If those are 8' tall shipping containers the rolls could be 8-10 feet long. Stretching the guesswork further, they may have had them pre-cut for length to where 1 roll = 1 ring circumference.Extra points if somewhere they're using the bulletproof* 3mm 301 stainless steel they're using on Cybertruck.* for 9mm
Quote from: Seamore Holdings on 11/22/2019 12:02 pmThe wide tent in foreground of this picture (credit Seamore Holdings) is the tent, I suspect will be raise up soon to fit Ultra-tall single weld ring manufacturing. Notice the white rectangles between the two tent areas. Those are stacks of newly delivered steel sheets. I do not expect changes in dome construction or nose cone construction.I wonder if these blue cylinders are double height steel rolls. Whatever they are, the blue stuff is definitely a removable protective layer since you can see some of it that has been removed and discarded on the ground outside of the tent.
The wide tent in foreground of this picture (credit Seamore Holdings) is the tent, I suspect will be raise up soon to fit Ultra-tall single weld ring manufacturing. Notice the white rectangles between the two tent areas. Those are stacks of newly delivered steel sheets. I do not expect changes in dome construction or nose cone construction.
They will probably raise the wide tent at Cocoa by one or two containers, and we can expect to see Ultra-Tall single weld rings very soon.
Notice the white rectangles between the two tent areas.
Noticed today, 22 November 2019, several portable generators being loaded on flatbed trucks at the Cocoa site. I also noticed somebody parking their boat in the new parking lot. Looks like things will be slow for awhile.
Who says they are going to raise the tent with cargo containers?
Okay who says they contain steel? I've dug through the available drone footage and can't tell what they are. They are containers they could contain anything? I've also seen no origin to the insistence that ultar tall rings will be made. Where is your info coming from?
All the drone footage from today shows is a flatbed truck sitting with generators on it. No loading or unloading visible? Are you in FL at the yard? I can think of a dozen reasons some generators are being moved out, doesn't mean they aren't going ahead with their work and a boat? Seriously a boat in the parking lot means... nothing. I got a friend who tows his boat on Fridays to work because he leaves for the lake after work.
As for the nosecone are you sure it's not been moved somewhere else inside that sprung fabric VAB? I mean seriously a structure like that from the distance is pretty hard to see into it everywhere.
I will try to only provide what I see and try not to make too many conclusions in the same post from now on.
Just me, based on seeing a large new overhead rig that has not made an appearance yet, but was delivered in early November.
The large white rectangles are not containers. There look just like the steel sheets that were on site back in July. These were recently delivered. I am using photos to make my conclusions, not the videos.
Not talking about the nosecone, but the top of the upper section where it starts to curve. All I can say is there is a lot of cut up steel pieces sitting out side the hangar right now. Pretty sure that curved section is not there any longer.
will try to only provide what I see and try not to make too many conclusions in the same post from now on.
So what appear to be transport cradles have appeared on the newly paved section leading through to Fedex?https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=48893.msg2018599#msg2018599
The big move of @SpaceX #Starship #MK2 appears to be happening soon. (credit @Andy_trains screen capture) There was activity at the barge loading point last week. There have been taking scaffolding out of the lower section.
Is that evidence that we're seeing the new 30X cold-rolled stainless steel?
What I see. The ship called mk2 goes to the launch site and is finished with out landing gear and the tanks tested then is launched to 20K with three non vac raptors. The foils are activated to sky dive / float and the ship slowed and the flip and ignite sequence tested. Mk 2 lands in the ocean and becomes a reef. Then the new designs will follow
The panels on the new bulkhead look like a different color than the previous ones we've seen. They have a darker patina than the usual mirror-like SS we are used to, and not unlike the color of the recently unveiled Tesla Cybertruck.Is that evidence that we're seeing the new 30X cold-rolled stainless steel?
Quote from: Coastal Ron on 11/24/2019 04:51 pmIs that evidence that we're seeing the new 30X cold-rolled stainless steel?I haven't seen anything on 30X. Perhaps I missed the relevant thread. Can you give me a link to what you have seen on 30X?
It is, it is literally bulletproof to a nine millimeter handgun,” Musk said onstage during the unveiling. “That’s how strong the skin is — it’s ultra-hard, cold-rolled stainless steel alloy that we’ve developed. We’re going to be using the same alloy in the Starship rocket, and in the Cybertruck.
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Quote from: Ulysses S on 11/24/2019 04:58 pmWhat I see. The ship called mk2 goes to the launch site and is finished with out landing gear and the tanks tested then is launched to 20K with three non vac raptors. The foils are activated to sky dive / float and the ship slowed and the flip and ignite sequence tested. Mk 2 lands in the ocean and becomes a reef. Then the new designs will follow So - you're saying that SpaceX is willing to risk 39A with a tank test (after what they just had happen in BC), let alone launch AND landing of a first iteration of Starship? Keep in mind that a 6,000kg chunk of metal just blew 300' into the air and landed on the other side of the highway...No - personally I don't see SpaceX risking any of that. MK3 will be the first test and flight.