Quote from: gongora on 12/15/2017 07:17 pmWe don't actually know that the thing in the picture has anything to do with SpaceX.Like that's gonna stop us.
We don't actually know that the thing in the picture has anything to do with SpaceX.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/14/2017 07:33 pmHeavy breathing!HAWTHORNE, Calif. – Dec. 14, 2017. Media accreditation is now open for Falcon Heavy’s Demonstration Mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is targeted for January 2018.Come for a visit and cover it here! Well put you up for a few days Chris!
Heavy breathing!HAWTHORNE, Calif. – Dec. 14, 2017. Media accreditation is now open for Falcon Heavy’s Demonstration Mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is targeted for January 2018.
Quote from: Lar on 12/15/2017 07:18 pmQuote from: gongora on 12/15/2017 07:17 pmWe don't actually know that the thing in the picture has anything to do with SpaceX.Like that's gonna stop us.Back in the early days at the Cape people would stare at the lighthouse from far away thinking it was a rocket sitting on the pad...
I measured the distance between the two landing zones using the new Planet Labs measuring tool. They are only ~300 meters apart from center to center. The landing is going to be even more epic than I thought! I knew they would be close, but less than 1/5 of a mile close?
I'm kind of curious about why one pad it black and the other white. If the black paint is radar reflective to make landings more precise, did they find radar reflective white paint, or integrate equivalent or better reflectivity in the concrete?Or just to make it look cool.
I'm kind of curious about why one pad it black and the other white. If the black paint is radar reflective to make landings more precise, did they find radar reflective white paint, or integrate equivalent or better reflectivity in the concrete?
Quote from: Jcc on 12/16/2017 01:51 pmI'm kind of curious about why one pad it black and the other white. If the black paint is radar reflective to make landings more precise, did they find radar reflective white paint, or integrate equivalent or better reflectivity in the concrete?Perhaps there's a difference in the radar reflectivity of the two pads to enable the individual boosters to distinguish between the two, thereby reducing the chances of one booster getting confused and both attempting to land at the same pad?
Have the strap-ons been mated to the core?
Quote from: shuttlefan on 12/16/2017 04:03 pmHave the strap-ons been mated to the core?I think the preferred term is side booster? Strap-ons? Mating? Might be a different forum you're thinking of?That said I think they have been but we haven't seen any public pics yet IIRC.
Quote from: Lar on 12/16/2017 05:27 pmQuote from: shuttlefan on 12/16/2017 04:03 pmHave the strap-ons been mated to the core?I think the preferred term is side booster? Strap-ons? Mating? Might be a different forum you're thinking of?That said I think they have been but we haven't seen any public pics yet IIRC.The term in longest use in the industry is strap-on boosters. I remember this term from back in the 60's and 70's. But there are many variations and almost any of them are readily identifiable for what they are.