Quote from: woods170 on 06/23/2016 08:58 amQuote from: Kabloona on 06/23/2016 12:08 amSome great closeups of the OG-2 stage on the street in Hawthorne:http://imgur.com/a/q7yoLOne just has got to admire SpaceX for putting two cores outside and confuse the h*ll out all of us for a full day. "Which core is what?" Brilliant! It may even have been their intention to show Falcon Heavy hardware to the world without being too obvious about it. To raise some confidence in making the 2016 launch date.
Quote from: Kabloona on 06/23/2016 12:08 amSome great closeups of the OG-2 stage on the street in Hawthorne:http://imgur.com/a/q7yoLOne just has got to admire SpaceX for putting two cores outside and confuse the h*ll out all of us for a full day. "Which core is what?" Brilliant!
Some great closeups of the OG-2 stage on the street in Hawthorne:http://imgur.com/a/q7yoL
Quote from: rocx on 06/23/2016 02:42 pmIt may even have been their intention to show Falcon Heavy hardware to the world without being too obvious about it. To raise some confidence in making the 2016 launch date.Then why not just tweet a photo of it in the factory, rather than parking it out in the street and hoping someone recognizes it?There must really be "no vacancy" at the Falcon Motel.
It may even have been their intention to show Falcon Heavy hardware to the world without being too obvious about it. To raise some confidence in making the 2016 launch date.
Quote from: Kabloona on 06/23/2016 03:05 pmQuote from: rocx on 06/23/2016 02:42 pmIt may even have been their intention to show Falcon Heavy hardware to the world without being too obvious about it. To raise some confidence in making the 2016 launch date.Then why not just tweet a photo of it in the factory, rather than parking it out in the street and hoping someone recognizes it?There must really be "no vacancy" at the Falcon Motel.I think they did it for a laugh. The timing was such that interested people would be there with cameras for the Orbcom landed stage. There is no way the missing cover and the timing were accidental.Edit: corrected quoting.
Quote from: Adriano on 06/22/2016 04:53 amNot sure it is dirt that can be washed off. I think more likely it is paint discoloration caused by heat.The general suspicion is that it can be washed off.
Not sure it is dirt that can be washed off. I think more likely it is paint discoloration caused by heat.
(Not an expert)SSME and M1D have huge fundamental differences- propellant being an obvious one, but also a completely different engine cycle. So the actual components are doing different jobs, a bit like the difference between a petrol and a diesel engine. SSME was also designed in the 70s, Merlin can draw on another three decades of development (perhaps not as big an advantage as it should be)I don't personally know what refurbishing each of these engines entails, but a few points to consider:1) where do you draw the line between refurb and inspection? You might not replace a component, but you might still want to whip it out and check e.g. tolerance on a bearing seal.2) There will be a trade between the hassle and cost if inspection/refurb, and the hassle and cost of engine failure. That scale will be weighted massively in favour of not losing the vehicle.3) There may also (and I'm starting to speculate a little here) be a trade between cost, performance, and service intervals. Is it worth building a no-refurb engine if it comes at the cost of performance loss? Would you buy a car that didn't need refuelled until the next service interval- of course not, that would mean driving around lugging 20,000 miles worth of fuel with you. Absurd example but I hope it illustrates the point.
Pretty decent wash job. I wonder how long the current paint and logos will last in the local environment before everything starts to flake, peel, and fade.