I would like mission stripes on the stage narrow for ones and fat for 5s or 10s paint after mission complete, maybe a 20 launch chevron or something to keep it from getting too cluttered.
Space should name the cores after senior executives of competing aerospace firms. It'll make for good fun.
Quote from: meekGee on 04/11/2016 07:53 pmSpace should name the cores after senior executives of competing aerospace firms. It'll make for good fun.Nah. There are a lot Culture series ship names to choose from. Just saying.
If padrats and rocket watchers learn to distinguish the stages then they will acquire names over the course of time ('lefty', 'big ass').
Quote from: CraigLieb on 04/11/2016 04:45 pmI would like mission stripes on the stage narrow for ones and fat for 5s or 10s paint after mission complete, maybe a 20 launch chevron or something to keep it from getting too cluttered.Simpler just to applied a disposable number sticker/panel indicating the number of missions flown. Musk did make that remark about minor refurbishments for about every 100 flights or so.
If they do, I hope they pick some good ones. The ASDS names lack gravitas.