After quite a long wait, delays of several months included, it seems that finally SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket that exists today in operation and that, in turn, can serve as the basis for developing the project that will finally take the human being to Mars. At this point, tell you that, as has been the expectation before the launch that, according to the statistics provided by YouTube, has been the second most watched streaming in the platform's history.
This announcement by YouTube has an explanation, or at least I personally think so, and it is that many users have seen the Falcon Heavy launch live for something as simple as the fact that, hours before, Elon Musk through his Twitter account claimed that There was only a 50% chance that the gigantic rocket made by SpaceX would not explode. Not only has it not exploded, but the company has considered this launch a success, despite its problems.
Despite considering the launch as successful, the truth is that the core of the rocket ended up crashing at more than 480 km / h
Among the problems that the launch has had, to name them in some way, is the one that the company has managed to successfully recover two of the three rockets that make up the Falcon Heavy, the third finally ended crashing into the sea at a speed of 480 km / h. At least two of the three rockets that make up this first Falcon Heavy can be reused in other missions.
As has already been commented on other occasions, the truth is that it is not the first time that we have talked about the idea that SpaceX has implemented in the Falcon Heavy, it is what you can see in the image that I have left you just below these lines, same in which you can perfectly understand the different phases the rocket has gone through from when it was turned on until the three rockets that compose it were supposed to land on the mainland. Apparently the problem that the central nucleus has not been able to land has been due to the fact that, despite the calculations, the same has run out of fuel reason why it has not been able to brake for its landing.
Once the Falcon Heavy has been developed and launched for the first time ... what project will SpaceX start working on?
Once SpaceX has made the launch of the Falcon Heavy a success, despite the fact that several parameters must be adjusted to make everything work perfectly, the company has just announced that they are going to put to work on the rocket that truly it will take us to Mars in the future. This model, based on the Falcon Heavy, has been baptized with the temporary name of 'BFR', acronym for Big F * cking Rocket. Apparently and although the progress of the project is not known for sure, according to rumors, SpaceX could begin to carry out the first tests to your spaceship next year.
In his own words Elon Musk:
There are many uncertainties surrounding this program, but it is going to be our goal. We are almost done with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. After block 5 (the Falcon 9 review) we won't do any more with them, and with Dragon probably after Dragon Two.
As a final detail, just tell you that you have to take into account that the Falcon Heavy can mark a before and after in the space race since, in addition to being the most powerful rocket active It is also the most economical to use, such is the case that a Falcon Heavy launch has a price of 90 million dollars While, if we look at the competition, using the Delta 4 Heavy developed by United Launch Alliance has a cost of between 350 to 420 million dollars.