Quote from: envy887 on 12/23/2017 01:48 amQuote from: JAFO on 12/23/2017 12:39 amOnly bad thing is that with no antenna, stabilization, etc, they won't be able to beam images back to earth of it once it gets too far away. Or am I missing something?Remember: pictures or it didn't happen.It doesn't look to be separating from the second stage, or transmitting on it's own. It will phone home as long as the second stage lives. I don't know....A 75kwh battery pack, jigger the suspension so the wheels can face odd angles and use them for reaction wheels....
Quote from: JAFO on 12/23/2017 12:39 amOnly bad thing is that with no antenna, stabilization, etc, they won't be able to beam images back to earth of it once it gets too far away. Or am I missing something?Remember: pictures or it didn't happen.It doesn't look to be separating from the second stage, or transmitting on it's own. It will phone home as long as the second stage lives.
Only bad thing is that with no antenna, stabilization, etc, they won't be able to beam images back to earth of it once it gets too far away. Or am I missing something?Remember: pictures or it didn't happen.
The idea of Tesla Roadster in Space is delightfully whimsical, but I can't help thinking of the wasted opportunity. There are hundreds of student experimental payloads desperate for a launch opportunity; why not offer them a ride?
Not to mention the Lunar X Prize entrants. Pretty much all of them are dependent on cheap rideshares on other launchers, since they are all operating on shoestring budgets. This could have been a golden opportunity to get them all to their destination in one fell swoop!
Quote from: Oersted on 12/22/2017 10:33 pmElon tweeted:"Falcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much."Maybe, as a homage to the Saturn V, he could put this LEGO set in the trunk... - Space aliens will be building a LEGO Saturn V millions of years into the future and grasp the true genius of mankind!Also a Commodore Vic-20 which was Elon Musk's first computer.
Elon tweeted:"Falcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much."Maybe, as a homage to the Saturn V, he could put this LEGO set in the trunk... - Space aliens will be building a LEGO Saturn V millions of years into the future and grasp the true genius of mankind!
Yes - that fairing is big and it must be expensive. I'm starting to understand why SpaceX wants to recover them.
Quote from: aero on 12/23/2017 02:24 pmYes - that fairing is big and it must be expensive. I'm starting to understand why SpaceX wants to recover them.They say $5 million.
Hmm - $5 million is a chunk of change but it doesn't seem like that would be the sole driver for the recovery efforts. Does it take a lot of time to build a fairing? Maybe construction time is a driver for the recovery efforts. What else might the driver be?
Quote from: wannamoonbase on 12/23/2017 02:33 pmQuote from: aero on 12/23/2017 02:24 pmYes - that fairing is big and it must be expensive. I'm starting to understand why SpaceX wants to recover them.They say $5 million.Hmm - $5 million is a chunk of change but it doesn't seem like that would be the sole driver for the recovery efforts. Does it take a lot of time to build a fairing? Maybe construction time is a driver for the recovery efforts. What else might the driver be?
Interestingly they only have to recover one half of the fairing to effectively double the launches they can support... OK it's a truism but that gets them the ability to launch 60 times a year. (just considering fairings)
Quote from: Patchouli on 12/22/2017 11:47 pmQuote from: Oersted on 12/22/2017 10:33 pmElon tweeted:"Falcon Heavy launching from same @NASA pad as the Saturn V Apollo 11 moon rocket. It was 50% higher thrust with five F-1 engines at 7.5M lb-F. I love that rocket so much."Maybe, as a homage to the Saturn V, he could put this LEGO set in the trunk... - Space aliens will be building a LEGO Saturn V millions of years into the future and grasp the true genius of mankind!Also a Commodore Vic-20 which was Elon Musk's first computer.I have 2 Vic 20’s, he can have 1 of mine.I like that he loves the Saturn V, it’s such an amazing accomplishment. But after 50 years I’m ready for a larger one.