sevenperforce Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, tater said: I always forget how honking big those fairings really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: I always forget how honking big those fairings really are. And that's half (maybe a 3/4 view though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Let's wait for... Great Balls of Fire!!! Burning off leaking hydrogen before the launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Looks like that's for a June launch? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 They don't look particularly engaged do they? I bet the chap in the blue shirt is looking at lolcats on his mate's computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (Probably was already published on one of 30 pages of this thread, so please skip if so.) Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 Ouch: https://spacenews.com/ula-gets-vague-on-vulcan-upgrade-timeline/ We really need ACES ASAP, it's an awesome upgrade to an already awesome stage. Yet another reason ULA should have gotten EUS. (not sure they even tried (pretty sure they didn't), because Boeing is part of ULA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 12:58 AM, tater said: We really need ACES ASAP, it's an awesome upgrade to an already awesome stage. Yet another reason ULA should have gotten EUS. (not sure they even tried (pretty sure they didn't), because Boeing is part of ULA) Following the lineage of Centaur/ACES, it looks like it falls on the Lockheed Martin side of ULA. I can’t really tell what’s new about ACES besides IVF and maybe better insulation? Maybe I imagined it but I was under the impression that they were going to flight test IVF on Centaur before ACES becomes operational. I just don’t see how ACES is a new stage rather than just a new evolution of a Centaur. Then again, I still think of Vulcan as Atlas 6 in much the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Racescort666 said: Following the lineage of Centaur/ACES, it looks like it falls on the Lockheed Martin side of ULA. I can’t really tell what’s new about ACES besides IVF and maybe better insulation? Maybe I imagined it but I was under the impression that they were going to flight test IVF on Centaur before ACES becomes operational. I just don’t see how ACES is a new stage rather than just a new evolution of a Centaur. Then again, I still think of Vulcan as Atlas 6 in much the same way. ACES is the five-meter-wide Centaur, stretched, four RL-10s, IVF. IVF is more than just the ICE; it also includes autogenous pressurization (which we take for granted because Starship has it, but has not yet been done with Centaur or the DCSS) and autogenous ullage thrusters (Centaur currently uses continuously-firing hydrazine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Wet dress rehearsal for OFT: Edited December 4, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/blog-detail/blog/2019/12/15/dual-engine-centaur-returns-to-service-for-starliner-launches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 The image in that article looks suspiciously like a KSP mockup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 Will be cool to see, but man, that's one ugly stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, tater said: Will be cool to see, but man, that's one ugly stack. I don't know. It almost has a kludgey beauty to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 3 hours ago, sevenperforce said: I don't know. It almost has a kludgey beauty to it. It's very KSP-like. All that is missing are the struts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 52 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: It's very KSP-like. All that is missing are the struts. "Crap, my lower stage is just not the right size for this upper stage. Maybe I can just carefully do a tapered fairing around the interstage...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Under 5 hours... I won't be awake, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 ULA got the job done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 39 minutes ago, tater said: ULA got the job done... "When you really want your payload to go to space today...even if it then f's up." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 47 minutes ago, tater said: ULA got the job(s) done... In typical BigSpace fashion too. Did they really need all those people in the control room(s)? I wonder how many people SpaceX had monitoring their Demo-1 flight of D2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 8 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: In typical BigSpace fashion too. Did they really need all those people in the control room(s)? I wonder how many people SpaceX had monitoring their Demo-1 flight of D2? Sitting in front of the consoles or the ones you can hear cheering in the videos? I'd expect them to have plenty, although most of the peoplehours will be spent pouring over the data saved after flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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