tater Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Bezos wealth tops 150 B$. Woot! More money to make us truly spacefaring! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/happy-prime-day-jeff-amazon-ceo-s-net-worth-tops-150-billion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 4 hours ago, tater said: Bezos wealth tops 150 B$. Woot! More money to make us truly spacefaring! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/happy-prime-day-jeff-amazon-ceo-s-net-worth-tops-150-billion Now his yearly $1B donation to BO seems really small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Now his yearly $1B donation to BO seems really small He clearly can afford to be more ferociter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 So this is interesting. Firing the abort motors right before MECO should presumably increase apogee a reasonable amount. At that point in a flight, LES is not actually needed except to get away from an exploding booster. I wonder if they might have a goal of testing how high/long they can make a flight by intentionally using the LES as a second stage motor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 7am-2pm my time... I sort of lack the will to drive 5 hours starting at midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 hours ago, tater said: So this is interesting. Firing the abort motors right before MECO should presumably increase apogee a reasonable amount. At that point in a flight, LES is not actually needed except to get away from an exploding booster. I wonder if they might have a goal of testing how high/long they can make a flight by intentionally using the LES as a second stage motor... This was a pleasantly random thing to wake up to. I think you’re on to something, here, this booster is still “brand new” and I can’t see them doing anything with it with a high likelihood of failure since they have a test program to continue. They must have gotten some encouraging data from the previous abort test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 6 hours ago, tater said: So this is interesting. Firing the abort motors right before MECO should presumably increase apogee a reasonable amount. At that point in a flight, LES is not actually needed except to get away from an exploding booster. I wonder if they might have a goal of testing how high/long they can make a flight by intentionally using the LES as a second stage motor... I thought the LES motor doubled as the soft landing motor, but I suppose that doesn't make sense since the LES would have have to have a higher TWR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: I thought the LES motor doubled as the soft landing motor, but I suppose that doesn't make sense since the LES would have have to have a higher TWR. They have a separate motor for landing. Also: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I can't wait for the day when I have two live launch webcasts open on my computer at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 hours ago, cubinator said: I can't wait for the day when I have two live launch webcasts open on my computer at the same time. That happened late last year. There was a Falcon 9 launch with first stage landing within minutes of the launch of a Japanese H-II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 11 hours ago, cubinator said: I can't wait for the day when I have two live launch webcasts open on my computer at the same time. I hope some day the launches and landings will be so common we won't even care. Will they be able to apply all that knowledge to NG? If they decide to ever manufacture their own orbital capsules they will have some of the testing/tech/procedures already done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaPaL Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Nothing exactly new, but some payload details https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/18/blue-origin-new-shepard-mission-9/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ho Lam Kerman Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 15 hours ago, cubinator said: I can't wait for the day when I have two live launch webcasts open on my computer at the same time. 13 hours ago, MaverickSawyer said: That happened late last year. There was a Falcon 9 launch with first stage landing within minutes of the launch of a Japanese H-II. Actually, the Falcon 9 launched 61 seconds before the H-IIA, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Launch is in less than an hour. 2 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ho Lam Kerman Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I really hope it doesn't go any further than that, since I have stuff to do tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) I woke up at 7:30 sharp and was disappointed because I was trying to wake up at 8:30 to see the webcast over breakfast. Now since its been delayed it doesn't really matter. Edited July 18, 2018 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Webcast is live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 "RSS H. G. Wells" printed just above the hatch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Adding 17km to altitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 This escape motor firing will be interesting... The screen on the seat really should have a button to switch to metric units... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugix Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Manequin Skywalker, dammit that is brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Mannequin Skywalker's got the high ground now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 To go along with unofficial stats, the booster Mach number I estimate to be 3.8. It was going ~2600mph at 100,000 ft ASL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Aw man, I just missed it. If ida known it was delayed that close to my alarm I would’ve gotten up early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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