Is that the US DeltaV pack in the planners guide?...
I assume everyone's only got this:
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/30/2012 05:06 pmFalcon 9′s Merlin engines hoping to spell success for May 7 target - includes content from William Graham:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/04/falcon-9s-merlin-engines-for-may-7-target/"Attitude control for both stages will be provided by thrust vectoring; with four Draco thrusters augmenting this after the first stage has separated."Wow, that's news to me, I thought this feature was a future upgrade. Is this the first flight with this capability?
Falcon 9′s Merlin engines hoping to spell success for May 7 target - includes content from William Graham:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/04/falcon-9s-merlin-engines-for-may-7-target/
Quote from: corrodedNut on 04/30/2012 05:41 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 04/30/2012 05:06 pmFalcon 9′s Merlin engines hoping to spell success for May 7 target - includes content from William Graham:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/04/falcon-9s-merlin-engines-for-may-7-target/"Attitude control for both stages will be provided by thrust vectoring; with four Draco thrusters augmenting this after the first stage has separated."Wow, that's news to me, I thought this feature was a future upgrade. Is this the first flight with this capability?I believe that is incorrect, that the second stage has no Dracos.
Quote from: Jason1701 on 04/30/2012 06:20 pmQuote from: corrodedNut on 04/30/2012 05:41 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 04/30/2012 05:06 pmFalcon 9′s Merlin engines hoping to spell success for May 7 target - includes content from William Graham:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/04/falcon-9s-merlin-engines-for-may-7-target/"Attitude control for both stages will be provided by thrust vectoring; with four Draco thrusters augmenting this after the first stage has separated."Wow, that's news to me, I thought this feature was a future upgrade. Is this the first flight with this capability?I believe that is incorrect, that the second stage has no Dracos.It might if some rumors by kevin-rf (etc?) are true. I.e. that this Falcon 9 upper stage has the delta-v-kit on-board. Clarification is definitely needed, here.
It might if some rumors by kevin-rf (etc?) are true. I.e. that this Falcon 9 upper stage has the delta-v-kit on-board. Clarification is definitely needed, here.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 04/30/2012 06:22 pmQuote from: Jason1701 on 04/30/2012 06:20 pmQuote from: corrodedNut on 04/30/2012 05:41 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 04/30/2012 05:06 pmFalcon 9′s Merlin engines hoping to spell success for May 7 target - includes content from William Graham:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/04/falcon-9s-merlin-engines-for-may-7-target/"Attitude control for both stages will be provided by thrust vectoring; with four Draco thrusters augmenting this after the first stage has separated."Wow, that's news to me, I thought this feature was a future upgrade. Is this the first flight with this capability?I believe that is incorrect, that the second stage has no Dracos.It might if some rumors by kevin-rf (etc?) are true. I.e. that this Falcon 9 upper stage has the delta-v-kit on-board. Clarification is definitely needed, here.No, I was responding to Corroded Nut's post, Draco's on the US would mean the Delta V kit is included. If that is incorrect or unknown, then what I said is incorrect. Chris removing them from the article means, he is not sure if they exist or not.