SpaceX Tuesday...
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Leithen said:
It's hard not to warm to Elon Musk - How not to land an orbital rocket booster.. 
hahaha, that is an awesome vid.The Instagram video is only a minute long. YouTube has the full 2.09 minute one 
https://youtu.be/bvim4rsNHkQ
Anyone know if the one near the start above fields ‘engine sensor failed’ would have been self destruct to stop if flying off somewhere in the wrong direction? Or just would it explode anyway being upside down and all
https://youtu.be/bvim4rsNHkQ
Anyone know if the one near the start above fields ‘engine sensor failed’ would have been self destruct to stop if flying off somewhere in the wrong direction? Or just would it explode anyway being upside down and all
The Dragon capsule that was sent to the ISS last month is due to be released and sent home on Sunday.
NASA will stream the departure live from 9:30 am UK time (4:30 a.m. EDT).
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/09/16/nas...
Splashdown in the Pacific will be a few hours later, hopefully.
NASA will stream the departure live from 9:30 am UK time (4:30 a.m. EDT).
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/09/16/nas...
Splashdown in the Pacific will be a few hours later, hopefully.
MartG said:
Imitation, the sincerest form of flattery...
New Chinese reusable launchers announced
Blimey. New Chinese reusable launchers announced
Although given Musk seems to actually want to move us forward as a species (releasing all Tesla’s patents etc) I guess he would probably welcome this?
They could have at least tried though!
SpaceX has certainly lit a fire under the cosy launch industry cabal. The likes of Arianespace and ULA, were quite happy to continue with their leisurely launch schedules and boutique prices.
SpaceX's growing dominance isn't all bad news for the established players though. Both Boeing & Lockheed Martin (who jointly run ULA) and also Airbus (who make the Ariane rockets) make many of the satellites that SpaceX is putting into orbit.
E.g. SpaceX's latest launch was the Boeing-built X-37 mini-shuttle and their next launch from Florida will be the SES-11 satellite built by Airbus.
SpaceX's growing dominance isn't all bad news for the established players though. Both Boeing & Lockheed Martin (who jointly run ULA) and also Airbus (who make the Ariane rockets) make many of the satellites that SpaceX is putting into orbit.
E.g. SpaceX's latest launch was the Boeing-built X-37 mini-shuttle and their next launch from Florida will be the SES-11 satellite built by Airbus.
Gandahar said:
I get the feeling like Tesla in the automotive front when the big boys have had enough it will be goodbye and thanks for the chapter in the official space history.
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Funny you should mention that, had an E mail from Tesla, Scotland, telling me that Nicola had decided not only would Scotland ban petrol and diesel by 2032 but that the A9 would be Scotland's super E highway to er .....
Starting prices 54,000 pounds....
http://spacenews.com/spacex-forces-air-force-to-re...
article said:
SpaceX forces Air Force to revise launch mindset
by Mike Fabey —
... said Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, commander, 45th Space Wing.
“SpaceX does not launch on schedule,” Monteith said Sept. 20 during a space warfighting panel at the annual Air Force Association Air Space Cyber Conference. “They launch on readiness.”
This launch-when-we’re-ready-to-go attitude has had an impact on SpaceX operational needs and costs, said Monteith, who also is director of the Air Force Eastern Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
“They have forced us — and I mean forced us — to get better, infinitely better, at what we do,” he said. ...“Working with them, we have been able to reduce our main launch footprint by 60 percent and reduce the cost of a single launch by over 50 percent,” he said.
Massive savings in personnel and money by using spacex a company that wants it improve and refine rather than sit on old tech and cost plus.by Mike Fabey —
... said Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, commander, 45th Space Wing.
“SpaceX does not launch on schedule,” Monteith said Sept. 20 during a space warfighting panel at the annual Air Force Association Air Space Cyber Conference. “They launch on readiness.”
This launch-when-we’re-ready-to-go attitude has had an impact on SpaceX operational needs and costs, said Monteith, who also is director of the Air Force Eastern Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
“They have forced us — and I mean forced us — to get better, infinitely better, at what we do,” he said. ...“Working with them, we have been able to reduce our main launch footprint by 60 percent and reduce the cost of a single launch by over 50 percent,” he said.
New version of the Interplanetary Spaceship and rockets to be unveiled on Friday in Adelaide. According to Musk, certain aspects of the design will be unexpected.
not sure if this link will work... https://www.instagram.com/p/BZdZdSZAtQf/?taken-by=...
not sure if this link will work... https://www.instagram.com/p/BZdZdSZAtQf/?taken-by=...
Musk's speech is at 2pm ACST - which I think is about 05.30 am tomorrow in the U.K.
Sounds like the BFR is likely to be scaled down to something like 9m wide which fits inside existing SpaceX buildings.
This will help with the cost of development but also open up other commercial uses for it to help pay for the development. Assume this is lunar missions.
Sounds like the BFR is likely to be scaled down to something like 9m wide which fits inside existing SpaceX buildings.
This will help with the cost of development but also open up other commercial uses for it to help pay for the development. Assume this is lunar missions.
9 meters eh? It was originally supposed to be 12 m.
Assuming they'll lose the outer ring of engines, it'll halve the total from 42 to 21. (14 in the new outer ring & 7 in the inner section)
Maybe they'll cancel Falcon Heavy and make a commercial heavy lift variant of this big rocket. Perhaps that's why they haven't started the F9 Heavy conversion work on pad 39a yet. After all, Falcon 9's steady performance increases have allowed it to take over missions that were originally intended for the much delayed F9 Heavy.
This would certainly help pay for the project and allow them to concentrate all their resources on it.
Assuming they'll lose the outer ring of engines, it'll halve the total from 42 to 21. (14 in the new outer ring & 7 in the inner section)
Maybe they'll cancel Falcon Heavy and make a commercial heavy lift variant of this big rocket. Perhaps that's why they haven't started the F9 Heavy conversion work on pad 39a yet. After all, Falcon 9's steady performance increases have allowed it to take over missions that were originally intended for the much delayed F9 Heavy.
This would certainly help pay for the project and allow them to concentrate all their resources on it.
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