Author Topic: Pad 39A - Transition to SpaceX Falcon Heavy debut - Thread 1  (Read 302731 times)

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SpaceX Commercial Crew Astronaut delivery vehicle for 39A. Source: Stephen C. Smith Twitter

We all know that van isn't "bad ass" enough for SpaceX Commercial Crew Astronauts.

I mean the crew transport vehicle is pretty obvious already: the falcon wing doors on the Tesla Model X are perfect for letting a suited astronaut into and out of the vehicle easily and quickly, and there is plenty of space left over for the flight surgeons and whoever else the NSA entourage consists of.

NSA?  When-and-how did they get in on this?  ;)

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SpaceX Commercial Crew Astronaut delivery vehicle for 39A. Source: Stephen C. Smith Twitter

We all know that van isn't "bad ass" enough for SpaceX Commercial Crew Astronauts.

I mean the crew transport vehicle is pretty obvious already: the falcon wing doors on the Tesla Model X are perfect for letting a suited astronaut into and out of the vehicle easily and quickly, and there is plenty of space left over for the flight surgeons and whoever else the NSA entourage consists of.

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Made it just a little bit more badass.
Watched B1019 land in person 21/12/2015.

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Made it just a little bit more badass.
Just wondering: what is a CST-100 crew doing there? Doesn't the SpaceX crew suit look A LOT different? ;)

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Sorry for messing around in advance.
A model X is to dull for a crew transportation vehicle. I was thinking about the SuperBus TUDelft developed. It is fully electric and can drive 155 miles an hour.  8) ;)

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Sorry for messing around in advance.
A model X is to dull for a crew transportation vehicle. I was thinking about the SuperBus TUDelft developed. It is fully electric and can drive 155 miles an hour.  8) ;)

That looks hilariously impractical. I looked at the site and all I can say is "what were they thinking..."?

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My article within the hour, then we'll move to a new thread 2 as this one is turning into a party thread ;)
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Here's that article. Yeah, L2 has a collection (in a cool section that's covered the pad work since the first shovel in the ground) and of course there's others out there too, but I've beefed this up with the rollout procedures that were outlined to us.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/spacex-conducts-rollout-39a-te/
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Here's that article. Yeah, L2 has a collection (in a cool section that's covered the pad work since the first shovel in the ground) and of course there's others out there too, but I've beefed this up with the rollout procedures that were outlined to us.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/spacex-conducts-rollout-39a-te/

Great article Chris. Good to see the pad come back to life!

Offline Beittil

Nice article, but a slight side note. Could you please work with dual measurements? I mean, your readers are not all American and thus on that Imperial system!

In stead of this:
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By February of this year, steel columns – around 50 to 55 feet high – rose out of the foundations at the perimeter.

Say this:
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By February of this year, steel columns – around 50 to 55 feet (~15-~17 meters) high – rose out of the foundations at the perimeter.

Would be much appreciated!

Online Chris Bergin

Interesting, as Englishman we use feet a lot more than meters. I'm six foot tall. I don't have a clue what I am in meters. Now I do, because I googled it! ;D

Will keep it in mind for future articles.
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Made it just a little bit more badass.
Just wondering: what is a CST-100 crew doing there? Doesn't the SpaceX crew suit look A LOT different? ;)

That's the STS-133 crew. A bit earlier than the Starliner generation.
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Hi Chris, could you clarify.

"However, for 39A operations, when the hold down post clamps are released, the Transporter/Erector will be fully retracted/lowered back to ground level."

Are you saying as Falcon 9xx is taking off the TE starts to retract. ie at T -0.1
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Here's that article. Yeah, L2 has a collection (in a cool section that's covered the pad work since the first shovel in the ground) and of course there's others out there too, but I've beefed this up with the rollout procedures that were outlined to us.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/spacex-conducts-rollout-39a-te/

Great article Chris...Thank-you!

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Interesting, as Englishman we use feet a lot more than meters. I'm six foot tall. I don't have a clue what I am in meters. Now I do, because I googled it! ;D

Will keep it in mind for future articles.

You could always weigh Falcons in Stones!
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I prefer horses: http://xkcd.com/1461/large/

As a SpaceX amazing people I note that 1 Falcon 1 is equivalent to 1 horse and therefore the unit of measure should be a Falcon. EG The Falcon 9 has a launch capacity of 29 Falcons and SLS Block 2 would have a launch capacity of 289 Falcons.
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Ok, that's it for this thread then. New thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38802.0
« Last Edit: 11/10/2015 01:26 pm by Chris Bergin »
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