Frozen_Heart Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 On 5/6/2017 at 2:24 PM, StrandedonEarth said: Elon runs on Metric Time: Double it and add 30! Expand For most things multiplying by 1.88 seems to work. He still hasn't adjusted to earth years yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 On 5/6/2017 at 2:25 PM, Frozen_Heart said: For most things multiplying by 1.88 seems to work. He still hasn't adjusted to earth years yet. Expand That explains it all, send Musk home More LOL as I'm wearing an ocopy mars t-shirt I bought at the real KSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munlander1 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 What's the contingency plan for a super draco failure on landing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 10:28 AM, munlander1 said: What's the contingency plan for a super draco failure on landing? Expand Having 4 pairs of them, plus backup 'chutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonu Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I heard somewhere (sorry, no source) that they will fire them as test before they will try land with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) They plan to pre-fire the 8 SDs at a high altitude. If one fails, the others can compensate (just disable the opposite engine). If two or more fail, then pop the chutes. If they pre-fire properly but fail to fire on landing, then you're toast (literally). The good thing is that you won't have have time to ever realize they didn't fire. Edited May 9, 2017 by Nibb31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Silly Falcon Heavy idea: Aluminum carrot. Preferably launched to Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 11:50 AM, Toonu said: I heard somewhere (sorry, no source) that they will fire them as test before they will try land with them... Expand Yes, they will test the SuperDraco's at just above parachute altitude, if they work then dragon will proceed with a powered landing. If there is a problem, pop the chutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 1:47 PM, wumpus said: Silly Falcon Heavy idea: Aluminum carrot. Preferably launched to Mars. Expand With Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian figurines, an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, and a box of dehydrated Martians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylon Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Silly Falcon Heavy payload idea: Statue of David Bowie, maybe impacted into some celestial body, or even designed to make a re-entry 'fireworks show'/meteor shower like the one planned for Tokyo 2020... there's a star...maaaan, waiting in the sky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Silly Falcon Heavy payload idea: A bus. Because SpaceX keeps bragging that their fairing can hold a bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 The coolest would be an dragon 2 in an free return trajectory around Moon. It would however not been stupid. Pretty much an showoff yes but not stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) On 5/9/2017 at 5:15 PM, TheEpicSquared said: Silly Falcon Heavy payload idea: A bus. Because SpaceX keeps bragging that their fairing can hold a bus. Expand As a bus driver, I would totally approve. I could even suggest some specific busses I'd like to see blasted into space... Edited May 9, 2017 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 6:13 PM, magnemoe said: The coolest would be an dragon 2 in an free return trajectory around Moon. It would however not been stupid. Pretty much an showoff yes but not stupid. Expand It won't be beyond earth orbit, they haven't applied for the necessary state department authorisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 State department controls BLEO commercial? Thought commercial space was all FAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 No government body has formally been given that power, but one of them needs to do it because of the outer space treaty. It's been decided that the power basically defaults to the state department, and they were in charge of approval for moon express. Probably it will be transferred to the FAA in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Wait, no one's posted this yet?! Maybe before I'm as old as this guy, even! Edited May 9, 2017 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 7:39 PM, CatastrophicFailure said: Wait, no one's posted this yet?! Maybe before I'm as old as this guy, even! Expand WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias_the_Goat Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) On 5/9/2017 at 7:39 PM, CatastrophicFailure said: Wait, no one's posted this yet?! Expand That's Faaaantastic! Meanwhile, Elon is all, like, ... Edited May 10, 2017 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 On 5/10/2017 at 12:28 AM, StrandedonEarth said: That's Faaaantastic! Meanwhile, Elon is all, like, ... Expand Then let's all hope he keeps an eye on those power couplings. Sigh. And add Elon to the list of people who can out-act that poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) Shame a Moon free return has to be authorised. Would be pretty awesome if they did that. On the other hand, they probably would want to return all the cores back to Earth which would be tricky if they went for the slingshot? So maybe a silly payload + second stage return demo? Edited May 10, 2017 by Veeltch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I don't want to stop or slow down the hype train for FH, but actually, even if the hardware might be closer to being ready than ever, and evenwhen it is ready, FH will need to wait for SLC-40 to be back in business. And that might still take a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 On 5/6/2017 at 2:24 PM, StrandedonEarth said: Elon runs on Metric Time: Double it and add 30! Expand I'm pretty sure that Steve Jobs bequeathed Musk his reality distortion field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllyrianTheGreat Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 On 5/10/2017 at 11:14 AM, Veeltch said: Shame a Moon free return has to be authorised. Would be pretty awesome if they did that. On the other hand, they probably would want to return all the cores back to Earth which would be tricky if they went for the slingshot? So maybe a silly payload + second stage return demo? Expand There is a reason why Musk is Trump's advisor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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