And speedevil is right... everyone was jazzed about the bigger fairing that ended up being ~2% larger.
Quote from: Lars-J on 04/14/2018 06:49 amAnd speedevil is right... everyone was jazzed about the bigger fairing that ended up being ~2% larger.I was totally jazzed by that 2% because it enabled my pet thought experiment mission which needed a payload envelope 4 inches wider than Fairing 1.0 allowed. Now that mission is only impossible for 2 reasons instead of 3. Woot! Slowly hurdling those obstacles.
Ok, I'll bite. What payload?
I had to look that one up.Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD).
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/12/2018 01:27 pmDifferent emphasis in this report on Gwynne's talk:QuoteAt the 2018 TED Conference on Wednesday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell seemed for the first time to express an even grander vision than Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars.Speaking to the crowd, Shotwell said she won't be content to land a SpaceX rocket on Mars, or even to reach more distant planets like Saturn or Pluto. Instead, she revealed that she ultimately hopes to meet up with whoever's out there in other solar systems."This is the first time I might out-vision Elon," she said of the SpaceX founder. http://uk.businessinsider.com/spacex-president-gwynne-shotwell-ted-mars-is-a-fixer-upper-2018-4Gwynne has in past talks mentioned her dreams of a future where travel to other solar systems is possible.
Different emphasis in this report on Gwynne's talk:QuoteAt the 2018 TED Conference on Wednesday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell seemed for the first time to express an even grander vision than Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars.Speaking to the crowd, Shotwell said she won't be content to land a SpaceX rocket on Mars, or even to reach more distant planets like Saturn or Pluto. Instead, she revealed that she ultimately hopes to meet up with whoever's out there in other solar systems."This is the first time I might out-vision Elon," she said of the SpaceX founder. http://uk.businessinsider.com/spacex-president-gwynne-shotwell-ted-mars-is-a-fixer-upper-2018-4
At the 2018 TED Conference on Wednesday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell seemed for the first time to express an even grander vision than Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars.Speaking to the crowd, Shotwell said she won't be content to land a SpaceX rocket on Mars, or even to reach more distant planets like Saturn or Pluto. Instead, she revealed that she ultimately hopes to meet up with whoever's out there in other solar systems."This is the first time I might out-vision Elon," she said of the SpaceX founder.
Some new images of @SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) from SpaceX president&COO Gwynne Shotwell's presentation at #TED2018 conference here: http://www.humanmars.net/2018/04/spacex-big-falcon-rocket-launch-images.html
Quote from: deruch on 04/12/2018 02:13 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/12/2018 01:27 pmDifferent emphasis in this report on Gwynne's talk:QuoteAt the 2018 TED Conference on Wednesday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell seemed for the first time to express an even grander vision than Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars.Speaking to the crowd, Shotwell said she won't be content to land a SpaceX rocket on Mars, or even to reach more distant planets like Saturn or Pluto. Instead, she revealed that she ultimately hopes to meet up with whoever's out there in other solar systems."This is the first time I might out-vision Elon," she said of the SpaceX founder. http://uk.businessinsider.com/spacex-president-gwynne-shotwell-ted-mars-is-a-fixer-upper-2018-4Gwynne has in past talks mentioned her dreams of a future where travel to other solar systems is possible. This aspect of the TED talk seems a bit less off-the-wall in the context of the upcoming TESS launch.
there was a panel discussion that she was involved in, 2015/16 time frame, when they were asked for their predictions 25 years out... her answer was out of the norm... she said, "I hope by then we are working on Interstellar Propulsion" presumably she meant SpaceX, as none of the other participants were anywhere near that optimistic or forward thinking... that really stuck with me, because she just sat there, with a 'like what did i say that's so unusual' look...
Physically not impossible but way, way, way out of the current engineering capabilities.
Didn't someone say that Shotwell's video would be released today (the 16th)? I can't find it.
Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 04/16/2018 09:07 amthere was a panel discussion that she was involved in, 2015/16 time frame, when they were asked for their predictions 25 years out... her answer was out of the norm... she said, "I hope by then we are working on Interstellar Propulsion" presumably she meant SpaceX, as none of the other participants were anywhere near that optimistic or forward thinking... that really stuck with me, because she just sat there, with a 'like what did i say that's so unusual' look... I remember that well. I argues at the time that she doesnt understand what she is talking about. Talking about going to other stars is too much of a stretch.Imagine its 3000BC, the local government at the Neil river just funded a new type of vehicle called a raft that can go over the Neil river to the other shore. It was a huge success and 50 years later, the first private company of raft builders offers regular service to transport goods over the Neil river. The local press interviews the guy who does it and asks where he sees river rafting in the next 25 years. Then he comes up with the answer that he hopes to work on rafts that swim the large darkness in order to visit the moon. Fast forward to today. We just are about able to get people to the moon. But going to another solar system is the same as our little raft builder going to the moon. Physically not impossible but way, way, way out of the current engineering capabilities.
Quote from: Semmel on 04/16/2018 09:43 amQuote from: cro-magnon gramps on 04/16/2018 09:07 amthere was a panel discussion that she was involved in, 2015/16 time frame, when they were asked for their predictions 25 years out... her answer was out of the norm... she said, "I hope by then we are working on Interstellar Propulsion" presumably she meant SpaceX, as none of the other participants were anywhere near that optimistic or forward thinking... that really stuck with me, because she just sat there, with a 'like what did i say that's so unusual' look... I remember that well. I argues at the time that she doesnt understand what she is talking about. Talking about going to other stars is too much of a stretch.... snip ...Physically not impossible but way, way, way out of the current engineering capabilities."Working on" doesn't mean "implementing". I see that as an area of research that she hopes by then they can be investigating, not promising an imminent mission.
Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 04/16/2018 09:07 amthere was a panel discussion that she was involved in, 2015/16 time frame, when they were asked for their predictions 25 years out... her answer was out of the norm... she said, "I hope by then we are working on Interstellar Propulsion" presumably she meant SpaceX, as none of the other participants were anywhere near that optimistic or forward thinking... that really stuck with me, because she just sat there, with a 'like what did i say that's so unusual' look... I remember that well. I argues at the time that she doesnt understand what she is talking about. Talking about going to other stars is too much of a stretch.... snip ...Physically not impossible but way, way, way out of the current engineering capabilities.