Countdown to SpaceX Mars announcement: LIVE

[Legend]

holy shame that thing is huge...  15m diameter?     and landing the entire bfs!  so much hype!!!!!

and holy shame at that rapid reuse

Landing right on the launch pad is so incredibly brilliant.

[Xevross]

HE'S ALIVE!!!
*caresses awkwardly*

Back from the dead for Elon

[Legend]

12m rocket booster diameter, 17m spaceship diameter, 122 m stack height

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2016

[DD_Bwest]

so its a bit wider than the saturn 5 lol

[Legend]

so its a bit wider than the saturn 5 lol

And 12 m taller.

My big question now is how the heck is it unloaded on Mars? Do the people jump down from a door up top?

[DD_Bwest]

And 12 m taller.

My big question now is how the heck is it unloaded on Mars? Do the people jump down from a door up top?

my guess would be 2 ramps, 1 for people, 1 for cargo

[Legend]

my guess would be 2 ramps, 1 for people, 1 for cargo

That'd be a huge ramp!!!

Maybe a crane/outside elevator. Low gravity would make that easy.

[DD_Bwest]

that might work, although one would expect the to have some kind of manual backup, cause if the crane breaks, then what lol

[Legend]

that might work, although one would expect the to have some kind of manual backup, cause if the crane breaks, then what lol

Jump?

[DD_Bwest]

hehe who knows..  man these things never start on time lol

[Legend]

Stream music!

(people are still finding seats)

Waiting for everyone to reach their seats and get settled. Starting in 5 to 10.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2016

[DD_Bwest]

i gotta pick up my gf and take her to work soon.. ill probably pause it when i do and go on a blackout till i can come home and watch the rest

[Legend]

i gotta pick up my gf and take her to work soon.. ill probably pause it when i do and go on a blackout till i can come home and watch the rest

At least you saw the rocket video!  

Elon talk at #IAC2016 will definitely start late. Crowds are out of control pic.twitter.com/sG15royap2

— C. G. Niederstrasser (@RocketScient1st) September 27, 2016

[DD_Bwest]

yea atleast i saw that.. lol almost a half hour late.. placec must be packed

[Legend]

live