tater Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 That's 8 launches in 3 months (~13 weeks). That's about every 11 days. They need to keep 39A clear, because crew is the critical mission to accomplish. Pushing FH to next year is unsurprising. Heck, if it was me, I'd push both FH launches until after the actual crew flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 18 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: ^^^ this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Might be recovery related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, tater said: Might be recovery related. Interesting. Wish they'd be a little more forthcoming about this stuff, have they finally reached the point of delaying a launch due to possible recovery failure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Interesting. Wish they'd be a little more forthcoming about this stuff, have they finally reached the point of delaying a launch due to possible recovery failure? I sure hope so! It would show that the economics of reuse are working out exactly as SpaceX has hoped they would, which bodes very well for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 It might be sea state related at the time of launch, but it also could be for the return to port. Regarding slips for recovery, yeah, I would hope so. Throwing rockets away is not what they want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 BFR fears no storm, BFR is the storm. ಠ_ಠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 w00t w00t! Also: Now let’s have another in two months... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 19 minutes ago, tater said: They don’t fool around, do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktoberfest Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, tater said: Might be recovery related. Pretty sure this is a picture from the Falcon Heavy test that has just resurfaced and people think it’s new (the nosecone picture). For some reason the quoted article is different than what showed when I quoted it Edited September 6, 2018 by Ricktoberfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: They don’t fool around, do they? That's actually a delay- earlier in the year Shotwell was echoing Elon with "early next year" for bfs hops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Rakaydos said: That's actually a delay- earlier in the year Shotwell was echoing Elon with "early next year" for bfs hops I noticed that slip too. It's unsurprising, but I still think they can make this work eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 minute ago, cubinator said: I noticed that slip too. It's unsurprising, but I still think they can make this work eventually. Yeah. Honestly though, the fact it's still in 2019 is pretty good, although I wouldn't be surprised if it slipped more. Those HD videos will be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Ricktoberfest said: Pretty sure this is a picture from the Falcon Heavy test that has just resurfaced and people think it’s new (the nosecone picture). For some reason the quoted article is different than what showed when I quoted it The side boosters shipped with the nosecone attached, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 58 minutes ago, tater said: The side boosters shipped with the nosecone attached, no? Yes, I recall seeing pictures of the boosters in transport, clearly identifiable by the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 The aerodynamics of bfr is really hard, and the composite material... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 43 minutes ago, Xd the great said: The aerodynamics of bfr is really hard Not that much harder than DC-X 44 minutes ago, Xd the great said: and the composite material... Composite fuel tanks were done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: Not that much harder than DC-X Composite fuel tanks were done before. Yes, but it was reaaaaaally hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Xd the great said: Yes, but it was reaaaaaally hard. The electron uses it and its an pretty cheap rocket. They make passenger planes of it, its far easier now. Think they have pretty good handle on the aerodynamic. The hard part is to first find the limits, and find out how it handle not only in the air but also to work on. The manned version will be another very hard one and that for using it to LEO, Mars is obviously way harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Apologies if this was already posted upstream: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 7 hours ago, tater said: Apologies if this was already posted upstream: Wait, dragon uses its superdracos and dracos for manouvering? Call me ignorant, but i never knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktoberfest Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 22 hours ago, tater said: The side boosters shipped with the nosecone attached, no? 21 hours ago, cubinator said: Yes, I recall seeing pictures of the boosters in transport, clearly identifiable by the nose. 22 hours ago, tater said: The side boosters shipped with the nosecone attached, no? https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-nosecone/ this is is where I saw the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 16 minutes ago, Ricktoberfest said: this is is where I saw the article. Gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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