I'm a little surprised this didn't raise the insurance rate.
With the re-use attempt of the Falcon 9 and the up-and-coming start of Model 3 production (plus various minor endeavours such as photovoltaic roof tiles, solar panels, Hyperloop, tunnel boring, battery production) was there ever another Man of Industry with more irons in the fire and more risk on the line? This year will be incredible intense for Musk. Hope he holds up.
I'm a little surprised this didn't raise the insurance rate. There are a whole lot of factors you can't test on a stand.
The good news so far in 2016 is offset by the fact that the cost of insurance covering a satellite’s launch and first year in orbit is at an historic low of around 5 percent, some 60 percent less than the rate 10 years ago.The reason: The continued success of the Ariane 5 rocket, whose last failure was in 2002, and the fact that space insurance underwriting has generated good profit over the years. The promise of easy money has attracted many new underwriters, who now compete for a place in the policies of the biggest operators such as Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Inmarsat.“Ariane 5 insurance rates are around the 4 percent mark,” said Russell Sawyer, executive director of Willis Towers Watson’s Inspace brokerage. “If you had talked about launch and in-orbit rates being that low 15 years ago, everybody would have thought you were crazy.”SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket can be insured for only slightly higher rates than Ariane 5. Russia’s Proton vehicle, which has suffered multiple failures in the past five years, is insured at around triple the rate for Ariane 5, according to figures produced by underwriter SCOR Global.
OK. You wanted an opinion? From a mod? Here you go: As a reader, I was intrigued by the discussion at first, and I learned a bit more about scheduling than I already know. But then it started to get into beating a dead horse territory and second guessing territory, and I got bored. I've been a PM myself (what a thankless job!!) and I thought Brovane's example was SPOT ON. It fit this
Quote from: Oersted on 03/29/2017 09:39 pmWith the re-use attempt of the Falcon 9 and the up-and-coming start of Model 3 production (plus various minor endeavours such as photovoltaic roof tiles, solar panels, Hyperloop, tunnel boring, battery production) was there ever another Man of Industry with more irons in the fire and more risk on the line? This year will be incredible intense for Musk. Hope he holds up. You forgot Neuralink.http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-hy-musk-neuralink-20170328-story.html
Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 03/29/2017 09:55 pmQuote from: Oersted on 03/29/2017 09:39 pmWith the re-use attempt of the Falcon 9 and the up-and-coming start of Model 3 production (plus various minor endeavours such as photovoltaic roof tiles, solar panels, Hyperloop, tunnel boring, battery production) was there ever another Man of Industry with more irons in the fire and more risk on the line? This year will be incredible intense for Musk. Hope he holds up. You forgot Neuralink.http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-hy-musk-neuralink-20170328-story.htmlI think people overly neglect history - how about Thomas Edison?
Is it just me or does SpaceX seems strangely quiet about this launch? I would have thought we would have seen at least a press release by now, possibly a teaser video or something... Surely I'm not the only one.
A key point from yesterday's SES briefing I haven't seen mentioned is why they think booster re-use is important. It isn't cost reduction, as satellite cost dwarfs launch cost, but more certainty on launch schedule and reduction in
I might add that I find it amazing that's there's been almost a deafening silence lately when it comes to the spreadsheet created by Tory Bruno (or at least touted by him) and then vigorously debated on this forum on the cost benefit of reuse.
Comparing press kits...Echostar-23 MECO @ 2:43SES-10 MECO @ 2:38 No wonder SpaceX said they would give SES some pieces of this booster....
Quote from: stcks on 03/30/2017 01:21 amComparing press kits...Echostar-23 MECO @ 2:43SES-10 MECO @ 2:38 No wonder SpaceX said they would give SES some pieces of this booster.... Surely they'll be throttling the engines for much of the flight rather than trying to land on 3% propellant reserves...!
Question. Does anyone know - and I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere - if B1021 will be flying this time with its original engines? We know that they were removed after its first flight. - Ed Kyle
Yesterday's SES press briefing