First time I hear about booster elongation from ignition - to be expected I guess.
how do you account for this elongation? Some form of seals or material that just stretches a bit?
What sort of factor of safety is generally used in launch vehicle design? I would guess that because mass is so critical, you're in the 1.2-ish range.
Isn't the safety factor usually 1.4 in manned systems/vehicles?
What is the purpose of the faired-over "connection" between the booster nosecones and the core, above the slip-joint? Avionics?
I made this short clip to show some of the work that goes into "rocket science". The clip is also a teaser for some of the material that will be on L2 (which I hope is ok with Chris).
Pet peeve : this is rocket engineering, not rocket science. In other news, we need more rocket engineers.
Pet peeve : this is rocket engineering, not rocket science.