So I guess the fold up struts that stayed on the center core in the FH CGI video are no longer the plan? It never made sense to me to have the weight of those on the core, better to send em home with the boosters. Matthew
Quote from: matthewkantar on 04/23/2017 03:08 pmSo I guess the fold up struts that stayed on the center core in the FH CGI video are no longer the plan? It never made sense to me to have the weight of those on the core, better to send em home with the boosters. MatthewNose cone vs. interstage: They cant't fold up on the boosters as there is no place to latch. I don't know if folding down is an option.The interstage also has a lot more volume for whatever mechanical systems are involved and there may be tradeoffs related to sharing the mechanical systems in the center booster vs. duplicating them on the two side boosters.
Ok, I'm a bit confused. I thought the idea with the first demo flight was to try to recover all three cores. Has that changed, or are they simply waiting until they have the cores at the Cape to mount the landing legs?
People keep asking for a wider shot (I thought the logo would be the thing people really wanted to see, so rushed that on the turnaround)
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/23/2017 01:57 pmPeople keep asking for a wider shot (I thought the logo would be the thing people really wanted to see, so rushed that on the turnaround)I suspect that if you had rushed the wider shot, people would have been clamoring to see the logo.
SpaceX show video of side booster 1023.2 in action at McGregor:https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/867568781928701954
Quote Felix Beuster @FBeuster Will there be a static fire test of the combined boosters as well, or will Heavy static fires always be separated?Elon Musk @elonmuskReplying to @FBeusterThere will be a combined booster static fire. Maybe a few.
Felix Beuster @FBeuster Will there be a static fire test of the combined boosters as well, or will Heavy static fires always be separated?
Presumably that's just the regular static fire that SpaceX conducts at the pad before all launches, with the "perhaps a few" reflective of this being the maiden launch of a new configuration and (center) core variant? Last I remember hearing, the McGregor core test capability wasn't sized for Heavy.
Elon MuskVerified account @elonmusk Replying to @JohnnyZenith All Falcon Heavy cores should be at the Cape in two to three months, so launch should happen a month after that11:51 AM - 8 Jun 2017
Quote from: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/872888863504474112Elon MuskVerified account @elonmusk Replying to @JohnnyZenith All Falcon Heavy cores should be at the Cape in two to three months, so launch should happen a month after that11:51 AM - 8 Jun 2017
Quote from: Navier–Stokes on 06/08/2017 07:03 pmQuote from: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/872888863504474112Elon MuskVerified account @elonmusk Replying to @JohnnyZenith All Falcon Heavy cores should be at the Cape in two to three months, so launch should happen a month after that11:51 AM - 8 Jun 2017 For those following along at home, that puts the launch NET Aug 8 to Sept 8, Standard Elon Time; which is roughly November, real world time.