tater Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 27 minutes ago, ExtremeSquared said: Falcon 9 flights are officially boring enough that there were no posts in this thread from launch to landing. Ah! I missed it. My wife wanted to watch a movie So F9 has now landed a booster as often as Atlas V has flown. (I sorta spaced the timing since the webcast kept showing up kooky on their site) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, tater said: They scrapped BN2, but the stuff stuck to the parts still says "BN3." Actually, it's a frankenbooster of BN2 and BN3. Mostly BN3 but there are various BN2 parts as well Edited June 6, 2021 by Beccab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 2 hours ago, tater said: Ah! I missed it. My wife wanted to watch a movie My wife insisted we pause the movie to watch the launch. Neener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 https://spaceexplored.com/2021/06/05/exclusive-new-photos-of-a-shortfall-of-gravitas-show-spacexs-new-droneship-is-getting-close-to-done/ ASOG is nearing completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 6/5/2021 at 1:20 PM, tater said: You can see the lengthwise soot removal ^^^ I don’t know if that picture is typical of Falcon 9 boosters undergoing refurbishment, but it reminds me of the concept art for Shuttle maintenance, despite that the boosters do have parts removed. (And, just cause someone else would post this if I didn’t, here’s what the orbiter processing facility ended up looking like:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pmborg Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 44 minutes ago, tater said: I would like to use some realistic textures like those, but without that this is what I got: I hope you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meecrob Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 23 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said: Pointlessly flying them for the fun of flying them isn't the point. It also will cost a heck ton just to fly it for a short hop. I'm not saying take it for joyrides, but it may actually be cheaper to re-fuel it than go through whatever you'd have to do to put that thing on a barge...or let me say it this way: it will most likely be more expensive to fly back, but that gains time to fly missions and make money. Its kinda like how they transport jet engines by air. Its ridiculously expensive, but those engines cost more sitting on a skid in a cargo hold of a boat idle than flying paying passengers. I'm pretty sure Musk has said some figures about cost for fuel and it is surprisingly little...like a few hundred thousand dollars. I would love to hear a freight quote for a starship lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 While Bezos is going to fly, Musk is not going to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: While Bezos is going to fly, Musk is not going to fly. Sometimes it feels like Musk has a mortal fear of going to space, like he feels/knows that it will be his last ever trip, at least that's how i perceive it when he answers if he will go to Mars or something like that. Edited June 7, 2021 by Serenity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 He said he would go to Mars iirc, just not on the first flight. Also, NS has been flying for what feels like 6 years now? It's been proven to be safe. That said, even with that head start I think a full stack SS+SH will have more flights by the end of the year than NS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, .50calBMG said: He said he would go to Mars iirc, just not on the first flight. I think he said/wants to go there to pass his last days or rest in peace or something while pondering what he achieved. Edited June 7, 2021 by Serenity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: While Bezos is going to fly, Musk is not going to fly. The 2 flights (Crew Dragon vs NS) are not een slightly comparable. LOC events for NS are predicated mostly on parachute failure, or abort system failure combined with a RUD. Must be a substantially lower risk than orbital flights. Commercial crew is aimed at being at least 1:270 for crew death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Serenity said: I think he said/wants to go there to pass his last days or rest in peace or something while pondering what he achieved. God, that is the most narcistic statement I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said: God, that is the most narcistic statement I've ever heard. There is no statement in that post, that would have "" around it. The most I've heard him say (he's said it a few times) is "I'd like to die on Mars—just not on impact." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, tater said: There is no statement in that post, that would have "" around it. The most I've heard him say (he's said it a few times) is "I'd like to die on Mars—just not on impact." I think I've also heard him say he isn't going to risk himself on spaceflight lest the driving impetus to make life multi-planetary dies with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Crew Dragon has flied, and is safe. Any objections get immediately laughed by SpaceX fans. Seemingly no problem with having a short trip to ISS, it's not Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Crew Dragon has flied, and is safe. Any objections get immediately laughed by SpaceX fans. Seemingly no problem with having a short trip to ISS, it's not Mars. It's as safe as the NASA specs required. No more than a calculated 1:270 chance of a loss of crew event. I don't think anyone says more than that. Edited June 7, 2021 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, SpaceFace545 said: God, that is the most narcistic statement I've ever heard. Just to clarify i never said its his statement, its how i understand when he said would like to die on Mars. And lastly, pondering what you achieved in your life in the place where it most represents it, if he actually builds a colony there is....narcistic??? I don't understand that, i mean i can understand jealously but, anyways. Edited June 7, 2021 by Serenity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) Nice overview of what we can expect next from Starship: Edited June 7, 2021 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, RealKerbal3x said: Nice overview of what we can expect next from Starship: That was a great exposition: thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 minute ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: That was a great exposition: thanks for sharing! Thank the NASASpaceflight guys, not me. I just pasted the link here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 5 hours ago, RCgothic said: I think I've also heard him say he isn't going to risk himself on spaceflight lest the driving impetus to make life multi-planetary dies with him. Oh, yeah, he's the only one who ever wanted people to go to Mars. Guess I forgot how important he is. I'll give him credit for spending a lot of his own money on this (although I kind of don't think anyone should have that much money in the first place). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) ! Might be 81 though. Personally I think it looks like 131 though. 3 digits not 2. Edited June 7, 2021 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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