GuessingEveryDay Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 18 hours ago, darthgently said: That makes sense. It still seems strange that the film cooling would be so erratic. Saturn V's F1 ran rich for cooling but it was a less chunky. It seems suboptimal for soot to build up that much before breaking free if the goal is cooling via a fresh film layer It could also just be more noticeable with smaller rockets. Electron is 59 ft, which comes out to just a little more than 6 Electrons to reach Saturn V's height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Rocket Lab is building (small) constellations in collaboration with Globalstar and Space Development Agency, which will be able to be launched on Neutron (but is launcher agnostic). It sounds like they won't have a dedicated constellation, but will instead work with others to develop and deploy multiple different constellations. https://www.rocketlabusa.com/space-systems/spacecraft/ Also updates on Neutron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 live in 16 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Keeps pushing later in window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 live now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spaceception Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 If I'm not mistaken, this will be the 5th vehicle reused for an operational flight (Shuttle, SpaceShipOne, New Shepard, Falcon 9, Electron), and the 3rd for an orbital launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, Spaceception said: If I'm not mistaken, this will be the 5th vehicle reused for an operational flight (Shuttle, SpaceShipOne, New Shepard, Falcon 9, Electron), and the 3rd for an orbital launch. You could add SpaceShipTwo to that first list. There are also the Dragon capsules to consider. I wonder how Dragon turnaround compares to Shuttle turnaround… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago 13 minutes ago, tater said: Wow, how long did it take to find that crane emoji? Points for effort and attention to detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 5 hours ago, darthgently said: Wow, how long did it take to find that crane emoji? Points for effort and attention to detail! On IOS all you have to do is search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 2 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: On IOS all you have to do is search. On Android also. I'm a bad comedian, sue me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, darthgently said: On Android also. I'm a bad comedian, sue me What venue? Edited 8 hours ago by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 3 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: What venue? I thought you meant what jurisdiction for a second. Bad comedians don't have venues, just dad jokes and puns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-nasa-solar-sail-tech-launch-april-2024 This slipped under the radar, but it's highly interesting to me. While this is essentially the last whimper of NASA's solar sail missions - Solar Cruiser's funding was cut - it's still a solar sail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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