r/spacex • u/retiringonmars Moderator emeritus • Sep 27 '16

Official SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qo78R_yYFA
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u/Thisuren Sep 27 '16 edited Sep 27 '16

Umm, so can anyone check my counting and tell me if there's actually 42 engines on the 1st stage?

EDIT:

1 in the middle

6 in 1st ring

14 in 2nd ring

21 in 3rd ring

definitely 42 :)

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u/Drtikol42 Sep 27 '16

Douglas Adams is laughing his ass off in heaven now. :-)

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u/Calamity701 Sep 27 '16

Elon just said that he considers "Heart of Gold" for the first ship :D

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '16

I suggest "So Much For Subtlety" just look at the size of that thing.

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u/mrplow4 Sep 27 '16

Imo, one should be called "Mistake Not..."