Falcon Heavy at the Capepic.twitter.com/hizfDVsU7X
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Is your Tesla aboard?
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This will be an interesting engineering problem... I'd say mating the roadster could be rough bc cars aren't designed to bear their weight on the long axis, but then you have the G forces of an accelerating roadster which have to be transmitted via the wheels, vs the FH accell.
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0-60 in 3.9 (roadster) is .7 G, and I'd have to guess the car will experience far more than that during an FH launch (esp since the car is a light payload for FH). No question the roadster wins in the 1/4 mile, but we'd need
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Cars are quite capable of handling force in the longitudinal axis because they’re required to protect occupant during head on collisions. It’ll be fine.
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They handle a lot of that crash force by crumpling/deforming, which is a bad trait for a rocket payload.... Source:
@andyweirauthor, The Martian, a book which I have read
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The crumpling is really just a way to spread an instantaneous force at front region into a longer lasting but weaker force through the rest of vehicle.
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Soon... As in: a. "before the static fire" soon? b. "after the static fire but before the demo flight" soon? c. "you'll see upon payload separation after FH launch" soon? d. "before 2017 rolls over to 2018 on the US East Coast" soon? Which, please?
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In 6 months
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THIS time, I really believe the demo 
flight will happen much sooner than 6 months from today. 
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Can you put some spherical cameras on the car and FH for in-space VR footage?
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A couple of these would be good!https://www.huntergeophysics.com/product/ricoh-theta-v-4k-spherical-camera/ …
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Have you decided what else will be sent on-board Falcon Heavy inside the Tesla Roadster? Check out other suggestions
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Two of my favorite humans on this earth.
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What is the fastest any car has ever traveld? That speed should be a callout during launch:)
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Cool :D
@elonmusk May I Please be invited to see Falcon Heavy's launch?https://twitter.com/JaneidyEve/status/875509666742226944 …
@elonmusk Please Let Twitter vote for#FalconHeavyCargo Let us imagine the silliest things possible!@arstechnica @TeslaMotors@spacex -RT&
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Yes please!!
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This is just unbelievable. I MUST admit I was telling everyone I know you were kidding. Now I realize I won't be eating for a week when I eat my words.
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And Elon, please make the FH launch the longest
@SpaceX webcast ever... We really need to see pics of that blue ball shrinking behind the Roadster.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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