CardboardGuy Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: The problem is if the booster misses it's that +whatever the booster costed +building a new one in its place. i googled it and a falcon 9 costs $62 million - stage 2(lets say $20 million) = $42 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, CardboardGuy said: i googled it and a falcon 9 costs $62 million - stage 2(lets say $20 million) = $42 million. That's what they charge, not what it costs. 58 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: The problem is if the booster misses it's that +whatever the booster costed +building a new one in its place. ? They pay for the booster, regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Hmm, somehow this got lost in the haze... 7 down, 3 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Hmm, somehow this got lost in the haze... Now we just need IFA... supposedly still possible in December. Edited December 5, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 hours ago, tater said: Now we just need IFA... supposedly still possible in December. Spoiler Aka "Big Boom". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Moved a few post to the Starlink topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zolotiyeruki Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 13 hours ago, Wjolcz said: The problem is if the booster misses it's that +whatever the booster costed +building a new one in its place. That's not quite right--you can't count the cost of both boosters. If they succeed, their cost to get from one launch to the next is (ASDS recovery + cost of refurbishment) If the booster misses, it's (ASDS recovery + cost of a new booster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardboardGuy Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 12 hours ago, tater said: That's what they charge, not what it costs. oh. okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, CardboardGuy said: oh. okay. Yeah, we don't know what SpaceX's actual costs are. Musk has said the full production goal for Raptor is 1 engine a day, and 250k$ per engine. Raptor is more complex than Merlin, and SpaceX can make a Merlin in a day... It's a fair bet each Merlin costs well under a million. Let's say they cost a million. That makes a F9 cost what? 20M? (10x1M engines, and another 10 for the tanks?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) At least there's no exams for me tomorrow, so I can watch this evening without feeling guilty for not studying... Edited December 5, 2019 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 about 90 minutes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, tater said: Pushing you to the 20k mark for that gorgeous Space Coast dawn. I know, not your pic, but still.... Edited December 5, 2019 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Stream's started! To begin, some lovely Test Shot Starfish music Edited December 5, 2019 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: some lovely Test Shot Starfish music Cities in Flight. A particularly good one in my opinion! Anyways: In-flight abort in February 2020. When was it scheduled for initially? Edited December 5, 2019 by Delay Wrong time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Nice day for a launch. And we have liftoff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I tuned in just in time, let's goooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Liftoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Interesting that S1 didn't have enough dV for an RTLS but it still did a partial boostback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Boostback? So the ship is close to KSC? That bodes well for landing video. Entry burn... Landing burn... lost onboard video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Booster on ship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Welcome back booster!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Successful landing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Successful SECO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Good orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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