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    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    8 minutes ago, tater said:

    Merlins have fired 459 times during launches (9 per F9). Each was also static fired at least once (were all also fired in TX, first?) Meaning that Merlin is demonstrably more reliable than RS-25. That doesn't even count restarts for landings (of which we know of one engine related failure so far, the recent FH core landing burn restart).

    Slight addendum: there was one engine failure in all that, CRS-1 I think, but the main payload still made orbit. 

    Also, relevant: 

    :cool:

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

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    28 minutes ago, Shpaget said:

    Interesting.

    Over here, 8000+ km away, we had quite a bit of coverage. I don't really watch local TV or listen to the radios, but I managed to see and hear news about it on both. Furthermore, the local technical museum organized a lecture on SpaceX and rocket reusability, had to charge admission fee because of large interest, completely sold out, organized another one the next day and sold out that one as well.

     

    I saw it was front page on the BBC website. Watched two local broadcasts, not a word, and just one tiny article buried way down on news web pages. 

    Probably cuz nothing exploded enough for them to sensationalize. <_<

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, Martian Emigrant said:

    Thrust me. That car isn't drivable-usable on any road.

    Spot on. You could see in some of the shots that the front wheel well is far too empty, save for some obviously added attach structure. I seriously doubt that car was much more than an empty shell, and I honestly find it very surprising so many people think it was, or that it was actually going to Mars. 

    That doesn’t make it any less awesome, it’s a heckuvalot more interesting than a big concrete block, and those views! That’s the kinda thing to inspire a whole new generation of space nerds, a new Earthrise, even. Whether the car was really a car really doesn’t matter. 

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    1 hour ago, tater said:

    Right? 3 Standards. One for NASA's pork project, a standard close to that for the good ole boys... and then one for SpaceX.

    Isn’t EM-1 without the Centaur going go fly unmanned though?

     

    13 minutes ago, Scotius said:

    Literally the same question popped in polish forum reporting on Falcon Heavy flight. "Supposedly there are thousands of satellites and debris pieces circling the Earth. Why didn't we see anything in this video? FAAAKKEEEEE!!!" I didn't know what to do - laugh, bang my head on the table or break down crying. Brothers and sisters in nerddom - we failed. We failed horribly at spreading the good word of Science, Truth and Reason.

    Keep in mind, these fools are VERY low in number in the grand scheme. I’m convinced that somewhere there’s a guy in a shabby room with his head in his hands mumbling, “guys... it was a joke! The whole thing was a joke!”

     Most people, well... simply don’t care at all. FH got zero news coverage here, and we even have a SpaceX facility in the area. 

    Revelations of the Kraken (Chapter 44: Falling Down)

    in KSP Fan Works

    Posted

    On 2/6/2018 at 9:57 AM, DarkOwl57 said:

    I was actually thinking of doing something like this. In my stories, I normally write up excerpts and then write them in.. Sometimes those excerpts don't make it in, doomed to sit in the spiral forgotten... Maybe it's time to change that 

    You may find them unexpectedly amusing, even to yourself.:D  Or cringe-inducing.:blush: One of the two...

    Shadows of the Kraken: Remastered & The Lost Chapters

    in KSP Fan Works

    Posted · Edited by CatastrophicFailure

    Shadows of the Kraken: The Lost Chapters

    Spoiler

    These are some early installments of my 6.4x career that eventually became Shadows. Interesting (hopefully) mission reports, rather than real story, and quite disjointed.
    Also names may have been changed to protect the innocent... or not...:wink: There may be more floating about in the ancient, pre-forum-derp pages of the WDYDIKSPT? thread, 6.4x was a bit rare back then so that's what's likely to come up in a search.

    Building Highlab II
    Assembling the Münbase
    To the Mün, Edgas 
    One Bad Joke to Rule Them All  
    Assembling the Münbase I swear...
    Assembling the Münbase (Reprise) see what I did there? 

    These have been left unedited and fully derped, as a bit of history into the birth of an Epic. :D
    OK, you can stop laughing now. Seriously. I get it. That's enough. Stahp. Fine, laugh it up, fuzzballs, sheesh...

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, qzgy said:

    Nope. Remained pretty much untouched since the last time.

    Its mostly on loading, if that makes a difference...

    Another plug for KJR, here. It’s what lets me put a 5m stack on top of a .625 node with no struts or flexing, and it’s absolutely transparent. 

    2 hours ago, GDJ said:

    If we can get a pic of Mars from the Tesla I'd be happier than heck. Not sure if the camera's will work for that long.

    It’s only going within about 69 million miles of Mars, and the cameras are most likely dead already :wink: (they estimated 12 hours). 

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    New numbers out, via this article on SpaceFlightNow. The Tesla won't reach the asteroid belt, it'll just exceed the orbit of Mars. It will pass within 69 million miles of the red planet on Jun 8 and reach aphelion of 158 million miles on November 19. Some interesting speculation that between perturbations from Jupiter and unpredictable decomposing of components, on a scale of millions of years it may end up ejected from the solar system or hurled into the sun. :o

    Good thing StarMan has shades. Well, shade.

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted

    1 hour ago, m4ti140 said:

    Red Dragon has been cancelled, because the idea of astronauts spending 3+ months in a tin can is ridiculous

    FYI, there were never plans to send people via Red Dragon, it was envisioned as a way to start sending cargo/science! ahead of human arrival. 

    1 hour ago, m4ti140 said:

    certifying a capsule with stuff popping out of its heatshield (hell, designing it) is more hassle then it's worth.

    This was a bureaucratic issue, not an engineering one. NASA wouldn’t have accepted it without a ridiculous amount of verification, but the Space Shuttle worked just fine with far more holes in its heat shield (also Gemini tests and the Soviet VA did this).

    If BFR ends up significantly delayed, I think we may see a return to these very concepts. 

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

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    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Brotoro said:

    I don't know... when you show before the launch that you are going to aim for an orbit that just touches Mars orbit, but then you put your payload into an orbit out to the asteroid belt...it kind of looks like a miss.

    The plan was to burn to depletion, so the whole system worked better than anticipated. This is how you test a rocket!

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