Will this use the original F-1 or the completed-but-never-flown F-1A as a baseline?
ATK are big favorites to win this, with Aerojet second favs.Romantic, sure.
Just hoping the S-ICs in museums get to keep their F-1s. Hmm, I wonder if Bezos is in on this...
Just hoping the S-ICs in museums get to keep their F-1s. ...
Quote from: ZANL188 on 04/19/2012 12:44 pmJust hoping the S-ICs in museums get to keep their F-1s. ...I disagree. Flight hardware wants to fly, not sit in museums. Fly them and then use the Bezos Flight Hardware Recovery System (BFHRS) to send them back to the museums.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 04/19/2012 03:54 pmQuote from: ZANL188 on 04/19/2012 12:44 pmJust hoping the S-ICs in museums get to keep their F-1s. ...I disagree. Flight hardware wants to fly, not sit in museums. Fly them and then use the Bezos Flight Hardware Recovery System (BFHRS) to send them back to the museums. I disagree Chris. Those are F-1's. Leave them in the museums and set the F-1A as the baseline and go from there. They're in crates and available.
The hardware wasn't made so we could stare at it in a museum. Viking funeral is a better, more fitting end for aerospace hardware than to be embalmed and stared at by visitors, IMHO.
Quote from: clongton on 04/19/2012 04:12 pmQuote from: Robotbeat on 04/19/2012 03:54 pmQuote from: ZANL188 on 04/19/2012 12:44 pmJust hoping the S-ICs in museums get to keep their F-1s. ...I disagree. Flight hardware wants to fly, not sit in museums. Fly them and then use the Bezos Flight Hardware Recovery System (BFHRS) to send them back to the museums. I disagree Chris. Those are F-1's. Leave them in the museums and set the F-1A as the baseline and go from there. They're in crates and available.Fine with me. I was mostly making a philosophical point, not a technical one. The hardware wasn't made so we could stare at it in a museum. Viking funeral is a better, more fitting end for aerospace hardware than to be embalmed and stared at by visitors, IMHO.