kerbinorbiter Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 i hope the fairing is recovered famous last words, ive most likely doomed it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, kerbinorbiter said: i hope the fairing is recovered famous last words, ive most likely doomed it now They made no attempt this time, the weather and sea state were terrible and Mr. Steven turned back. Edited February 22, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 So this booster will be for the MaxQ abort test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, tater said: So this booster will be for the MaxQ abort test. He really loves frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, tater said: So this booster will be for the MaxQ abort test. Viking booster funeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottadges Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 22 hours ago, Brotoro said: Music! I was playing KSP running a little Munar mission listening to the music from the Nusantara launch. Of course, watched the liftoff and MECO/SECO but in between it was pretty sweet having a SpaceX DJ to my KSP-ing. Edited February 22, 2019 by scottadges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Spoiler 5 hours ago, XB-70A said: Do they really hope that this fence can protect them from a rocket?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Didn't see this tweet get posted yet: Referring to B1048, the one that launched tonight. Time to start placing bets on whether it survives. Second stage recovery is dead again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 6 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Viking booster funeral. Awesome I assume they use inert gass / water in upper stage. However they will be flying the blunt upper stage at max-q, this might also get damaged by the super drako engines. They must continue to burn, probably with reduced trust until they get out of the thick atmosphere so they can drop upper stage before landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: Awesome I assume they use inert gass / water in upper stage. However they will be flying the blunt upper stage at max-q, this might also get damaged by the super drako engines. They must continue to burn, probably with reduced trust until they get out of the thick atmosphere so they can drop upper stage before landing. As elon said, everything may frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 15 minutes ago, Xd the great said: As elon said, everything may frag. Yes, if upper stage get damaged so drag is asymetrical, or upper stage break down because of drag or parts damage first stage it is an rud. A bit like the New Sheppard abort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 27 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Yes, if upper stage get damaged so drag is asymetrical, or upper stage break down because of drag or parts damage first stage it is an rud. A bit like the New Sheppard abort. Kaboom. Someone should make a mod dedicated to this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Completely doesn't fit into anything said before, but SpaceX, I've just realized, has come a very long way. From this... ...to this... ...to this! If someone had told me that the Falcon 1 in the first picture would one day lead the way to the most advanced series of rockets to date I would have laughed at them! Edited February 22, 2019 by Delay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman4308 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: Awesome I assume they use inert gass / water in upper stage. However they will be flying the blunt upper stage at max-q, this might also get damaged by the super drako engines. They must continue to burn, probably with reduced trust until they get out of the thick atmosphere so they can drop upper stage before landing. I don't think SpaceX intends to try to recover the booster from this one. The intent is to simulate a first-stage failure, where the range-safety charges will be detonated to ensure the rocket is just so much rocket confetti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, Starman4308 said: I don't think SpaceX intends to try to recover the booster from this one. The intent is to simulate a first-stage failure, where the range-safety charges will be detonated to ensure the rocket is just so much rocket confetti. Elon stated they would try to recover first stage. Blowing up the first stage is not required for testing. rocket continuing burning might be an harder test even. yes you have the successful fail of the Apollo escape tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Starship hopper getting new nose cone: Spoiler Edited February 22, 2019 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Delay said: Completely doesn't fit into anything said before, but SpaceX, I've just realized, has come a very long way. From this... If someone had told me that the Falcon 1 in the first picture would one day lead the way to the most advanced series of rockets to date I would have laughed at them! I don't think I've ever seen a that picture of the Kestrel before. Edited February 22, 2019 by sevenperforce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: I don't think I've ever seen a that picture of the Kestrel before. It was a still of this livestream, which is structered very differently, by the way. If you're used to the modern presentation of their rocket launches you're not going to recognize it (aside from everyone's favorite, John I.)! Edited February 22, 2019 by Delay Corrected the source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 They need to either dust off the Kestrel and convert to methane-GOX or do that with the SuperDraco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 NORMINAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: They need to either dust off the Kestrel Probably not. What the photo is showing is the upper stage. Why is the engine bell so tiny!? I thought that an upper stange engine should have a nozzle that is as big as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Just now, Delay said: Probably not. What the photo is showing is the upper stage. Why is the engine bell so tiny!? I thought that an upper stange engine should have a nozzle that is as big as possible. It's a Kestrel without the nozzle extension attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 That does make sense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Merlin Vacuum without nozzle extension: Merlin Vacuum Nozzle Extension by itself: Combined: It's the same deal with the Kestrel. For the Kestrel, here you can see both the ablatively-cooled chamber and throat attached to the radiatively-cooled nozzle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegolius13 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, sevenperforce said: I don't think I've ever seen a that picture of the Kestrel before. A more reasonable engine for rough economic times, the Poodle Kestrel engine doubles as a BBQ when at low power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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