SpaceFace545 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 hour ago, tater said: A shot from inside BO factory: Well they have a beautiful facility, almost reaching ULA levels of professionalism. Aside from the pallets holding up a rocket cradle (that must violate some OSHA guidelines) but that's an interesting way to build a rocket. Rings being most likely welded together between smaller rings. Doing that seems like it would create a bunch of weak points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 It's very possible that is still a mockup since we haven't heard anything else since, so in that case not much of it would be made to resist a flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Beccab said: It's very possible that is still a mockup since we haven't heard anything else since, so in that case not much of it would be made to resist a flight That looks like the same mockup we saw a couple months ago. Hopefully we can see some actual flight hardware soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 It's almost like they're waiting for someone else to pay them to finish it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Codraroll said: Can we take a moment to appreciate how the rocket segment is resting on stacked pallets? This being rocket engineering, one would think there would be something like a specially designed Rocket Segment Supporting Apparatus, which is worth more than the building it's located in. Of course, we don't know the specs of those pallets ... Nice catch, but if you’re referring to the gray jig marked ‘B’ under the right side of the flag, those don’t look like pallets under it to me. It looks like cribbing: four 6x6s or 8x8s (railway ties?) laid in alternating directions. A common way of semi-permanently supporting heavy loads. I’ve seen that used under school portables, houses being moved , etc. Now if they were pallets, if they were standardized pallets like the orange CPC or blue CHEP pallets, I wouldn’t be concerned. Those things are as strong as they are heavy, and they’re pretty heavy. Unlike the cheap skids of variable quality we get around here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Codraroll said: Can we take a moment to appreciate how the rocket segment is resting on stacked pallets? This being rocket engineering, one would think there would be something like a specially designed Rocket Segment Supporting Apparatus, which is worth more than the building it's located in. Of course, we don't know the specs of those pallets ... *squints* D’oh, ninja’d by the next page. Edited May 31, 2021 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said: Well they have a beautiful facility, almost reaching ULA levels of professionalism. Aside from the pallets holding up a rocket cradle (that must violate some OSHA guidelines) but that's an interesting way to build a rocket. Rings being most likely welded together between smaller rings. Doing that seems like it would create a bunch of weak points. Construction stands. Fairly common practice. My work had some during our last project that we put multi-ton loads on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Notice the yellow "thing" to the left? It has "Wing Assy 3" written on it, upside down. I dont realy understand if "assy" is just short for assembly of a proper word on its own, the translation seems inconclusive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Just now, Elthy said: Notice the yellow "thing" to the left? It has "Wing Assy 3" written on it, upside down. I dont realy understand if "assy" is just short for assembly of a proper word on its own, the translation seems inconclusive... Yes, "assy" is a shortened form of "assembly". Again, a common engineering abbreviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) Bezos family going to space and then rapidly returning. Edited June 7, 2021 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 What, he couldn't find enough paying clients to fill the seats? Yeah yeah. It's probably "Engineer walks across the bridge he built first." thing. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I think it's less to show confidence (though it certainly does that) and more just taking advantage of the program he's started and funded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 From Wright Bros to Bezos Bros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Smart given the pitch for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 3 hours ago, RCgothic said: Bezos family going to space and then rapidly returning. It'd be funny if Elon then announced that he was flying on Crew Dragon into orbit on July 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On July 20, exactly above, and waving with hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: On July 20, exactly above, and waving with hand. Maybe 1 minute before the launch from Blue Origin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: Maybe 1 minute before the launch from Blue Origin? He needs time to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 So for a few minutes on July 19, the next guy on the wealth list gets to say he's the richest man on Earth? (depending on the fluctuating value of stocks yadda yadda) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Codraroll said: So for a few minutes on July 19, the next guy on the wealth list gets to say he's the richest man on Earth? (depending on the fluctuating value of stocks yadda yadda) By association, the record for the richest person ever in space will probably not be broken for a long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Blue Origin doing their live auction on YouTube right now. They sorta suck at this. They won't actually be announcing who wins today. They start the stream, then the auction doesn't start for a while... The 3k people watching are probably all as bored as I am with it. I'm only watching because I have nothing better to do right now since my wife is taking a class online this morning. They have a 6% charge to the auction house. They could have just done it live online and not used a real auction house, and 6% more goes to charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 $28M For 11-12 minutes. That's $38,888 per second. A private Crew Dragon seat (Axiom) is $55M, and includes 8 days on ISS. That's $70/s (and grossly more experience in space). (this was about buying access to Bezos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Wow, that's incredibly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 It's for charity, so that's a plus—but it's for their own space charity, https://clubforfuture.org/ I'm kinda meh on that aspect. Bezos can fund it for multiples of that and not notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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