tater Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Geonovast said: All Falcon Heavy launches have had RTLS for the side boosters except for ViaSat-3, which was fully expended. They have yet to do a dual drone ship landing. There hasn't been a center core recovery either, correct? An RLTS of side boosters with drone ship landing for center core would be stellar. As I recall they attempted this on the Tesla/Starman launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, darthgently said: There hasn't been a center core recovery either, correct? An RLTS of side boosters with drone ship landing for center core would be stellar. As I recall they attempted this on the Tesla/Starman launch First three FH launches attempted a recovery of the center core. 1 and 3 didn't land, 2 (Arabsat 6A) landed but the octograbber wasn't set up for the FH core and therefore wasn't used. It fell over on the trip back. So strictly speaking they got half of a center core back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 34 minutes ago, Geonovast said: So strictly speaking they got half of a center core back. Looks like the front fell off. 2 hours ago, tater said: That is a big thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, cubinator said:That is a big thing. Had to put that in perspective: 9m diameter and what, ~130m tall? A 747-200 fuselage has a ~6.5m diameter and a length of ~70m. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 48 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Had to put that in perspective: 9m diameter and what, ~130m tall? A 747-200 fuselage has a ~6.5m diameter and a length of ~70m. Wow. 12 of them stacked together is a mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, cubinator said: 12 of them stacked together is a mile. Yeah, guess so. 8 of them is a kilometer... Edited October 1, 2023 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Photoshop concept art needed: When considering possible SS missions involving an expended booster might as well strap 2 to 4 recoverable F9s to the big booster to milk it for all its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, darthgently said: Photoshop concept art needed: When considering possible SS missions involving an expended booster might as well strap 2 to 4 recoverable F9s to the big booster to milk it for all its worth. Not much of a photoshop but it's something. Looks more cursed than I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 30 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Not much of a photoshop but it's something. Looks more cursed than I was expecting. Now turn on eight-way symmetry … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 minute ago, StrandedonEarth said: Now turn on eight-way symmetry … Bing decided that Starship should be much bigger, and much more Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Deddly said: Bing decided that Starship should be much bigger, and much more Kerbal Marianis Trench as flame trench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, Deddly said: Bing decided that Starship should be much bigger, and much more Kerbal When you want to speedrun the Kola Superdeep Borehole. On topic, I'm going to revise my prediction for upcoming Starship flights, given the FWS paperwork that needs to go through, we'll probably scrape by with IFT-2 this year, while IFT-3 will follow early next year. Though provided how well IFT-2 goes, I still think they'll manage 4-5 flights next year. It would've been nice to have 3 test flights this year, but I think it'll end up being too tight. 2 is still possible imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 5:36 PM, StrandedonEarth said: Yeah, guess so. 8 of them is a kilometer... move over metric, hence fourth we will use the starship as a basis for all measurements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 18 hours ago, Deddly said: Bing decided that Starship should be much bigger, and much more Kerbal Holy cow, RIP GSE on liftoff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 hours ago, zolotiyeruki said: Holy cow, RIP GSE on liftoff... RIP county on liftoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 10/3/2023 at 2:57 PM, Deddly said: Bing decided that Starship should be much bigger, and much more Kerbal If we ever need to get rid of Florida we now know how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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