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Dr Jekyll said:
Ironically 1900 was the peak of electric car popularity before ICE started to take over.
My milk was always delivered by an electric vehicle, they swapped about 10 years ago to diesel trucks but thats because fewer people are having milk delivered (Longer rounds). If the milk rounds last I'm sure they will go back to electric as it will ultimately be cheaper. Toaster said:
My milk was always delivered by an electric vehicle, they swapped about 10 years ago to diesel trucks but thats because fewer people are having milk delivered (Longer rounds). If the milk rounds last I'm sure they will go back to electric as it will ultimately be cheaper.
In an effort to drag this thread back on-topic, the astronauts on the ISS are probably the only people to have their milk delivered by a Falcon 9...Toaster said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Ironically 1900 was the peak of electric car popularity before ICE started to take over.
My milk was always delivered by an electric vehicle, they swapped about 10 years ago to diesel trucks but thats because fewer people are having milk delivered (Longer rounds). If the milk rounds last I'm sure they will go back to electric as it will ultimately be cheaper. They only use electric floats because they're quiet. (obvs)
The horses that used to pull milk floats were trained to move up in pace with the milkman, as he did his rounds.
Perhaps a self driving mode to emulate that would be the logical next step.
Teslas are working on a pick up truck, so maybe we should ask Elon to consider it.
The horses that used to pull milk floats were trained to move up in pace with the milkman, as he did his rounds.
Perhaps a self driving mode to emulate that would be the logical next step.
Teslas are working on a pick up truck, so maybe we should ask Elon to consider it.
Coming up this week from Vandenberg AFB .... a Falcon 9 launch on Thursday 29th March - "Iridium NEXT flight 5"
The time is supposed to be 3.19 pm UK (7.19 am local) and the weather looks good.
The static fire was completed on Sunday.
The first stage has already flown before (Iridium NEXT flight 3, last October).
Unfortunately, it doesn't have the juice to get back to Vandenberg & the west coast landing ship seems to be unserviceable.
It does look like they will be trying to catch at least one of the fairings though. Mr Steven has been out on exercise recently and is currently back in the port of Los Angeles to get its net fitted. The support ships are berthed near to the proposed BFR factory actually.
The time is supposed to be 3.19 pm UK (7.19 am local) and the weather looks good.
The static fire was completed on Sunday.
The first stage has already flown before (Iridium NEXT flight 3, last October).
Unfortunately, it doesn't have the juice to get back to Vandenberg & the west coast landing ship seems to be unserviceable.
It does look like they will be trying to catch at least one of the fairings though. Mr Steven has been out on exercise recently and is currently back in the port of Los Angeles to get its net fitted. The support ships are berthed near to the proposed BFR factory actually.
This is a LOT of water 
"Water flowed during a test at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 450,000 gallons of water flowed at high speed from a holding tank through new and modified piping and valves, the flame trench, flame deflector nozzles and mobile launcher interface risers during a wet flow test at Launch Complex 39B. At peak flow, the water reached about 100 feet in the air above the pad surface. The test was a milestone to confirm and baseline the performance of the Ignition Overpressure/Sound Suppression system. During launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, the high-speed water flow will help protect the vehicle from the extreme acoustic and temperature environment during ignition and liftoff."
"Water flowed during a test at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 450,000 gallons of water flowed at high speed from a holding tank through new and modified piping and valves, the flame trench, flame deflector nozzles and mobile launcher interface risers during a wet flow test at Launch Complex 39B. At peak flow, the water reached about 100 feet in the air above the pad surface. The test was a milestone to confirm and baseline the performance of the Ignition Overpressure/Sound Suppression system. During launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, the high-speed water flow will help protect the vehicle from the extreme acoustic and temperature environment during ignition and liftoff."
Thursday's launch postponed due to a payload issue
https://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/97870967155...
https://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/97870967155...
djdest said:
There was an article on the sky news app this morning about NASA saying that Falcon Heavy was no good for their missions as it is too small
BTL comment on Ars Technica: said:
The SLS is required in order to build the Lunar Orbiting Platform-Gateway, because the Lunar Orbiting Platform-Gateway was designed to require SLS. Also it hasn't been designed yet, but when it is it will require SLS. Funding for designing it hasn't been allocated yet, but if and when it is, it will be on the basis that it require SLS. As you can see, SLS is clearly required by SLS requirements and Falcon Heavy is not SLS and so therefore does not meet the requirements of being SLS.
"By some estimates, NASA could afford 17 to 27 Falcon Heavy launches a year for what it is paying annually to develop the SLS rocket"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/nasa-chief...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/nasa-chief...
MartG said:
Thursday's launch postponed due to a payload issue
https://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/97870967155...
Issue now resolved and the launch set for Friday 30th. https://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/97870967155...
The problem was with a ground harness test cable apparently.
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