tater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Also Elon lost his mind today and TSLA just completely crashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 hours ago, RCgothic said: There won't be any (unintended) rotation as the engine points through the CoM. There will probably be a slight horizontal kick as SN4 takes off and lands, but should be well within tolerance. Your move, Atlas V 411. Got the sound system and everything, even... 6 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Also Elon lost his mind today and TSLA just completely crashed. Looks like everything kinda crashed today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Also Elon lost his mind today and TSLA just completely crashed. He tweeted that he thought the stock was too high. For reasons. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Industries Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, tater said: He tweeted that he thought the stock was too high. For reasons. LOL. Self-fulfilling prophecy is fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Among a lot of other things, including that he was selling all his possessions including his house, and that his gf was liquided at him. His tweets seemed high and/or drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Also Elon lost his mind today and TSLA just completely crashed. Sometimes I wonder what the hell is going on in his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Sometimes I wonder what the hell is going on in his head. He is getting ready to upload himself into his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Sometimes I wonder what the hell is going on in his head. He says he’s got a baby due Monday. Also, his factory is basically shuttered, there’s a big rocket test coming up any day now, AND, as said above, there’s a really big rocket launch coming up in a few weeks that will likely have millions of eyes on it, AND if anything goes wrong, human lives will be at risk for the first time. I can understand if the guy’s a little stressed out right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Spoiler I've been racking my brain for fifteen minutes trying to recall what is SpaceX TSLA rocket, when did it crash, and why nobody posted a photo... Then got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Looks like Elon has been Ambien-tweeting again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikegarrison Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Isn't it normally the case that it's better to learn from other people's errors than your own? This is completely normal. New safety tests and requirements get applied to everybody, not just whoever first tripped over the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 This was a surprise: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Isn't it normally the case that it's better to learn from other people's errors than your own? This is completely normal. New safety tests and requirements get applied to everybody, not just whoever first tripped over the problem. Exactly. The short data drops might not have been thought about as really critical until they had a situation where such a loss of comms happened to overlap with a real problem. Now they are aware, and it makes sense to double-check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, RCgothic said: This was a surprise: They're reusing Crew Dragon now? I thought NASA didn't want them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: They're reusing Crew Dragon now? I thought NASA didn't want them to. I'm not sure we should trust this answer. So far SpaceX has been quite clear that they intend to reuse these capsules, but (at least initially) only for uncrewed cargo flights. Edited May 1, 2020 by mikegarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) It's probably going to be refurbished for CRS only. There's nothing in that answer suggesting its next mission will be with crew. Edited May 1, 2020 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 34 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: They're reusing Crew Dragon now? I thought NASA didn't want them to. They don’t necessarily have to fly it for NASA the second time around. For just one example, there is that high-ish orbit tourist flight on the books in the next couple years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: It's probably going to be refurbished for CRS only. There's nothing in that answer suggesting its next mission will be with crew. They've already said that CRS missions will all use a Dragon 2 Cargo variant (no LES, I think). They are not reusing Crew Dragon for CRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, tater said: They've already said that CRS missions will all use a Dragon 2 Cargo variant (no LES, I think). They are not reusing Crew Dragon for CRS. Whaaaaaaaaaaaa...? I must've missed that. What if "just empty the fuel tanks" is the cargo variant? Btw, pretty sure the tweet storm is just an outcome of a wild party. He has at least 2 reasons to party hard right now. Edited May 1, 2020 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Those auxiliary radial engines on Lunar Starship got me thinking. They've obviously thought about plume-regolith interaction, so I wonder if those engines will eventually make their way onto the regular Starship design. They'd certainly be beneficial for Mars landing, though they might need a thrust increase as they're probably designed for lunar gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: Those auxiliary radial engines on Lunar Starship got me thinking. They've obviously thought about plume-regolith interaction, so I wonder if those engines will eventually make their way onto the regular Starship design. They'd certainly be beneficial for Mars landing, though they might need a thrust increase as they're probably designed for lunar gravity. Or just land the first Mars Starship with a concrete-making robot that builds a pad for the next one. Ok, maybe not on the first one, but I'm pretty sure you get my point. Edited May 1, 2020 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: Or just land the first Mars Starship with a concrete-making robot that builds a pad for the next one. Ok, maybe not on the first one, but I'm pretty sure you get my point. Looking at it from a development cost standpoint, it'd probably be easier to use the auxiliary engines that are presumably already in development than designing a bespoke concrete-making robot capable of being both shipped to and used remotely on Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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