Getting the pad ready will be the gating item.
Quote from: JBF on 08/09/2013 05:06 pm Getting the pad ready will be the gating item.And look what happened with the Antares pad.
With NET currently September 5th, and some suggesting that November may be more accurate
Quote from: AJW on 08/10/2013 06:00 amWith NET currently September 5th, and some suggesting that November may be more accurateNot true. See the excellent updates in L2.
Quote from: AndyX on 08/10/2013 08:09 pmQuote from: AJW on 08/10/2013 06:00 amWith NET currently September 5th, and some suggesting that November may be more accurateNot true. See the excellent updates in L2.Which part is not true? The current NET or the November thing?
Which part is not true? The current NET or the November thing?
SpaceX publishes borderline unrealistic dates to keep everyone pushing internally. The better question, as AJW posed, is what are the key milestones.Rocket on stand (validates VAFB erector).** Rocket on stand with cryos in it (validates VAFB loading system, vehicle side should be validated by McGregor)**Spacecraft and rocket in same buildingSpacecraft encapsulatedSpacecraft mated** N.B. - doing it once doesn't mean there weren't functions on the edge of invalidation. Beware of repeats.It's been a really long time since SpaceX handled someone else's spacecraft and mated something that wasn't a Dragon to the second stage.
Which L2 section is this discussion happening in? I'm a member but I can't seem to find it.
I understand SpaceX PR department is trying to provide some much needed entertainment for fans like the Hyperloop
So now the launch is T-3 weeks away and their is no confirmation of a time for the 9/5/2013 launch or verification of a moved date. <stuff removed>I have rarely seen launches not know what is going on once you reach 1 month away so this seems off. Are they so close to the milestones that they are actually not sure?
Oh I understand but it just seems standard for most other companies to know 1 month out to announce publicly but this is a private space launch world we live in.
Oh I understand but it just seems standard for most other companies to know 1 month out to announce publicly but this is a private space launch world we live in. I was an L2 member for a little while but it was during a more active public campaign by SpaceX so it didn't seem worth the extra dollars but now that things have been quieter maybe it will worth the investment.
So now the launch is T-3 weeks away and their is no confirmation of a time for the 9/5/2013 launch or verification of a moved date. I have rarely seen launches not know what is going on once you reach 1 month away so this seems off. Are they so close to the milestones that they are actually not sure? Or just hoping to slide in a schedule move as we stare at the wonders of Grasshopper?
"Take no small slips." That is, allow enough time in the new schedule to ensure that the work can be carefully and thoroughly done, and that rescheduling will not have to be done again.