no exuses now man. Do it!http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=381
How about we put in every congressmen and senator (and fill the rest up with cow manure) and launch them all out of our world. Then we could start over and maybe have a budget BEFORE we get 1/2 way through the year.
It doesn't matter much what we would launch. What would Elon launch?My bet is he'll stack two Castor 30 solid motors for LEO departure, and a liquid motor for course correction, topped with a Mars impactor probe. That's because by reaching out and touching Mars he would be showing the direction he wants to be headed.
It doesn't matter much what we would launch. What would Elon launch?{snip}
With a 53 ton payload, or 35 tons to TLI
Quote from: mlorrey on 04/10/2011 10:16 pmWith a 53 ton payload, or 35 tons to TLISanity-check those numbers.
Why not just put an used dragon spacecraft on it and fly it on a free return trajectory around the moon? That would require a restart of the upper stage, but by the time falcon heavy flies they should have some routine in this. Depending on the payload capability of the first flight, you could fly some non-perishable goods (cheese?) and bring them back.If it has to be polar LEO, I vote for a bigelow module topped off with water. It would have a long orbital lifetime and be quite useful in the future.
Once again, the key is success and in the sights of the media, or politicians, a failure of the payload might be a failure of FH.