Newt, I would be a lot more impressed if his burn out of orbit had put his rocket anywhere near his intended target. His rocket is headed nowhere in particular.
Also, It would have been nice to see him launch a full payload instead a 3500 lb sedan with a dummy inside.
Oh, one more thing, Newt, in another year and a half NASA is gonna be launching a rocket that will be about double the payload of the Falcon Heavy.
I detect a bit of... envy.
You don’t work for NASA, do you?
Will it be reusable?
Will it land itself?
Oh and FYI, room on the Falcon Heavy for 6 boosters. Yeah. Hows them apples.
This was a demo/test/experimental launch. The only thing that went wrong was the central core crashed on landing. Everything else went exactly as planned, which is incredible for a first launch of this kind of rocket.
The publicity value of sending his car in orbit with a video feed will probably end up being much more than the cost of the launch.
Musk is now done with the Falcon series design and has moved on to the BFR which will be configured to sent substantial payloads to Mars.
NASA’s Space Launch System lift to LEO of 150,000 to 290,000 lb.
The BFR will lift to LEO 330,000 lb REUSABLE
Payload to Earth RETURN 110,000 lb
Block 1 may be available 2019 for 70t. Getting to that double FH’s 64t, appears to skip Block 1B upgrade to reach 105t, second stage replacement for Block 2 to reach 130t. Not going to launch the upgrades in the next 1 to 2 years. Might fly 130t by 2025 with a perfect accident free launch schedule???