StrandedonEarth Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Now they have a hat, he must be serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 23 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Any word on what the issue was? No word, I don't think we'll know Static fire NET Thursday 18:00-00:00 EST. Launch moved to Tuesday march 14th, 00:34-04:34 EDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, DarthVader said: Static fire NET Thursday 18:00-00:00 EST. Launch moved to Tuesday march 14th, 00:34-04:34 EDT. poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 17 minutes ago, DarthVader said: Static fire NET Thursday 18:00-00:00 EST. Launch moved to Tuesday march 14th, 00:34-04:34 EDT. Which is the same current NET as the WGS-9 launch. If WGS-9 doesn't move, that date's not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 23 minutes ago, DarthVader said: No word, I don't think we'll know Static fire NET Thursday 18:00-00:00 EST. Launch moved to Tuesday march 14th, 00:34-04:34 EDT. Source? Not saying your info is wrong, just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 12 minutes ago, TheEpicSquared said: Source? Not saying your info is wrong, just wondering @Nasaspaceflight twitter and forum.nasaspaceflight.com public side Echostar 23 updates thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunok Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 52 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Now they have a hat, he must be serious! Clearly he also wants the team fortress 2 market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I still can't really believe he's serious. Curious to see where this goes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Whats this all about? " There are also some significant differences between the vehicles, most notably the aerodynamic control surfaces used to help guide New Glenn's first-stage in for a landing. Reportedly, that negates the need for a re-entry deceleration burn. " Hows that work? https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/07/blue-origin-shows-how-new-glenn-rocket-will-fly-and-land/ Edited March 8, 2017 by Motokid600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Looks like ISRO won't hold on to the most satilites in one launch record for long. http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-gets-oneweb-as-second-new-glenn-customer/ Surprised that they are using hlv as a cubesat launcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 With a 5m fairing, it's not going to hold all that many sats. And they're hardly cubesats, they're 100kg+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Kryten said: With a 5m fairing, it's not going to hold all that many sats. And they're hardly cubesats, they're 100kg+ Lol whoops, didn't see the 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Spaceception said: Curious to see where this goes though. Everest. Top of the Everest. No air drag, close to equator, 8 km altitude bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Launch date listed for SES-10, yay! (3/27) Falcon Heavy delayed till fall, boo! (spaceflightnow.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Falcon Heavy delayed till fall Be optimistic. Till autumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 6 hours ago, Motokid600 said: Whats this all about? " There are also some significant differences between the vehicles, most notably the aerodynamic control surfaces used to help guide New Glenn's first-stage in for a landing. Reportedly, that negates the need for a re-entry deceleration burn. " Hows that work? https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/07/blue-origin-shows-how-new-glenn-rocket-will-fly-and-land/ Lifting re-entry like pretty much all landing spacecraft to date have used, to varying degrees. This also explains the heavy looking engine cowling; there won't be exhaust to protect the machinery from the inrushing air stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekL1963 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 47 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Be optimistic. Till autumn. Be *really* optimistic - don't specify autumn of which year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 FYI: the additional delay on Falcon Heavy is due to an approximate six weeks of further modifications to LC-39A being required. And because LC-39A is in active use for launching Falcon 9 missions right now, they can't make those modifications. They can only make them once they can move Falcon 9 launches back to SLC-40. Which is currently damaged, and is expected to return to service no sooner than August. So even the most optimistic timeline possible puts the readiness of LC-39A for a Falcon Heavy launch into mid-September, which is indeed the start of autumn/fall (whichever word you prefer). But sometime in October is more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Somewhere I read the golden rule of announced future spaceflights: "Everything announced beyond two years is a wild guess and is just as likely never to happen. Everything within two years will be delayed by 50 % from the latest announcement." Edited March 9, 2017 by Codraroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 21 hours ago, Nibb31 said: A moving ship is more stable than a landing ship. It doesn't make much of a difference in terms of avionics as long as the rocket and the deck are both at the right place at the right time. Everything is relative anyway. Yes, an moving ship is more stable, you will know ship position at touchdown this will not change much. You will get the side wind from the moving ship but that will just be an added wind vector. This is with an suicide burn with TWR far higher than one, with hover an moving ship would be hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannu2 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I do not know but I think that it may be good to compensate wind velocity or part of it, if possible. Landing rocket do not interact with ground or sea, but it moves relative to ambient air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Falcon is back vertical, hopefully test tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Hmm. Aircraft carriers typically sail into the wind during landing ops to reduce the speed of the aircraft relative to the deck. Would New Glenn's landing ship sail with the wind to reduce the wind speed across the deck while landing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethon Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) NASA performs Orion abort parachute test. Sorry, can't find it on YouTube yet. http://www.space.com/35979-nasa-orion-capsule-parachutes-down-after-abort-sequence-simulation-video.html And the first SLS second stage arrives at the Cape. http://www.universetoday.com/132259/1st-sls-2nd-stage-arrives-cape-nasas-orion-megarocket-moon-launch-2018/ Edited March 10, 2017 by Aethon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 22 hours ago, kunok said: Clearly he also wants the team fortress 2 market Had fit well with my occupy mars tshirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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