darthgently Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 2 hours ago, tater said: Canadarm is to commercial robot arms as SLS is to commercial launch vehicles. The arm for Gateway has a contract cost of ~$1B. Pretty sure Tesla could make one cheaper—even if they had to design and build their own motors. And design it to run autonomously. And mass produce them. More the reason to just emulate Canadarm, skirt any later patents that may apply, or negotiate a reasonable license if absolutely necessary and get it done. I can’t image any patents on Canadarm have any significant value left at this point. Any original patents expired long ago. Maybe there are some minor later subsystem patents involved but I doubt it somehow. And those wouldn’t matter. It is the general idea, with long expired patents, that matters, not the particulars that may have more recent live patents (idk if these even exist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted December 4, 2024 Share Posted December 4, 2024 2 hours ago, tater said: Canadarm is to commercial robot arms as SLS is to commercial launch vehicles. The arm for Gateway has a contract cost of ~$1B. Pretty sure Tesla could make one cheaper—even if they had to design and build their own motors. And design it to run autonomously. And mass produce them. Now the Canadarm is cool in that it can basically walk around on the station from position to position. It also need to be very reliable as its very hard to fix in space. not sure if Tesla makes their own robots or buys them? I guess is an combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 4, 2024 Author Share Posted December 4, 2024 50 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Now the Canadarm is cool in that it can basically walk around on the station from position to position. It also need to be very reliable as its very hard to fix in space. not sure if Tesla makes their own robots or buys them? I guess is an combination. Doesn't need to cost a billion $. Yeah, they make their own robots Spoiler ObStoke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted December 13, 2024 Share Posted December 13, 2024 https://imgur.com/LUTOVms.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AckSed Posted December 13, 2024 Share Posted December 13, 2024 Less of a honk, more of a gentle fvwoof. Slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darthgently Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, tater said: Most impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Vehicle name, Andromeda, etched/embossed on side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Interesting that the second-stage nozzles seem to be larger than originally stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Guess it's the engine name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Cannot help but think of the Gorillaz song when I see that name. Eagerly awaiting static-fire video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 In a thought experiment of this stage reentering: do the engines stay lit during the hot part of the descent so that fuel can be flowing through the heat shield? Or is it just gasified flowing through the shield then used as cold gas RCS or merely vented? I’m really looking forward to vids of this on reentry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted Monday at 05:44 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:44 PM On 2/13/2025 at 10:56 PM, darthgently said: In a thought experiment of this stage reentering: do the engines stay lit during the hot part of the descent so that fuel can be flowing through the heat shield? Or is it just gasified flowing through the shield then used as cold gas RCS or merely vented? I’m really looking forward to vids of this on reentry Engines are not lit but they might be cooled during decent like under burn. I think they push gas not needed for RCS trough an hole at the center as kind of film cooling, its an hole in the center and see no other use for it. Else upper stage is wider so engines is outside the first stage and they use hot staging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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