sevenperforce Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 4 hours ago, WildLynx said: May be this robot's purpose is not to secure landed rocket stage, but to catch and secure stage landing without legs? Remember Mars Colonial Transporter presentation ... I doubt this robot can fit between legs of already landed rocket and also under the engines. Unlikely. It is hard enough to land with precision on a swaying deck already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 8 hours ago, WildLynx said: May be this robot's purpose is not to secure landed rocket stage, but to catch and secure stage landing without legs? Remember Mars Colonial Transporter presentation ... I doubt this robot can fit between legs of already landed rocket and also under the engines. The robot is there to minimize the risk of landing stages tipping over, by attaching these 4 arms to the octaweb of the stage as far as we know. This minimizes the risk for crew which previously had to get on the vessel and safe it, this should help reduce the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Per @EJ_SA the new SpaceX robot is called FRED (Falcon REcovery Drone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) So it looks like the robot will drive up to the landed stage and grab it from below? Why don't they add telescopic poles with wires to secure it? I'm pretty sure I saw a gif presenting the concept. Let me find it. E: I couldn't find it. I know I saw it in Messenger gifs somewhere. BTW do we know the cost of the reused stage launch? Edited March 24, 2017 by Veeltch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Kartoffelkuchen said: The robot is there to minimize the risk of landing stages tipping over, by attaching these 4 arms to the octaweb of the stage as far as we know. This minimizes the risk for crew which previously had to get on the vessel and safe it, this should help reduce the risk. That's what I thought it was for the moment I saw the pics. Worries me that they were moving the barge without it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 21 hours ago, DMagic said: SpaceFlight Now still has SpaceX listed for March 29, and no date listed for the Atlas V. So maybe they just lost their spot in line. Why is there a line, anyway? What part of the launching infrastructure has to be shared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Why is there a line, anyway? What part of the launching infrastructure has to be shared? The Air Force blowing up your crappy broken rocket part of the infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, DMagic said: The Air Force blowing up your crappy broken rocket part of the infrastructure. So "range safety"? I was guessing water supply and/or fire fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: So "range safety"? I was guessing water supply and/or fire fighting. Yup, @DMagic's right. In fact, SpaceX had been quietly developing a new system to automatically blow up their own crappy broken rockets with the specific aim of speeding turnaround time at the Cape. ULA, et al, would get a similar thing too. SX and the Air Force have said it might eventually make two launches in a day possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 48 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Yup, @DMagic's right. In fact, SpaceX had been quietly developing a new system to automatically blow up their own crappy broken rockets with the specific aim of speeding turnaround time at the Cape. ULA, et al, would get a similar thing too. SX and the Air Force have said it might eventually make two launches in a day possible. It's not a SpaceX system, it's an air force system. The first gen was flying in shadow mode on some of Orbital's rockets around the time SpaceX was founded. It's been a long time coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, mikegarrison said: Why is there a line, anyway? What part of the launching infrastructure has to be shared? Range And they take quite some time to switch from one to another launch vehicle...although SpaceX AFTS speeds that process up a little. Range is limiting factor. They use some very old tech there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 One of the first AFTS flights was on F1 F2, over a decade ago. Long time coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eklykti Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 On 21.03.2017 at 1:24 AM, Yobobhi said: NASA will get there first for sure … and plant a flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Key Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 3 hours ago, DarthVader said: One of the first AFTS flights was on F1 F2, over a decade ago. Long time coming. Huh, that's weird. Most of my flights are on F5 F9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 10 hours ago, Ten Key said: Huh, that's weird. Most of my flights are on F5 F9. Falcon One, Flight Two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 HIF doors opened, but they scrubbed 24 hours. Launch date as yet unaffected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) https://mobile.twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/846332671554961410 Edited March 27, 2017 by DarthVader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Static fire completed! Now waiting for confirmation of good test from SpaceX. https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/24/ses-10-flight-preps/ EDIT: SpaceX has confirmed the test, and has released this picture: Edited March 27, 2017 by TheEpicSquared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 @TheEpicSquared here you go: https://mobile.twitter.com/SpaceX/status/846428353435332608 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 This will be a launch to remember, one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 My USA chant is already fighting to break loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 As a European I really don't get why Americans do that. :-P Looking forward to the launch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Industries Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, RCgothic said: As a European I really don't get why Americans do that. :-P Looking forward to the launch! I don't think we get why we do it either, but nevertheless, we do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 43 minutes ago, RCgothic said: As a European I really don't get why Americans do that. :-P Looking forward to the launch! Because, of course, our nationalism is the best nationalism anywhere, and nobody has ever seen nationalism as best as our nationalism. God gave us the best nationalism because we are the best. And anything that we can attribute to our nationalism is best. Even if the dude is from South Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Key Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 2 hours ago, RCgothic said: As a European I really don't get why Americans do that. :-P As an American, I don't really get why Europeans don't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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