RCgothic Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, cubinator said: I recall the astronauts themselves saying they got about 4.8 gees. At 100% throttle that's 12t capsule (9.5dry, 2.5t propellant) plus 8.8t second stage (4.5t dry, 4.3t residual propellant). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Might be a little risqué.... Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 They already did the static fire for this launch, too, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, tater said: They already did the static fire for this launch, too, apparently. And so ends the world’s longest game of “Capture the Flag” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, RCgothic said: At 100% throttle that's 12t capsule (9.5dry, 2.5t propellant) plus 8.8t second stage (4.5t dry, 4.3t residual propellant). The capsule is 9.5 tonnes WITH propellant but without cargo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, sevenperforce said: The capsule is 9.5 tonnes WITH propellant but without cargo. I'm not entirely clear on this, but 9.5t dry plus cargo and propellant seems to add up to about F9's ASDS recovery limit, so I'm sticking with it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, RCgothic said: I'm not entirely clear on this, but 9.5t dry plus cargo and propellant seems to add up to about F9's ASDS recovery limit, so I'm sticking with it for now. The "9.5 tonnes empty" number comes from the FAA disclosure on the pad abort test, which is where they made it clear that it includes propellant but no cargo. 31 minutes ago, RCgothic said: EPIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shpaget Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 The speed at which they stack those Starships is astonishing; second only to the speed at which they disassemble them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 ^^^it embiggens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, Shpaget said: The speed at which they stack those Starships is astonishing; second only to the speed at which they disassemble them. They're pretty much just getting a row lined up, ready to go right after the other. "That wasn't the fireworks we wanted. Oh well, NEXT!" "Hey, that flew. Put up the next one, let's see if we can do two in a row today." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 37 minutes ago, Spaceception said: They're pretty much just getting a row lined up, ready to go right after the other. "That wasn't the fireworks we wanted. Oh well, NEXT!" "Hey, that flew. Put up the next one, let's see if we can do two in a row today." I suppose it's similar to the way they want to build enough of these to put one million people and their homes on Mars with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Meanwhile, asking the real question... ...but SpaceX still not answering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YNM Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 13 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Only thing easier to drink from would be a flattenable pouch. Yeah, this is what they use primarily on the ISS, but I think they have a few bottles from Earth as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Spoiler Why "flag capture" when they have delivered the flag, not taken it??? On the other hand, "the eagle has landed" also sounds inaccurate with the orbiting high ground. Maybe: "I'm the King of the Hill !!!" ? Edited June 2, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 This little tidbit may have gotten lost in the shuffle recently: Elon seems to have eschewed Twitter for a while once again, so official info may be... sparse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-tremor-dinosaur-doll.html?fbclid=IwAR1li3NgwCiOmp0V-zWSiw2FepsmIa_orYTyrUHDIiv9vmgQAu7zq9bOx3Y The sparkly dinosaur is called Tremor, and he belongs to one of Doug and Bob's sons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Elon seems to have eschewed Twitter for a while once again, so official info may be... sparse. The tweet in question: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Spoiler "Who owns Twitter - rules the world."(from the first throne speech of the Global AI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treveli Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 14 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Meanwhile, asking the real question... ...but SpaceX still not answering. In other news, space news writer doesn't know 'ceiling' and 'above' don't mean much in microgravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 9 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Hide contents On the other hand, "the eagle has landed" also sounds inaccurate with the orbiting high ground. Maybe: "I'm the King of the Hill !!!" ? Spoiler "It's over, Anakin!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Treveli said: In other news, space news writer doesn't know 'ceiling' and 'above' don't mean much in microgravity. No - but defining the floor and the ceiling of a spacecraft or space station is a thing because it makes the crew more comfortable and helps interactions between crew members. https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/167120main_Elements.pdf Also, defining a fixed set of directions (forward, rearward, up and down) for the ISS makes logistics and EVA planning a whole lot easier. So in other news, space news writer seemed to be using acceptable terminology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 45 minutes ago, KSK said: No - but defining the floor and the ceiling of a spacecraft or space station is a thing because it makes the crew more comfortable and helps interactions between crew members. https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/167120main_Elements.pdf Also, defining a fixed set of directions (forward, rearward, up and down) for the ISS makes logistics and EVA planning a whole lot easier. So in other news, space news writer seemed to be using acceptable terminology. Besides, if you read the article rather than just the headline, you see that it was an astronaut who said it was located "toward the ceiling", but clarified that this was in the context of "in one-G". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, KSK said: So in other news, space news writer seemed to be using acceptable terminology. Except that I guess the top of the capsule ends up pretty much sideways while docked to the ISS. I actually wonder whether the orientation of stuff on the ISS affects the orientation of all the other things being docked to it. Also, if it was near the capsule dock hatch, wouldn't we have seen it while docking ? To be fair it does flare out away so it's a bit hard to see. Edited June 2, 2020 by YNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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