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...
tater Posted Tuesday at 01:00 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:00 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted Tuesday at 01:15 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:15 AM 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 Tuesday at 06:46 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:46 AM 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 Tuesday at 09:26 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:26 AM 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 Tuesday at 10:33 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:33 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, darthgently said: On Android also. I'm a bad comedian, sue me What venue? Edited Tuesday at 10:33 AM by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted Tuesday at 10:38 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:38 AM 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 Tuesday at 02:39 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:39 PM 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...
GuessingEveryDay Posted Tuesday at 07:23 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:23 PM 4 hours ago, AckSed said: 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! Unfortunately, solar sails aren't that exciting immediately, it helps for interstellar missions, but after it gets too far from the sun, it's not that effective and needs some extra boost. That being said... We could do Voyager 3 with solar sails, sending it 'round Mercury and getting more power by being closer to the sun. Find the target star we want to aim for and wait for Earth to kinda line up so we can start the solar intake, fly-by of Earth and use lasers to boost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted Tuesday at 09:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:37 PM 10 hours ago, darthgently said: jurisdiction Resident Cave Man Lawer here - and while your technology frightens and scares me... When I say venue I'm wondering about State / Federal jurisdiction and where I can get the most compensation for emotional distress due to bad comedy. Dad jokes and puns? Oh the pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted Tuesday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:43 PM 12 hours ago, darthgently said: On Android also. I'm a bad comedian, sue me I have trouble detecting humor at times, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted Tuesday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:52 PM this one in ~20 min, and a Starlink 2 minutes later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted Tuesday at 11:01 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:01 PM (edited) It's interesting to see that the Curie kickstage will release the first sat, move up to a 1000km orbit to let the sail go, then come back down, circularise and deorbit itself. Pretty impressive. Edit: Curie engine really is tiny. Edit 2: aww, they're not covering the solar sail deployment. Edited Tuesday at 11:25 PM by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted Tuesday at 11:58 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:58 PM 55 minutes ago, AckSed said: not covering the solar sail deployment How do I send a thumbs down to RLab? Don't they know the purpose of space launch is to entertain me!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted yesterday at 12:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:00 AM (edited) 4 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: How do I send a thumbs down to RLab? Don't they know the purpose of space launch is to entertain me!?! Do I smell the sour pickle-juice whiff of sarcasm about your comment, sir? It would be cool to see, 'tis all. Edited yesterday at 12:02 AM by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted yesterday at 12:23 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:23 AM 21 minutes ago, AckSed said: whiff of sarcasm Not in the slightest. I will never go to space, but I will watch cool launches and deployments over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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