tater Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: By the way, more news on booster 3 and 4: It's not about flying some booster ASAP, it's about being able to make boosters efficiently. We see this again and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zolotiyeruki Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 That was some awesome landing footage. Maybe I never noticed it before, but it was super easy to see what appeared to be a 1-3-1 entry burn. And dang, that is one sooty booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 When is this next Starlink launch from Vandenberg going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, cubinator said: When is this next Starlink launch from Vandenberg going to be? July. Date TBD Booster top section and a Starship bottom section: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cubinator Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, RCgothic said: I heard this latest booster first flew a year ago. That would mean that 8 of these 36 launches have been on ONE booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I wanna see someone stitch together all the videos of the payload deployments. It looked really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I know Musk gave away a lot of Tesla tech... but what about SX stuff? With all the copy-cat reusable 1st Stage drawings I see that are -ahem- derivative I'm wondering if he can make some money licensing. Well to Western countries at least. One copy-cat does not feel the need to pay for 'their' mil-tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 6 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I know Musk gave away a lot of Tesla tech... but what about SX stuff? With all the copy-cat reusable 1st Stage drawings I see that are -ahem- derivative I'm wondering if he can make some money licensing. Well to Western countries at least. One copy-cat does not feel the need to pay for 'their' mil-tech. There are probably laws preventing it (a crafty lawyer could even accuse it of violating missile technology control agreements) and national pride reasons people may not want to accept it. I don't think there is a good point of doing that though. SpaceX already launches spacecraft for other countries. It would be a burden for them to build it themselves. And of course, he will still make money launching their spacecraft for them. If restrictions were super relaxed though, it would be cool if SpaceX could help "run" space programs for other countries. With no need to develop a crewed spacecraft (just buy Crew and Cargo Dragon flights), it would become much more feasible for other countries to build their own space station. SpaceX, assuming it has its own astronauts for Starship flights in the future, could even assist with astronaut training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Factoid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I think Elon is asking the right people here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) Also I think this is the best look we've ever had of the bridge crane. Doesn't seem to span to the wings of the bay. In line with the door only. Interesting. Edited July 1, 2021 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise. It doesn't need to get all the way into the corners. It only needs to get within 4.5 meters of each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, zolotiyeruki said: I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise. It doesn't need to get all the way into the corners. It only needs to get within 4.5 meters of each side. That's a great explanation! Section 7 is in stack up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 And the booster is on the move as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: I think Elon is asking the right people here Ooh, I know this one! The answer is MOAR boosters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hannu2 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, cubinator said: Ooh, I know this one! The answer is MOAR boosters. I fear that authorities of local primate civilization may have problems with moar boosters to superheavy. Solid boosters are obsolete but 7 superheavies with asparagus staging would be nice next step, before hexagon of 19 stages. But I think that correct answer is "you began on too large planet with a species interested in too mundane things". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spaceman.Spiff Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 A starship heavy would be ridiculous. The idea proposed there is just bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said: A starship heavy would be ridiculous. The idea proposed there is just bad. Not bad, Musk said before that they plan to make an 18m Starship in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Not bad, Musk said before that they plan to make an 18m Starship in the future. He seems to be saying that larger might not be better, however. The logistics of an even larger vehicle as initially proposed for BFR/ITS would be insane. There's something to be said for the squat designs of the 60s (Boeing LEO, and the various Phil Bono designs like ROMBUS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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