THE VIDEO SHELF · falcon heavy launch
Falcon Heavy Test Flight
SpaceX's livestream of the Falcon Heavy test flight, including the launch, side booster landings and Tesla Roadster payload. It was the first launch of the most powerful operational rocket at the time.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it as a landmark launch broadcast, and also dissect details like the duplicated booster landing feeds.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- SpaceX
- Topic
- falcon heavy launch
- Format
- news
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
You should watch the launch, its probably one of the most interesting engineering projects of the last few years. [VIDEO]
codeulike on Hacker News · 2018-02
In Capturing Starman from 1M miles awayI remember seeing it around or just after midnight when I was visiting a customer in Taipei. I had fallen asleep two hours earlier, but set a timer to wake up just for this historic event. Totally worth it. That was one the best executived …
tpmx on Hacker News · 2020-05
In SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype fires rocket engine for first timeIt's hard to measure objectively but I feel I was dramatically more impressed seeing first Falcon Heavy come down than I was seeing the first successful (non-heavy) landing. I've shown a lot of people (who aren't otherwise into space) the original Falcon Heavy landing video: …
somenameforme on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Falcon Heavy Launch [video]
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