Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 03/24/2017 02:31 pmQuote“Gwynne has promised us parts of the rocket,” Halliwell said. “We want them for the SES board room.”What Gwynne neglected to point out is there are many ways in which those parts can come to rest on the ASDS. Let's hope they arrive assembled!
Quote“Gwynne has promised us parts of the rocket,” Halliwell said. “We want them for the SES board room.”
“Gwynne has promised us parts of the rocket,” Halliwell said. “We want them for the SES board room.”
@elonmusk since you have time to answer questions, does this mean you're flying to Cape Canaveral?Reply from Elon@ToddGerkens Yeah
I'm wondering if the "fate" comment is in respect to either a fairing recovery attempt (first recovered fairing from first reused booster would be epic), or maybe just a first Roomba outing on the ASDS.
Quote from: Brovane on 03/24/2017 12:38 amIt is also important to know when to push a schedule and not push a schedule. Speaking as a Project Manager, after adjusting a schedule for a complicated technical deployment I would want to bring in a Project end date But the schedule changes for SES-10 launch have nothing to do, in this case, with any issue to the actual project. It was an external, unrelated, totally decoupled reason (some ULA launch that has nothing to do with SES-10).SpaceX has already moved a launch to the left in the past. *IF* there is any issue with the booster, they should not anticipate the date. *IF* they are ready to go and the range is free, why wait?About the issue that people have their own life etc: launches very often scrub or are delayed for various reasons, weather, small issues, etc. It's part of the job. Why would anticipating a launch be any different? They are probably going to be happy!
It is also important to know when to push a schedule and not push a schedule. Speaking as a Project Manager, after adjusting a schedule for a complicated technical deployment I would want to bring in a Project end date
I will provide a theoretical example from my experience as a Technical Project Manager.I am scheduling a Core Switch Replacement in a Data-Center. It is fairly complicated involves a lot of different groups Network Team, Storage Team, Server Team(Linux, Windows), Enterprise Application Team, 3rd Party
... but perhaps we could just be excited outsiders and cheer from the sidelines and stands...
The amount of backseat driving and second guessing is stunning. Can we all agree that SpaceX has some of the best in the rocket business running and coordinating their launch attempts?
You said it. Makes for a lot to sift through in order to find good information.
Some sources, like SES S.A. themselves, said just recently that if the flight and landing are both successful, they will get some parts of the rocket from SpaceX. I was very surprised by this, meaning that apparently they have decided, even if the landing is again successful, they will not attempt to re-use this stage thrice.
SAT-MPL-20170108-00002 E S2950Grant of Authority Effective Date: 03/10/2017Modification to PDR/PPLNew Skies Satellites B.V.Nature of Service: Direct to Home Fixed Satellite, Fixed Satellite ServiceOn March 22, 2017, the Satellite Division reissued the license conditions for the SES-10 space station to specify operations of SES-10 at the66.9° W.L. orbital location instead of 67° W.L. This relocation was made pursuant to Section 25.117(h)(1) of the Commission's rules andbecame effective on March 10, 2017, without further authorization by the Commission.
https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/843945243502362624We've got the patch!
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Quote from: cppetrie on 03/25/2017 04:02 pmThe amount of backseat driving and second guessing is stunning. Can we all agree that SpaceX has some of the best in the rocket business running and coordinating their launch attempts?Oh I thought this was the "Discussion" thread about SES-10. I thought we were "discussing" the launch date and the possible reasons why this specific launch would be moved left or right. Nobody from either side said what SpaceX should do, we are trying to reason as to *why* they do that. I may disagree with user "Brovane" but I have still learned several things in this discussion. Now, each forum or website has a different take on the amount of meta-talk, maybe an authoritative forum administrator can clarify if this discussion was deemed inappropriate.
Quote from: manoweb on 03/25/2017 05:54 pmSome sources, like SES S.A. themselves, said just recently that if the flight and landing are both successful, they will get some parts of the rocket from SpaceX. I was very surprised by this, meaning that apparently they have decided, even if the landing is again successful, they will not attempt to re-use this stage thrice.There's really no need to reuse them a third time yet. They should recover more Block 3/4 cores this year than they could possibly use before Block 5 is flying. Once Block 5 is flying you'd think they'll want to standardize on that fairly quickly. Flying a Block 3 stage for a third time right now would just be to demonstrate they can do it, it wouldn't really save any time or money.
Quote from: IanThePineapple on 03/20/2017 09:08 pmhttps://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/843945243502362624We've got the patch!Quote from: jacqmans on 03/26/2017 08:11 am<patch image in original post>We appear to have two patches, what's the story? Which one was issued by whom? Thanks!
Clear pad as of an hour ago. Also SFN stream showing no booster vertical. Cutting it close for Static Fire.https://www.instagram.com/p/BSGhmh2lRM8/