Ricktoberfest

If they wanted, they probably could launch one of the falcon heavy boosters into a low orbit, then land it again. Didn’t they say at one point that theoretically F9 boosters could ssto? No payload except fuel, nose cone already attached. the only problem I see is I don’t think they’d have the fuel to slow down enough to survive reentry.

How about Super Heavy Interplanetary Transport

Did anyone else think the legs were stuck closed? They were really late

What about putting some Super Draco’s higher up on the fuselage? Can act as a landing engine high above the surface and also an escape system if the craft could be split away from its fuel tanks somehow

And so how would this explain aircraft disappearing? Not that I believe in the Bermuda Triangle.

Even NASA used Snoopy and Charlie Brown for an earlier Apollo mission (assuming Scott Manley is correct :)) before they started to worry about what the rest of the world would think of them. I can imagine it now "Houston, Charlie Brown has touched down... Finally!" (I know- it would have been Snoopy touching down, but that doesn't work as well)

As opposed to "Boaty McBoatface" or whatever that ship was. I think some people take themselves way too seriously. Its that kind of institutionalized/traditional thinking that has kept the space race at a walk for the last several decades

They’re probably self insuring so no nasty insurance company to please

Too soon

Could this be radiation shielding too? Solves another problem if so

Ah. I saw where they said that but I didn’t realize what that meant (we are always in disagreement in my family but we don’t stop- just keep going!)

Did they ever mention why the other scrub?

just got a chance to watch the launch. Was neat to see the satellite correcting it’s tumble right at the end of the webcast (at least I think that’s what happened)

Either way, the way they worded it was kind of like he knew there were more barriers to securing the funding than a simple shareholder vote. Several other things had to go right too and they weren’t a sure thing. That’s why they said they went after him

That was 650 kilometers. About 400 miles. (Just for clarity)

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-nosecone/ this is is where I saw the article.

Pretty sure this is a picture from the Falcon Heavy test that has just resurfaced and people think it’s new (the nosecone picture). For some reason the quoted article is different than what showed when I quoted it

It seems like if you had the technology to do this, why wouldn’t you just “catch” asteroids and harness their kinetic energy and their materials too. Way easier than launching a rock from Saturn. (As in not easy at all but if you can catch a rock why like that...) I think catching the rock would require as much energy as you’d harness from it slowing it down to earth orbital speeds maybe i I missed something cause I just skimmed through the idea

Didn’t shuttle crews have to be on board for several hours before launch? Falcon 9 takes much less time to fill than that how do the Russians do it?

havent seen this reported here yet, but according to SpaceNews.com NASA is considering allowing spacex crew vehicles to be crewed during fuel load. Saying the risks are higher for the astronaughts but less for ground crew which kinda (I guess) evens the risk assessment out. As someone who fills out numerous hazard assessments per day to me this seems to say that as long as there are controls for the hazards, they are willing to consider it.

I would say the launch is probably more of a noise issue.

Thanks. I wasn’t sure which mod would control it so that’s why I posted in both

Does running a simulation in KRASH count towards part reliablitity? If not could it be implemented? I would think a factor of 50-75% of an actual flight would be appropriate if able.

I’ve been using this on 1.4.2 no problems (through ckan) and also using the OhScrap mod. Does this (or could it) count as a flight (for reliability purposes) or is that controlled from the OhScrap mod? Ideally I’d like a simulated launch to improve reliability of parts at maybe 50-75% of an actual flight.

I was having this issue last week and ended up just starting a new career game. I think it was related to tweakscaled parts on a craft but could never be sure. I still have tweakscale installed but don't use it anymore and everything has been fine with this new save file