Beccab Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, JoeSchmuckatelli said: They are gonna be perilously close to the max height/weight lift for that crane. I wonder if they'll anchor it somehow. Knowing spacex, they could just put some people around B4 to move Starship with their bare hands. Not like they haven't done that already with Superheavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 OSHA Approved for 7 man lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 27 minutes ago, Beccab said: Edit: even better, thanks to Ocean Cam we could hear a speaker announce stacking of S20 at 2pm local time, or one hour from now You mean RIGHT when I get to work?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Holy cow I think it's happening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Ocean cam view is absolutely amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Holy cow it IS HAPPENING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: Holy cow it IS HAPPENING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 It was pointed out that Wikipedia's scaling is off by about 6% so I corrected. However, at this point they will get it stacked faster than I can edit haha We all assumed this, but word of Elon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Drat!!! I’m at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 20 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: D'awwww, idin't that little SLS sooooo cute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: D'awwww, idin't that little SLS sooooo cute? That New Glenn, right between the unstacked S20 and Hopper in this pic, is very cute as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Another fit check mockup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuranAce Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Any word on the FAA Approval? id like to see this thing blast off soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Frankencrane has a lift capacity of 1300 tonnes, but I'm not sure how much that reduces at a hook height of 140 meters. Also they started lifting....... .......a cryoshell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, BuranAce said: Any word on the FAA Approval? id like to see this thing blast off soon. At least a month probably much more. Just entering a minimum one month public consultation period, after which the are more steps. Environmental Impact Assessments don't move fast . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukaszenko Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 53 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Frankencrane has a lift capacity of 1300 tonnes, but I'm not sure how much that reduces at a hook height of 140 meters. Why would lifting capacity reduce with height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Lukaszenko said: Why would lifting capacity reduce with height? Basically the crane gets less stable as it lifts a load, so to compensate it gets derated. CoG gets higher, overturning moment of wind on the load increases, things like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Not to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I wonder if they did the stack on the GSE sleeve to get a metric for how bad things were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Beccab said: Your money is safe! Wooooo! Edit: even better, thanks to Ocean Cam we could hear a speaker announce stacking of S20 at 2pm local time, or one hour from now So many cranes, there they could do an Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spaceception Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 New Starship specific video. I just started, and there's an analysis of launch cost in the summary, but I haven't gotten there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) How galling it must be to have worked so hard on something like this - and then know it is gonna be a reef. Any chance they'll have a drone ship out there "just in case" they have the power to attempt to land the booster? Or even S20 (which is the most unlikely - but maybe worth a shot?) Can they even recover the ships if they are soft landed in the ocean? Edited August 6, 2021 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Depends on how they weather the tipover bodyslam. F9s have been known to survive that. Unless the CoM is low enough to float vertically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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