Quote from: CJ on 05/15/2019 06:23 amI also wonder, given this construction technique, whether we'll end up seeing the Super Heavy (BFR) 1st stage sooner than assumed.Is there any particular reason to assume this isn't what we're already looking at right here, rather than a second Starship?
I also wonder, given this construction technique, whether we'll end up seeing the Super Heavy (BFR) 1st stage sooner than assumed.
I was reading this and decided to drive by as It's on my way home from work and saw this pulling in the gate!
I get the feeling that whoever originally posted this spoiled SpaceX’s surprise. They likely didn’t want it revealed just yet. If they wanted it to be known they would have announced it.Don’t hurt the cause, dude.
If they can get it to the river via road, they have some more options:
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Quote from: M.E.T. on 05/16/2019 04:17 pmI get the feeling that whoever originally posted this spoiled SpaceX’s surprise. They likely didn’t want it revealed just yet. If they wanted it to be known they would have announced it.Don’t hurt the cause, dude.If they had a real reason to keep it secret they would have hidden it better. Anything in plain sight from a public road is not a secret.
Quote from: Cheapchips on 05/17/2019 10:51 amI've drawn out a route that should work from Coastal Steel to 39a. You might need to leave the actuated fins off.You need to remove a power line before you go on the off ramp to the A1A. When you go through the ferry terminal there's a couple of power lines and overhead signs that would need to be removed. Other than those elements it requires the least adjustments. From the port onward it's the usual F9 booster route.You could go along the A1A and up through Courteney and join Kennedy Parkway N, but has more traffic lights and overhead lines to be removed. You can get round the Nasa Pkwy flyover by going up and down the offramps. It's a clear route from there.You could go along the Canaveral barge canal but it's hard to see where you'd load it onto the barge in the Indian River. That also requires crane -> mover to river -> crane -> barge-> crane -> mover to site-> crane. It's a bit messy.I think it will be going to LZ-1, not the pads. So your route will be much shorter. Take it by a barge to the port where they are already unloading and moving flown boosters, then truck it over to LZ-1. It'll be quite a show stopper when they are ready to move it!
I've drawn out a route that should work from Coastal Steel to 39a. You might need to leave the actuated fins off.You need to remove a power line before you go on the off ramp to the A1A. When you go through the ferry terminal there's a couple of power lines and overhead signs that would need to be removed. Other than those elements it requires the least adjustments. From the port onward it's the usual F9 booster route.You could go along the A1A and up through Courteney and join Kennedy Parkway N, but has more traffic lights and overhead lines to be removed. You can get round the Nasa Pkwy flyover by going up and down the offramps. It's a clear route from there.You could go along the Canaveral barge canal but it's hard to see where you'd load it onto the barge in the Indian River. That also requires crane -> mover to river -> crane -> barge-> crane -> mover to site-> crane. It's a bit messy.
if you look at the top map, that is the wrong way to enter the freeway unless you close the westbound lane while transporting the Starship. We drive on the right side of the road in the US. Westbound it on the north side, east bound on the south side.
