tater Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, qzgy said: Well... nothing exploded or anything. Thats a good thing isn't it! I'm constantly still muttering "don't explode" when they launch, lol. Why? Because I see SpaceX and Blue Origin as the space future I desperately wanted years ago, but didn't happen. They are willing to experiment in ways that regular, national programs have not done since the 1960s when they we willing to take some risk. As such, every successful flight brings the next generation of vehicles to us faster. Exciting times. Think I'll take a pic by the booster in Hawthorne when I'm in LA in June... BFR factory: (with recovered fairing in front). https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-recovered-fairing-appears-mars-rocket-factory/ (maybe I'll have to drive out there, as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 58 minutes ago, tater said: with recovered fairing in front). Marking their territory. Dig it. Southwest... did the airline used to use that building? That Southwest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Marking their territory. Dig it. Southwest... did the airline used to use that building? That Southwest? It's by the port, so I'd have to think no. Just did a street view and found it. Southwest Marine. 1348 S Seaside Ave., LA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I wonder how the people who owned that little shack thing would react to the fact that Elon Musk is going to build Mars rockets there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 9 hours ago, NSEP said: I wonder how the people who owned that little shack thing would react to the fact that Elon Musk is going to build Mars rockets there. Looks like an old guard shack from when Southwest Marine was active. Bigger concern: it’s right next to a big-S tank farm and a federal penitentiary. Hmm... really big rockets, highly flammable liquids, and incarcerated felons... sounds like the opening to a disaster movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Or first step to colonise Mars... with convicts! Mars = Australia 2.0 in SPAAACCCEEEEE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Scotius said: Or first step to colonise Mars... with convicts! Mars = Australia 2.0 in SPAAACCCEEEEE!!! Wait, so all I have to do to get to Mars is go to jail there? YEAH, this will be so easy! @cubinator can be my partner in crime, I'm sure he'd get on board... All we have to do is rob a bank at gunpoint (with no bullets in the gun) and ask for one cent. EDIT: In case you're part of the 1% of the population who can't tell, this post is entirely a joke. Edited April 3, 2018 by Ultimate Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Ultimate Steve said: Wait, so all I have to do to get to Mars is go to jail there? YEAH, this will be so easy! @cubinator can be my partner in crime, I'm sure he'd get on board... All we have to do is rob a bank at gunpoint (with no bullets in the gun) and ask for one cent. EDIT: In case you're part of the 1% of the population who can't tell, this post is entirely a joke. Only if it's a banana gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mitchz95 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 7 hours ago, Scotius said: Or first step to colonise Mars... with convicts! Mars = Australia 2.0 in SPAAACCCEEEEE!!! This is pretty much the plot of Stephen Baxter's Proxima. Really good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Called it! On 2/20/2018 at 7:05 PM, sh1pman said: I suggested it right after the BFR presentation, 100 or so pages back on SpaceX thread. Make governments pay to keep their criminals away from Earth. Use the money and convict labor to build up the colony and prepare the infrastructure for the arrival of "real" free colonists a couple of decades later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 7 hours ago, Mitchz95 said: This is pretty much the plot of Stephen Baxter's Proxima. Really good book. I thought the plot was space romans, alternate histories, and interstellar sentient fungus communications. Plus rouge ai thrown in too. (How is this one book.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 On 31/03/2018 at 10:18 PM, hms_warrior said: Forget about Hydrolox for moon isru. Go with aluminium powder and LOX. ISP around 260, very easy to store (at least the al ) and easy to manufacture everywhere on the moon. Basicly the dirt on the moon is made out of massive ammounts of aluminium-oxide. Heat it with some hydrogen, you get water and pure aluminium. Split the water back into hydrogen and oxigen. Use the hydrogen for the next batch of moondirt and the aluminium and oxygen for a hybrid rocket. This is what the KSP interstellar mod does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Dragon capture successful! Now to fly this part of the mission... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB666 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Technical Ben said: This is what the KSP interstellar mod does What at all does this have to do with SpaceX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 4 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Dragon capture successful! That is a very carefully placed shadow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 6 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Dragon capture successful! Now to fly this part of the mission... And done: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 4 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: That is a very carefully placed shadow... Definitely. Looks like from the side of a module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 13 hours ago, DAL59 said: I thought the plot was space romans, alternate histories, and interstellar sentient fungus communications. Plus rouge ai thrown in too. (How is this one book.) That's book two, Ultima. Proxima is book one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Mitchz95 said: That's book two, Ultima. Proxima is book one. You have to admit, this series is by far the most convoluted thing ever written. You have: 1. AI that eventually goes rouge 2. Artifacts discovered on Mercury that enable STL travel 3. Convicts sent to proxima 4. Wormholes that only travel at light speed from outside perspective made of artifacts from earlier 5. Alternate timeline with romans 6. Sentient fungi on Mars 7. Communication over billions of years via bacteria on asteroids 8. Alternate timeline with mayans 9. Jonbar hinges, whatever those are 10. The end of the universe I honestly have no idea what happened. It was just an exercise in complexity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Some info on the TESS spacecraft that SpaceX is launching next week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reactordrone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: That is a very carefully placed shadow... Is this better Edited April 5, 2018 by Reactordrone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 9 hours ago, DAL59 said: You have to admit, this series is by far the most convoluted thing ever written. You have: 1. AI that eventually goes rouge 2. Artifacts discovered on Mercury that enable STL travel 3. Convicts sent to proxima 4. Wormholes that only travel at light speed from outside perspective made of artifacts from earlier 5. Alternate timeline with romans 6. Sentient fungi on Mars 7. Communication over billions of years via bacteria on asteroids 8. Alternate timeline with mayans 9. Jonbar hinges, whatever those are 10. The end of the universe I honestly have no idea what happened. It was just an exercise in complexity. But it read like "Mary Had A Little Lamb" in comparison to just about any end-of-season Who episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 9 hours ago, tater said: Some info on the TESS spacecraft that SpaceX is launching next week: Wow, crazy orbit. Also, the pointing back to earth each orbit is really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfury Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Nightside said: Wow, crazy orbit. Also, the pointing back to earth each orbit is really interesting. Does TESS have RW's or uses it fuel? Turning it so many times would be pretty expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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