RealKerbal3x Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 They managed to bring stage 1 back at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) Wondering if the hold-down had any effect... The engine nozzle did went glowing red and there were clearly fuel flowing out but it looked weird. Edited May 15, 2021 by YNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 “Running out of Toes,” more like ran out of luck. Live and learn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 It looked like the second stage ignition started and then died off. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Scott Manley speculates about a problem with the vectoring. Is it possible to buy Rocketlab Stock yet? If yes it propably tanked, so there may be a good oportunity to invest now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, Elthy said: Is it possible to buy Rocketlab Stock yet? If yes it propably tanked, so there may be a good oportunity to invest now. While Neutron seems like a decent idea, I'm honestly not sure what the best bet is right now. A smarter play (and for all we know they are doing this) might be to wait and be ready to be a "fast follower" should Starship actually work. I would think any of the commercial launch companies must be doing this, though of course the money required would be non-trivial (particularly for companies that have yet to actually land anything). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 6 hours ago, tater said: 6 hours ago, Elthy said: Is it possible to buy Rocketlab Stock yet? If yes it propably tanked, so there may be a good oportunity to invest now. While Neutron seems like a decent idea, I'm honestly not sure what the best bet is right now. A smarter play (and for all we know they are doing this) might be to wait and be ready to be a "fast follower" should Starship actually work. I would think any of the commercial launch companies must be doing this, though of course the money required would be non-trivial (particularly for companies that have yet to actually land anything). Rocketlab has a stock offering through one of its investors, Vector Acquisition Corp, trading as $VACQ. Unfortunately the launch took place after the markets closed so we can't buy until Monday. I set a buy order for early Monday AM but we'll see where it is then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ultimate Steve Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Wow, those are smaller than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 44 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Wow, those are smaller than I expected. They look TINY (like, beer-bottle-sized) in all the diagrams, so I always assumed they were significantly bigger, like at least the size of a 5 gallon bucket. These are more like large wine bottles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 They are really tiny, especially when you consider that a lot of the times when we see a rocket engine, it stands taller than a person. Or in the case of an F1, could actually be classified as a small apartment. The first time I got a reason sense of scale for the Rutherford was with this picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 That electro-pump certainly simplifies things... The whole rocket looks so tiny, probably because it is. Has it been included in any rocket lineups (comparisons) yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 46 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: That electro-pump certainly simplifies things... The whole rocket looks so tiny, probably because it is. Has it been included in any rocket lineups (comparisons) yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: That electro-pump certainly simplifies things... The whole rocket looks so tiny, probably because it is. Has it been included in any rocket lineups (comparisons) yet? The fact that they use the same 9+1 configuration as the Falcon 9 probably contributes. Most teensy rockets use numerous stages with a single engine or a two-engine cluster at most on the first stage. Electron (and now Relativity with its Terran 1) are bucking that tradition with clusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 What is this? An engine for ants? It has to be at least... three times bigger than this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) I like how all those teeny tiny engines somehow get a decent building-height stick up for some 100 kg to orbit. This is like, exactly what I did all the time launching all the probes I made in KSP XD On 6/11/2021 at 12:53 PM, sevenperforce said: Electron (and now Relativity with its Terran 1) are bucking that tradition with clusters. Wondering if the economies of scale help things if you make more engine units... Edited June 15, 2021 by YNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silavite Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/soul-crushing-inside-rocket-labs-toxic-workplace-culture The financials shown in this Twitter thread are particularly worrisome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Silavite said: https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/soul-crushing-inside-rocket-labs-toxic-workplace-culture This sort of thing is why I'm glad I'm in a union. I remember one time a senior manager saying something like he didn't understand why any engineer would want to have some of our salary raise pool guaranteed instead of all of it being for performance, because we should all be confident in our abilities and want to compete for that extra money. My response back to him was "that only works if you trust management to a) know who the peak performers really are, and b) reward them fairly." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Silavite said: The financials shown in this Twitter thread are particularly worrisome. Wellllll looks like I'm going to be liquidating those assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 That's not ideal. It's a shame too, the electron was such an interesting little rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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