NSEP Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, PB666 said: Its a bird, its a plane its . . . . . . . .no it was a bird. More like fried bird now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, NSEP said: More like fried bird now. It had awesome kerolox pyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said: That projectile was flying away from the rocket, it was nowhere near the engines Getting to the engine would require traveling trough the rocket fire, no you should not have stuff lying on launchpad, not so much as it is an danger to rocket but it might damage other stuff on pad. Fun fact ejected sand and dust on landing or takeoff is an serious issue for an moon base because no air resistance. Yes something like an sand bag fence will solve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said: That projectile was flying away from the rocket, it was nowhere near the engines One might argue that if a thing is close enough to be acted upon by the engines, it may also be considered near the engines. Edited March 9, 2018 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannu2 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 It looks like plastic bag or part of cardboard box or some scrap like that. Wind from engines lifts it in air. It seems to be so far that flow speed and temperature are relatively low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 They’re... they’re really going for it? Naw, something's gotta slip... right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 57 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: They’re... they’re really going for it? Naw, something's gotta slip... right? Every year we are getting closer to the 'frequent launch spaceport' everybody was dreaming about earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just... Just imagine - rocket after rocket, roaring into the sky every few hours. Carrying humanity another couple of steps closer to the stars. Like Clarke and Henlein intended decades ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Scotius said: Just... Just imagine - rocket after rocket, roaring into the sky every few hours. Carrying humanity another couple of steps closer to the stars. Like Clarke and Henlein intended decades ago And let's not forget rocket after rocket, echoing triple sonic booms as they plummet from the heavens to touch down on tongues of fire. I know it's unlikely, but I'm very much hoping we'll one day hear Elon say, "We're gonna need another landing pad." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: And let's not forget rocket after rocket, echoing triple sonic booms as they plummet from the heavens to touch down on tongues of fire. I know it's unlikely, but I'm very much hoping we'll one day hear Elon say, "We're gonna need another landing pad." At that point they'd have to make sure not to build spaceports next to populated areas (even relatively close) because of the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I'd rather hear: "Welp. too much traffic. We need to build another spaceport." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: And let's not forget rocket after rocket, echoing triple sonic booms as they plummet from the heavens to touch down on tongues of fire. I know it's unlikely, but I'm very much hoping we'll one day hear Elon say, "We're gonna need another landing pad." IIRC, they have plans for like five... Ok, three... Article here. Edited March 9, 2018 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: IIRC, they have plans for like five... At the Cape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: At the Cape? Yup, see the revised post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 31 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Yup, see the revised post above. That article you linked is over a year old. SpaceX has abandoned propulsive landing for Dragon 2 and they have already built a second landing pad (Falcon Heavy, remember?), and possibly a third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: That article you linked is over a year old. SpaceX has abandoned propulsive landing for Dragon 2 and they have already built a second landing pad (Falcon Heavy, remember?), and possibly a third. Right, which is why I revised it to say three. Presumably they still have plans for a third, in case they ever plan to bring a FH core RTLS, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Right, which is why I revised it to say three. Presumably they still have plans for a third, in case they ever plan to bring a FH core RTLS, etc. Per Wikipedia, they only have two landing zones at present but they have plans for two more. Originally they planned for a total of six landing pads but this has scaled back to four. I want to see Dragon 2 launched on a Falcon 9 RTLS and an auxiliary service module launched a few hours later on a Falcon Heavy, docked in LEO, and sent into lunar orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tseitsei89 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Meh so many expendable launches. Boooooo... Landing is the coolest part Edited March 10, 2018 by tseitsei89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sevenperforce Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, tater said: BFR, or BFS? On the topic of BFR, I made my kids a scale model of BFR/BFS, complete with magnetic couplings to hold the two stages together: Still haven't decided how to fabricate little engines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, sevenperforce said: BFR, or BFS? I think BFR is generic to both. They've stated BFS is first, as it's harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Why are they not recovering iridium boosters? Thought there wasn’t much too them and they were able to recover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Just now, Jaff said: Why are they not recovering iridium boosters? Thought there wasn’t much too them and they were able to recover Because they're sooooooo last year. Like, literally. SpaceX has an excess of old boosters sitting around at the moment (what a time to be alive, eh?), they need to get rid of them to make room for the Block 5's that will be the Falcon 9's FINAL FORM. Might as well dump 'em in the ocean which would otherwise be illegal... Presumably, they're also using them for high-risk landing tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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