After years of delays, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has finally flown, sending a test payload of a Tesla Roadster with a mannequin called Starman to interplanetary space. With the launch, it becomes the most powerful rocket in the world. Jake, along with Anthony from the Main Engine Cut Off podcast, travelled to Florida to watch the launch from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site and returns to talk about the history, development and future of this fantastic launch vehicle.
We Discuss SpaceX, Falcon Heavy and BFR

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy Rocket
James Corden talks SpaceX on the Late Late Show
Launch of STS-114, Return to Flight
Early SpaceX Press Release, announcing Falcon 9 Heavy (2005)
Space.com article (by past guest Leonard David) covering the SpaceX announcement
Official Falcon Heavy Press Conference (2011)
The Original Falcon Heavy Animation (2011)
Robert Zubrin adapts Mars Direct
Red Dragon Discovery-class Mission Proposal
The first announced delay
Delay Tracking Chart from Reddit
ViaSat trades in launch for Ariane
Musk talks at ISS R&D about development difficulties
Post-Launch Press Conference
Making Life Interplanetary
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Video
Jake and Anthony reaction video of the launch

Other Coverage of Falcon Heavy

Episode 31: The Interplanetary Business Case (feat. Chantelle Dubois)
Off-Nominal Podcast 5: The Volume of Anti-Starmanism

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WeMartians music is “RetroFuture” and “On My Way” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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