Looks like the render has the roof slant on the lift 90 degrees from what they're actually building?
Quote from: biosehnsucht on 11/14/2017 07:40 amLooks like the render has the roof slant on the lift 90 degrees from what they're actually building?I believe it's exaggerated perspective in the rendering combined with a viewing angle that hides the roofline.
The swoopy thing over the doorway is just for show I assume? Is it going to have solar panels on it? I guess the architect watched too much SG-1
UT Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville Dr. Frederick Jenet is pushing ahead with the school’s STARGATE program...Jenet said that students from his program are the ones who led the charge to engage SpaceX and persuade them to partner with local educational institutions.“We basically have these programs that were developed, we have these students that were at this level and then SpaceX comes nosing around. Our students immediately take advantage of this and they start organizing themselves to talk to SpaceX and organizing themselves to talk at the forums,” he said.
Been a lot of activity at the Ground Tracking Station the last couple days. They have started to clear the land next to the tracking station.
The good news is that LC-40 is about to go back on line, and the conversion of LC-39A for FH is a couple months from done. Boca Chica is next... hopefully.
http://www.512tech.com/technology/progress-slow-spacex-planned-south-texas-spaceport/1R1yN1aM7FsO2XGBr4uOJI/A must read SpaceX still aiming for a late 2018 launch Sept. 30th, 2018 the deadline for it to be done.
Quote from: SPITexas on 11/21/2017 08:24 pmhttp://www.512tech.com/technology/progress-slow-spacex-planned-south-texas-spaceport/1R1yN1aM7FsO2XGBr4uOJI/A must read SpaceX still aiming for a late 2018 launch Sept. 30th, 2018 the deadline for it to be done.To be realistic, I'd add a year to that (at least). Right now, they don't have much more than a big pile of earth.LC-40, with existing infrastructure and flame trench took over two years from construction start (apr 2008) to first launch (June 2010)After the Atmos-6 incident in Sept 2016, it will take at least 15 months just to repair/re-construct it for the next expected launch (for CRS-13 in Dec 2017)Space-X signed the lease on 39-A in Apr 2014. Although they had the new HIF up by 2015, it was still Feb 2017 before they re-modelled the existing pad and did the first launch (CRS-10).On the east coast, at SLC-4W, spacex started demolition in summer 2011, but didn't launch from there until sept 2013.So, going on past history, it takes spacex 2 years+ to re-model an existing launch site. Expecting them to spend extra capital to try to do it faster, on a site with limited infrastructure, especially when they don't desperately need it to fulfil their medium-term (< 2 yrs) manifest is a fallacy.
Quote from: Zardar on 11/21/2017 09:41 pmQuote from: SPITexas on 11/21/2017 08:24 pmhttp://www.512tech.com/technology/progress-slow-spacex-planned-south-texas-spaceport/1R1yN1aM7FsO2XGBr4uOJI/A must read SpaceX still aiming for a late 2018 launch Sept. 30th, 2018 the deadline for it to be done.To be realistic, I'd add a year to that (at least). .... On the other hand, expecting everything with the existing pads to go perfectly with no problems that might make one or both unexpectedly unavailable is the height of realistic thinking. Waiting until you're desperate isn't usually the best way to plan.
Quote from: SPITexas on 11/21/2017 08:24 pmhttp://www.512tech.com/technology/progress-slow-spacex-planned-south-texas-spaceport/1R1yN1aM7FsO2XGBr4uOJI/A must read SpaceX still aiming for a late 2018 launch Sept. 30th, 2018 the deadline for it to be done.To be realistic, I'd add a year to that (at least). ....