tater Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, tater said: Interesting Uh, yeah, I'll say. Who (except Elon) thinks a 9m diameter rocket is too thin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 9 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Uh, yeah, I'll say. Who (except Elon) thinks a 9m diameter rocket is too thin? Well, the original plan was for 12m diameter. I think one reason it was scaled down to 9m was to fit under a standard warehouse 32’ roof, before they decided to do the initial builds in tents Edited January 12 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: original plan was for 12m diameter That is something I did not know. No wonder he was calling it BFR in the beginning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: That is something I did not know. No wonder he was calling it BFR in the beginning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 5 minutes ago, tater said: Thank for it. Now I assume an version with an faring not an cargo hold would be single use. Yes you could probably made it reusable but don't think they bother unless its an marked for it like some want an group of really huge satellites into orbit. 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Well, the original plan was for 12m diameter. I think one reason it was scaled down to 9m was to fit under a standard warehouse 32’ roof, before they decided to do the initial builds in tents Wondered about this but, the initial idea was to make it of carbon fiber who would be don horizontally. With steel its easier to build vertically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flying dutchman Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Sure am exited for that 150m hop of sn6 #whenhop? Edited January 13 by Flying dutchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 6 hours ago, tater said: This photo provides a balance for those who claim rockets are too, how can I put this, too “masculine” or “yang”. Here we see the yin as well as the yang. All is well with the world now. Edited January 14 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) we cant all build spaceships like the borg did in season 2 of st picard. id sooner captain the event horizon. Edited January 14 by Nuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Minmus Taster Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, tater said: I doubt that will happen given the weather, but I love being proven wrong when SpaceX is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: I doubt that will happen given the weather, but I love being proven wrong when SpaceX is involved. Quote Rain likely with areas of drizzle before 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Patchy fog before 4pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. ^^NWS forecast for Boca Chica Village tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 17 minutes ago, tater said: Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) The Windy app rarely fails me if I select the euro model and it’s typically very good for a 24 hr forecast. It’s calling for 22mph winds with 34mph gusts. I think 19mph is the launch limit at Starbase Thursday looks much better at same time. Edited January 15 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 The winds don’t pick up until shortly before the window in the forecast. If they could go earlier that’d be cool, but not sure how that works with the plan and agencies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Blue Ghost stream has begun http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=firefly-blueghost-mission-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 13 minutes ago, tater said: Is there any way to rewind an "X" vid? I popped in 12 minutes too late to watch the launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) 7 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Is there any way to rewind an "X" vid? I popped in 12 minutes too late to watch the launch. Not the live streams. Yes, annoying and they are working on it. What SpaceX does to mitigate is to post videos of segments of mission as segments are completed (launch, meco /sep, booster landing, etc) then after mission post the entire vid. It really highlights the vast amount of dev that has gone into the YouTube player. And even it is quirky and annoying at times. But the seamless integration of streaming and prerecorded video is chef’s kiss for sure Edited January 15 by darthgently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Got young kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, darthgently said: It really highlights the vast amount of dev that has gone into the YouTube player. And even it is quirky and annoying at times. But the seamless integration of streaming and prerecorded video is chef’s kiss for sure Except it's crappy with an ad blocker to the point of uselessness at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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