Ultimate Steve Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! RIP 2017 Falcon Heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Thanks a lot, random super secret gummint spy thing. I’ll be sure to flash my opinion when you finally do fly over. In December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi1291 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) And there is still CRS 13 to make it even more complicated Edited November 20, 2017 by rudi1291 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 No fairing on Dragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Zuma is the secret god that causes all delays! Remember when Elon said "we should have a base on the Moon hells going on", well ZUMA is the reason why we have no Moon Base! We must scare away the secret Zuma god! Hail Probe! Zuma shall not prevail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 All this talk about fairings has me thinking that Zuma (whatever it is) is barely small enough to fit in the fairing. Now, to be fair, that didn't exactly stop the launch of the X-37b, but it may be the case that Zuma is tall as well as wide, and that there are concerns that it might get clobbered by the fairings on jettison. OTOH, SpaceX have never had fairing problems, and we know Zuma is a pretty light payload, which one would think implies it's pretty small too. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 hour ago, rudi1291 said: And there is still CRS 13 to make it even more complicated Wait a sec... I thought NASA didn’t do 13’s anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Wait a sec... I thought NASA didn’t do 13’s anymore... It’s ok, SpaceX flies with a clover on their mission patch, so I think it breaks even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Nightside said: It’s ok, SpaceX flies with a clover on their mission patch, so I think it breaks even. I dunno, man... uncertainty about even getting FH off the pad, now fairing issues... maybe now’s not the best time to be tempting fate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 30 minutes ago, NSEP said: Hail Probe! :hailprobe: Doesn't work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: I dunno, man... uncertainty about even getting FH off the pad, now fairing issues... maybe now’s not the best time to be tempting fate. Falcon Heavy Payload: 10 tons of rabbit feet to the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, tater said: and that'll feed down into Falcon Heavy's schedule. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA Seriously. HAHAHAHAHA! Falcon Heavy never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 25 minutes ago, regex said: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA Seriously. HAHAHAHAHA! Falcon Heavy never. Why, do you think it won’t work or that there isn’t a demand? I mean, they have all the pieces... just strap em on and light em up! But maybe they can’t afford the test launch without a customer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Nightside said: Why, do you think it won’t work or that there isn’t a demand? I haven't said anything of the sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 minute ago, regex said: I haven't said anything of the sort. Ah, I guess I read too much into your maniacal laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 wonder what the fairing issue in fact is. The delay into December of Zuma is partially because the eastern range is closing for a week. All launches of single stick F9 aside from crew after Zuma will be SLC-40, so they can push FH out as soon as they get Zuma off the TEL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Ah so. If Iridium’s got no issues, I’m guessing their whole “fairing problem” with Zuma is what’s inside the fairing. Maybe it’s interfering with the Klingon cloaking device. or maybe the whole thing is just one big ruse to surreptitiously test something, and in a couple days Falcon Heavy will come rolling out right on time for a Thanksgiving static fire, and Musk will be all like, “GOTCHA!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Or the Iridium has an older fairing version (fairing reuse?). The payload might be tighter, too, we have no idea. The range closure mentioned means that the delay might be shorter, then the range closes, then it's December. Course then we'd see a NET date, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) For anyone who hasn't caught up with this whole Zuma Thing: 11 hours ago, DAL59 said: Cool animation you found there. What would the BFR do at the ISS? Why would a 5 star private jet take a stop at an outdated and cramped airport ? Cargo? You mean a century worth of supplies? Edited November 21, 2017 by NSEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, NSEP said: For anyone who hasn't caught up with this whole Zuma Thing: Cool animation you found there. What would the BFR do at the ISS? Why would a 5 star private jet take a stop at an outdated and cramped airport ? Cargo? You mean a century worth of supplies? Because right now it is the only place to go? I find it amazingly optimistic that ISS will be functioning and/or intact by the time BFR launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, NSEP said: For anyone who hasn't caught up with this whole Zuma Thing: Cool animation you found there. What would the BFR do at the ISS? Why would a 5 star private jet take a stop at an outdated and cramped airport ? Cargo? You mean a century worth of supplies? BFR is big, but it's only a bit bigger than the Shuttle, which visited the ISS all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 The image of BFS at ISS in the talk was just for scale. Not gonna happen, what would be the point, since it’s about the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 2 hours ago, _Augustus_ said: BFR is big, but it's only a bit bigger than the Shuttle, which visited the ISS all the time. Yeah it is, (note the fuel tank where you cant hang out in) here is a comparison: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Similar mass to shuttle (dry mass), but the crew version is vastly more pressurized volume. That image looks wrong. The BFS is supposedly 48m, and Shuttle is a little over 37m long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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