Clip captures Elon Musk's reaction to Falcon Heavy launch
In the middle of this live stream image of the car, on the center screen, are the words'Don't Panic'. This a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the 1979 book that was first in a series by Douglas Adams about an accidental space traveler, Arthur Dent Two of the Falcon Heavy's reusable boosters - both recycled from previous launches - returned minutes after lift-off for on-the-mark touchdowns at Cape Canaveral. Sonic booms rumbled across the region with the synchronised vertical landings. However, the craft's third and final booster missed its target - a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean - by about 328 feet (100 metres). In a press conference after the historic launch, Musk said early reports show the rocket's central core'hit the water at 300 miles per hour (480kph) and sprayed the drone ship with shrapnel'.
Feb-12-2018, 10:22:44 GMT
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