Quote from: mme on 09/18/2017 05:45 amSpaceX ∪ "official name" = ∅Tiny nit pick: make that symbol the other way around. That is a set union there total agree with the intention though. SpaceX is notoriously bad at naming things.
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Quote from: Semmel on 09/18/2017 05:54 amQuote from: mme on 09/18/2017 05:45 amSpaceX ∪ "official name" = ∅Tiny nit pick: make that symbol the other way around. That is a set union there total agree with the intention though. SpaceX is notoriously bad at naming things.Wrong.Of Course I Still Love YouJust Read The InstructionsFalconMerlinRaptorDragonHeart of Gold
Eduardo A. Campirano, port director and CEO of the Port of Brownsville ... also gave an update about a natural gas pipeline coming into the Rio Grande Valley, liquefied natural gas terminals at the port, and SpaceX ...Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series based upon the Rio Grande Guardian’s interview with Eduardo Campirano. Part Two will be published in our next edition.
http://riograndeguardian.com/campirano-elon-musk-may-have-bigger-plans-for-boca-chica/PART 2
Campirano also briefly spoke about Valley Crossing Pipeline, which will transport clean burning natural gas to the CFE—Mexico’s state-owned utility. The pipeline comes south in the Valley and then goes offshore before reaching Mexico.
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/09/will-the-first-person-to-go-to-mars-leave-from-texas-002035959.htmlGiven the hints. If true this article blasted me away. Lol.
Quote from: SPITexas on 09/25/2017 01:08 amhttp://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/09/will-the-first-person-to-go-to-mars-leave-from-texas-002035959.htmlGiven the hints. If true this article blasted me away. Lol. I was just talking to Terry Heaton about the difficulty of ever finding another place this isolated and beautiful if we wind up getting evicted so the Methane Monster can launch. Maybe there's a possible solution here that would solve everybody's problem at once.
Quote from: Nomadd on 09/25/2017 02:18 amQuote from: SPITexas on 09/25/2017 01:08 amhttp://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/09/will-the-first-person-to-go-to-mars-leave-from-texas-002035959.htmlGiven the hints. If true this article blasted me away. Lol. I was just talking to Terry Heaton about the difficulty of ever finding another place this isolated and beautiful if we wind up getting evicted so the Methane Monster can launch. Maybe there's a possible solution here that would solve everybody's problem at once.Are you saying that you'd be willing to barter your house for a ticket?
So in Elons talk today he said that they want to make the current falcon series of vehicles redundant with the new rocket, and he his talking about starting to fly these in the early to mid 2020's.Its going to very interesting to watch the progress of this pad when they start to actually build it and wether it has been designed in such a way that they will be able to easily convert it without too much work to the new vehicle when it starts to fly
Why "convert"? Assuming Elon's time line holds (big if, I know), then they need a pad for test flights around 2020/21. If they start building in Boca Chica next year, the pad could be ready in 2019 at which point they would have to start the conversion. If Boca Chica becomes the BFR pad, than right from the start.
Brownsville area may get BFR manufacturing too, if it's going to be dedicated to launching it. Easy to barge to anywhere else.As for sea launch platforms - I think these are not needed for early low flight rates, but to increase flight rates and bring launch sites near to population centers where they would not normally be found (i.e. you won't need them along the Space Coast for example, but if you want to launch near New York City, there's not really any coast to put it on...)