tater Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, tater said: From that angle and blur, the Starship looks like a ship from Halo. Edited April 2, 2022 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 B8 has begun stacking in the high bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Road closed, police at the roadblock and chopsticks raising. Is it B7 testing time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Looks like it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 It's a cryo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SunlitZelkova Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Will the Polaris Dawn EVA suit be like Gemini and Voskhod, or will it have a maneuvering unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Beccab said: Here is some more detail (ignore the part about Arcturus, that is a rideshare on FH unrelated to Tweet above) https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/05/astranis-is-contracting-an-entire-falcon-9-rocket-to-launch-four-satellites-next-year/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 3 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Will the Polaris Dawn EVA suit be like Gemini and Voskhod, or will it have a maneuvering unit? Word on the street seems to be that SpaceX is using these flights to expand (no pun intended) on their existing IVA suits in order to make them more versatile and suitable for EVA. We are still a far cry from surface sortie suits or independent maneuvering suits, but these suits will probably have some significant differences as compared to the prior IVA suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ultimate Steve Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 33 minutes ago, tater said: That would be a nice date, 6 year anniversary of first ASDS landing. The day I got big time into space, first launch I watched live in a long time I think (might be misremembering). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I have kind of tuned out sadly.. FAA delay after delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 This is a cool idea for Starship legs: https://springbladeftw.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 31 minutes ago, tater said: This is a cool idea for Starship legs: https://springbladeftw.com/ That's a really bad idea. All spring and no damping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrybobH Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 3 hours ago, mikegarrison said: That's a really bad idea. All spring and no damping? Yeah. all I could think was 'BOING'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 4 hours ago, mikegarrison said: That's a really bad idea. All spring and no damping? So how would one go about adding dampening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I know squat about nitinol (nickel titanium) alloys, but his idea seems predicated on it being self-damping. Turned deformation into heat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 It appears the AX-1 crew launch will be on a flight-proven booster. Is this a first? I know SpaceX was not sending crew on used boosters at first. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/txtbbu/falcon_9_ax1_a_little_of_launch_infographics/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 20 minutes ago, darthgently said: It appears the AX-1 crew launch will be on a flight-proven booster. Is this a first? I know SpaceX was not sending crew on used boosters at first. They've used flight proven boosters for crew most of the time. Crew-2 was a flown booster. Inspiration-4 was a flown booster. Crew-3 was flight proven. Only Demo-1 and Crew-1 were new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 19 minutes ago, tater said: They've used flight proven boosters for crew most of the time. Crew-2 was a flown booster. Inspiration-4 was a flown booster. Crew-3 was flight proven. Only Demo-1 and Crew-1 were new. Ok, I must have had it backwards then. It makes sense to trust one that has worked than one that hasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 8 hours ago, mikegarrison said: That's a really bad idea. All spring and no damping? I dunno, it seems similar to what amputee-sprinters use for track-and-field. The dampening comes from how thick the material is, which helps with stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 It will be amazing when Starship and SLS are side by side. Two crew launch vehicles actually intended to fly missions (as opposed to one of two Shuttles being for emergencies only) being side by side is pretty cool, even if the current Orion on the pad isn’t even crew capable IIRC. This might be the first instance in history of this happening, because I think the early dual Soyuz missions were rolled out one at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 minute ago, SunlitZelkova said: It will be amazing when Starship and SLS are side by side. Two crew launch vehicles actually intended to fly missions (as opposed to one of two Shuttles being for emergencies only) being side by side is pretty cool, even if the current Orion on the pad isn’t even crew capable II This might be the first instance in history of this happening, because I think the early dual Soyuz missions were rolled out one at a time. Add to that Dream Chaser on top of a Falcon 9 or FH. That could be a thing apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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