Originally Posted by
Expatrick
Yeah, just like the last " great success!".
Extremely large payloads (to do what,) - at a reasonable cost (assuming they don't blow up) - to do what, exactly?
oh, and a useful payload - a Tesla car, a plastic mannequin, or what?
Clearly you haven't followed the history of SpaceX. The Falcon 1 prototypes blew up regularly before they got one to orbit, they quickly moved on to the Falcon 9 and after a handful of failures now routinely land the boosters either back at launch or on a drone ship mid Atlantic. Some boosters have flown 18 times with minimal refurbishment. SpaceX launches more payload to orbit than all of the rest of the world put together. The Tesla Roadster was a test launch of the Falcon Heavy. They could have just put a block of concrete in the payload section but decided to add a bit of fun and humour to what was an historical achievement. Three boosters, two successfully returned and landed at the launch site, the 3rd almost landed on a drone ship. The recent Psyche mission launched on a Falcon Heavy is one to watch. A large payload that needed an extremely large delta v to achieve it's mission.
Why do you feel it necessary to belittle such achievements with your snidy remarks?