887]

I agree, just updating a few points with Starship tech could be phenomenal for missions that don't need as much payload as a full starship. Same goes for the Falcon 9

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@JZ's BFF One test flight before planned upgrades to stage 0 is hardly a rational critique of starship.

[@ttorrison01]

Imagine three Space X Starships strapped together like the Falcon Heavy. I wonder how much this could put up.

[@taiwanjohn]

If you're here for the "Real Reason" skip ahead to 9:15 in the video. ;-)

[@ronjon7942]

The Delta IV Heavy is (was?) pretty spectacular to watch, too - something about its color scheme - or lack of color? - when it shakes off. It must be the Falcon’s and Delta IV’s ‘shoulders’ that excites my eyes so much - they both look so gosh darn powerful with their booster rockets attached. It’s still so crazy to me, especially after watching Cold War documentaries of The Space Race, that SpaceX has made spaceflight seem so routine to us laypeople like myself. I’m not sure what’s more amazing - their launches or the fact SpaceX has accumulated so much talent to make it all happen. I guess NASA fulfilled their goal of helping turn space flight into a commercially viable technology. SpaceX really ran with the ball - the other ‘legacy’ companies accomplished so much as well, but SpaceX sure did execute on Musk’s vision. And of course, RocketLab has done its part to make commercial space flight possible…and others. Neat stuff, a great time to be alive and watch. These rocket folk should be very proud they’re making history.

[@YohXoX]

Starship Heavy with +100 engines = nut

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

You're only off by a factor of two and half. 33 raptors on the booster and 6 on the second stage.

[@josipmatic4732]

I wood add that BELLY FLOP of Starship is quite awesome

[@mariajones8304]

Why they did not put 4 boosters all around a rocket? Don’t see why would it work if 2 worked just fine and came back no problem?

[@filonin2]

Diminishing returns. Try it in KSP.

[@edfishwalsh]

next a starship super heavy with 2 starship boosters and a huge center for space colonization

[@clavo3352]

With all the old bridges and ocean drilling rigs in need of replacement, seems like a floating island/factory would be a cheap workable prototype to launch, land, and refurbish at sea.

[@ronjon7942]

It’s a cool thought, something scifi/futuristic about it. But SpaceX bought two, thought about trying to make it work, then sold them off as scrap. Still…

[@cobbyclan3466]

Great video and summary of FH. I think Starship will be much more difficult and take far longer to become operational than expected. If FH was human rated it could carryout the Moon missions. In expendable form it can carry enough payload for us to regularise transfers to the Moon much cheaper than Artemis, using the Dynetics lander.

[@etimsam]

Manipulations and deceptions for the ignorant and the naive. Electrogravitic propulsion is easier, simpler and much less expensive than this, but that will rather make it possible for anyone to do therefore enabling you see what they have hidden from you for thousands of years. Don't believe this. It's for your attention and you're making them succeed.

[@LazySillyDog]

I really look forward to how things will progress over my lifetime. Even if it takes another 10 years to have the ability to more easily transfer to the moon, then within my lifetime ill see some incredible things happen, possibly space mining colonies towards the end of my life

[@belgarion0013]

Great as usual! Yes why dont they fly more FH and why cant it take bigger loads? I mean the fairing is the same as for the Falcon nine..

[@himenaaa3565]

it because more weights mean more fuel which is meaning more weight it needs to be carryout at the first place, resulting a circle of equations, More payload = More Bigger = More engine to accommodate thurst power = More fuel consumption = More bigger size of rockets to accommodate more fuel = More thurst needed = more structural integrity = more materials needed, etc until you find out dismissing point of retrun, where is adding more engine aren't matter because it has reached maximum limit capacity

[@alanjaques5316]

Merlin is also a kind o falcon, the name way the starship Raptor is named after the bird of pray instead of the dinosaur.

[@nickmail7604]

What Elon Musk has done is quite simply amazing, he has spent over 20 billion dollars designing, then building the factories, and star city, plus the two launch areas to come up with a better, and easier way to break up concrete than with a sledgehammer. One day Elon will have his own statue, dedicated to the eradication of all concrete. 😅 ironically it will be made of concrete.

[@f.yankehawk6250]

People will always know Elon must also after 1000 years

[@nickmail7604]

@@f.yankehawk6250 if thats the case how come you've spelt his name wrong.

[@ehrro]

​@@f.yankehawk6250 Elon Musk will be remembered as the biggest con man in the history of the world

[@jwagner4050]

​@@ehrro Indeed, everyone knows rockets don't exist. All that swamp gas is just fooling people, DoD included. Or maybe they're in on the long con!

[@GasMaskManPNW]

​@Dejan Eric No he won't lol. He's done more for humanity than anyone currently alive, and he's only getting started.

[@pepperspray7386]

i believe the very first rocket ever built was the coolest rocket ever built, as it had never been seen before.

[@DAXT24]

Arabsat-6A recovered only side boosters, not centre core. Centre core HAS landed, but while recovery to the coast, it flipped over and crashed.

[@i-love-space390]

I think the idea that Starship will ever be cleared by NASA to launch astronauts from the surface of the Earth is never going to happen. Who wants the crew to launch INSIDE THE SECOND STAGE OF THE ROCKET with the fuel tanks, with no launch escape system? Been there. Didn't turn out too well every 1 in 200 chances. So a case could be made to keep Falcon Heavy in service and retire the SLS instead once Starship is fully operational and relatively reliable, and use FH to launch Orion capsules from Earth to rendezvous with Starship in Earth orbit.

[@piotrd.4850]

.....and this will bring us to Ares V + Ares I, just 2-3 decade later.

[@TimothyLipinski]

Great video and info ! Buck Rogers launched on SSTO reusable rockets to space in the reruns of the 50's and 60's ! Vision 2 of 5 is a strong launch industries to LEO of Capsules and Spaceplanes ! This strong Commercial Launch Industry will support the Commercial Space Station (CSS) in LEO... The same orbit that Apollo used to launch to the moon from LEO ! The commercial space industry can launch to space for less cost and do it safer than NASA ! Back to the moon to stay and onto Mars and beyond-Ad Astra... tjl T. Lipinski P.S. Does NASA have the Vision, the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) ?

[@rasmusdamkjr5270]

3:46 “It didn’t explode, it exploded”

[@BorchikYes]

"Rapid unscedualed dissasembly" is such a cool way to say: rocket broke