Me too. I am seriously considering a Florida jaunt to go watch it explode (with Elon’s Tesla on top), especially as we now have 3 snowflakes here at YVR.
I am not really sure where F-Heavy fits in anymore, given that they seem to be going for the single hull BFR design as the big future. Seeing the BFR in any form is going to be crazy in 2018.
I will definitely go outside to watch that launch. Still, liquid fuel rockets just pale in comparison to mixed solid/liquid. Shuttle and Titan IV were vastly more impressive than Atlas V, Falcon 9, or even Delta IV Heavy launches.
Hmm…I might have to make that trip with Kai too. I might be able to borrow a friend’s Piper Warrior and get down in the vicinity. That would be epic to see that baby go up…
Yeah…I was thinking that too. Maybe best to combine it with a trip to the vicinity anyway (like camping or something)…so the launch would be a side-show instead of the main event.
Well, I could wait until it launches, then scamper into the landing zone to watch the return stage. LOL…I’m sure that would be popular.
So are all three boosters coming back to the Cape?
I’m not sure. If I remember correctly I think the outer two will land (on two pads, simultaneously(!) back at the cape) and the middle guy goes on and burns up for now. They are using Falcon 9’s that have flown/landed already I think as well as the ‘outers’.
I Googled an old animation of it…and it does show the third booster coming back…but that seems like it would be a LOT further to come back from. I would have thought that one would be more downrange. Maybe that animation is old though…