magnemoe Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 On the same day ULA is announcing their new rocket. Bah, when SpaceX sticks the landing, its going to get 5x the coverage that ULA would have gotten. Perhaps even some of the public press will mention it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygoo7 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I see legs...are they attempting landing this launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Yes, CRS missions allow enough, if not plenty, of margin for landing attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yellow Dart Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 EXCITED!!! Also very happy it is going to be a daytime launch, should get some great video of the attempt. Go getcha some History Mr. Musk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygoo7 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 EXCITED!!! Also very happy it is going to be a daytime launch, should get some great video of the attempt. Go getcha some History Mr. Musk!Awesome! I can't wait to see this launch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDog Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Why doesn't the Falcon Heavy use a larger 2nd stage, does anyone know? I mean, I only know rocketry from KSP, but it seems to me that with all that extra thrust in the beginning, the rocket will be very high and going very fast when the central core of the first stage drops away, making reusability more difficult. But maybe that is intentional, for practice? Theories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 For commonality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 The F9 is continually evolving, and the F9H hasn't even flown yet. It's entirely possible they'll stretch the second stage tanks for the F9H some time down the road. For now they just want to fly that bird and see how it performs with known components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 The F9 is continually evolving, and the F9H hasn't even flown yet. It's entirely possible they'll stretch the second stage tanks for the F9H some time down the road. For now they just want to fly that bird and see how it performs with known components.They've announced that they plan to stretch the second stage by 10% to go with the greater thrust of the improved Merlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Wouldn't a standardized core, with a fairly sized array of similar but different possible upperstages be fairly cost effective...?Like what they did with Thor and Atlas. You had the Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Centaur, etc. And the Thor had Able, Agena, and Delta added on. Not to mention that adding some boosters could give you a bigger upperstage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wouldn't a standardized core, with a fairly sized array of similar but different possible upperstages be fairly cost effective...? Like what they did with Thor and Atlas. You had the Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Centaur, etc. And the Thor had Able, Agena, and Delta added on. Not to mention that adding some boosters could give you a bigger upperstage...One of the main ways SpaceX lowers cost is the standardisation of everything and using the fewest variations of things possible. You take that away of their launch prices would go right up. Making lots of different upper stages would be detrimental overall.They aim for lowest cost, not highest performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 One of the main ways SpaceX lowers cost is the standardisation of everything and using the fewest variations of things possible. You take that away of their launch prices would go right up. Making lots of different upper stages would be detrimental overall.They aim for lowest cost, not highest performance.The idea being that the core is common, but the family of vehicles would have a large range of payloads.(Not to mention that Delta II, a successor to Thor, is fairly cost-effective...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 SpaceX posted a basic graphic on their FB showing how the first stage comes back to ASDS. 8/10th of the comments were along the lines of "It works in KSP!" "Crazy enough for a Kerbal!" "Is Jeb piloting it?"Well done KSP community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 SpaceX posted a basic graphic on their FB showing how the first stage comes back to ASDS. 8/10th of the comments were along the lines of "It works in KSP!" "Crazy enough for a Kerbal!" "Is Jeb piloting it?"Well done KSP community Here's the graphic, from Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Is there a Hype-barge I can board? Because I'm pretty hyped for this launch and, more importantly, the landing attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Javascript is disabled. View full albumFull size falcon 9 replica. Very WIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Weather is only 60% go as of this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) I can't spot what's new under all the pre-flight covers, but that's the first time I've had a view into the trunk. Edited April 10, 2015 by StrandedonEarth tpyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yellow Dart Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Most of the Twitter responses said it was a new Dragon logo, don't know if that is it or not though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leszek Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Well you can see the dragon logo in that picture, and you can see the old one in the youtube video above. I didn't notice until you said something. Hmm I like it. vs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Well you can see the dragon logo in that picture, and you can see the old one in the youtube video above. I didn't notice until you said something. Hmm I like it. Actually I think I prefer the old one, the new one looks more aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptRichardson Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Actually I think I prefer the old one, the new one looks more aggressive.What, like Musk wants to punch the daylights out of the atmosphere and Space-Core all the way to Mars? I don't think they're being aggressive enough against space and the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I mean, it's named after a fictional dragon from a song(see here:http://www.space.com/15799-spacex-dragon-capsule-fun-facts.html) and I feel like the old logo seems more... exploratory and peaceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Not a huge fan of the new Dragon logo either.Still on track for a Monday launch. No improvements in the weather forecast, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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