Elthy Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Im quite sure i saw Dragon trailing behind the ISS about 12h ago. Amazing sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Elthy said: Im quite sure i saw Dragon trailing behind the ISS about 12h ago. Amazing sight! I love seeing that. I managed to catch it twice over the years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) That was an old tweet... nevermind. Edited July 27, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wjolcz Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Five years ago nobody would care about an expendable F9 booster. Now it's just odd when they do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 This is interesting. His short take is that they make lots of decisions, and change what they are doing with new data. 51% consensus? Start making the thing. Better idea comes along, or substantial changes get that 51% vote? Change. Move forward, test things, learn, change design, test, etc. Cool to hear his take. He talks about BO, too. Just now, Chemp said: Is that an old picture? The ship still has "Mr Steven" on the bow. It's clearly CA, so yeah (FL is flat, that has hills). LOL, my answer somehow predated your question... KSP forum time machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemp Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 3 hours ago, tater said: Is that an old picture? The ship still has "Mr Steven" on the bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Quote No booster recovery for this mission .... Awwwwwwww, man. I thought for sure Heavy would put an end to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Quote No booster recovery for this mission - will be expended into the Atlantic Ocean. Looks like the only way to make a small reusable rocket pay for itself is to replace it with a big reusable rocket. Size matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Awwwwwwww, man. I thought for sure Heavy would put an end to that. What is the cost of F9x vs FHR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 34 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Looks like the only way to make a small reusable rocket pay for itself is to replace it with a big reusable rocket. Size matters. Spoiler Won’t be seeing any expendable Superheavies... just sayin... 20 minutes ago, Nightside said: What is the cost of F9x vs FHR? Last I heard F9x is down to $50M, Heavy around $150M, but no idea if that’s expendable... or how much it actually costs SpaceX to send up. But, I suppose on the other hand, they are a bit short on the all-important FH cores right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, tater said: LOL, my answer somehow predated your question... That’s hardcore XD 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: I thought for sure Heavy would put an end to that. I assume they will use the shagged out stages that have already been reused a lot. I don’t keep track of them but might as well let them die doing what they love rather than melting them down for scrap. (hmm, I think SpaceX are the first rockets I’ve anthropomorphised) >_< Edited July 28, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 An FH with all three cores RTLSing could probably do the work of an expendable F9, but we have to think about launch costs. In the end, an F9 is always cheaper to fly than an FH, regardless of whether you’re going to recover the boosters or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 6 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: An FH with all three cores RTLSing could probably do the work of an expendable F9, but we have to think about launch costs. In the end, an F9 is always cheaper to fly than an FH, regardless of whether you’re going to recover the boosters or not. They can not do RTLS with core too because no pad also don't think RTLS with core works so well. They might be a bit low on cores as they had little luck recover them while many aging first stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cubinator Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, magnemoe said: They can not do RTLS with core too because no pad Just land it in the BO parking lot. /s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 30 minutes ago, cubinator said: Just land it in the BO parking lot. /s I will be overjoyed if a Falcon 9 lands in my backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: I will be overjoyed if a Falcon 9 lands in my backyard. Insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I don't know how big your backyard is, but if it landed in mine, I too would be overjoyed. And soon after, overcooked as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Dale Christopher said: (hmm, I think SpaceX are the first rockets I’ve anthropomorphised) >_< They hate it when you do that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Dale Christopher said: anthropomorphised Spoiler on shroud Edited July 28, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Back to the pad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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