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Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
Falcon Heavy is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle with partial reusability that can carry cargo into Earth orbit and beyond. It is designed, manufactured and launched by American aerospace company SpaceX. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Falcon HeavyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Fission Surface Power—A Conceptual 350-kW(thermal) Microreactor Designed for Lunar Power Around SpaceX Falcon Heavy Mass ConstraintsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Conspirators HierarchyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Ionospheric Disturbances Triggered by SpaceX Falcon HeavyCited 29 times
- Go sideways: Falcon Heavy test flightA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Super heavy-lift launch vehicleA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Ionospheric Disturbances Triggered by SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy
Fuel Conservation for Launch Vehicles: Falcon Heavy Case Study
Watching the Falcon Heavy fly
Falcon Heavy rocket launches satellites
… but success for SpaceX with Falcon Heavy
With successful test fire, massive Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to boost space science
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
GamemasterJeff Rovin · 1994
Murder FalconDaniel Warren Johnson · 2019
The empress of artSusan Jaques · 2016
The fish and the falconJoseph E. Garland · 2005- 📕The poetical works of Alfred Lord Tennyson poet laureateAlfred Lord Tennyson · 1897
- 📕Falcon Heavy User's Guide · 2020
SpaceXErik Seedhouse · 2013
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