Jim has a point here. But I think the reason is different than he views it. Many people are very interested in SpaceX for its disruptive nature. The progress of SpaceX is fast in terms of rocket companies. But it's very slow in terms of people's daily media consumption and hunger for information. In the limbo between true progress and perceived snail crawl, people start occupying themselves with minute and inconsequential details. Nothing bad about it, and nothing worth criticising. As is the other way around. Overexcited people should accept Jims concentration on the important stuff. It might reduce the clatter in this forum. Cheers, Semmel. PS: can we move these last posts to some more appropriate place? I prefer them not to be deleted. ;-)
So if an airplane buff finds carriers less interesting, he should simply stay away from the aircraft carrier threads... What's the harm about people talking about carriers?
Quote from: meekGee on 01/25/2017 03:25 pmSo if an airplane buff finds carriers less interesting, he should simply stay away from the aircraft carrier threads... What's the harm about people talking about carriers?None. As long as you don't do it here. Off-topic.
Memory says it take months to transfer JRtI through the canal. It's width is too great for the passage and was transited with the parts on the deck and attached when berthed on the west coast.
Re: ASDS, will SpaceX need a third to service Boca Chica? Some have speculated JRTI could sail into the Gulf when required, but I don't see how that works with the flight rate across three pads. What's the transit time between the space coast and southern tip of Texas?
1Quote from: dglow on 01/25/2017 06:01 pmRe: ASDS, will SpaceX need a third to service Boca Chica? Some have speculated JRTI could sail into the Gulf when required, but I don't see how that works with the flight rate across three pads. What's the transit time between the space coast and southern tip of Texas?JRTI is in the Pacific, it would take at least 1 week to get it to the Gulf (IIRC it can transit the recently widened canal intact). OCISLY could probably get to Brownsville in 2 or 3 days.
Poor OCISLY - it has a huge hole:
Agreed that it looks like a hole but probably isn't.But if it isn't - wth is it?
They may install a door in the blast wall to allow access to the newly free space under the raised container. Seems like a lot of work to create a small amount of deck level storage, but they did have a little Spider lift destroyed by a hard landing. Maybe they need a secure little garage?