Has there been any reasoned speculation or maybe even an explanation from spaceX (not that they owe one) for there not being video (live or recorded) of fairing recovery attempts?One of the things that currently makes SpaceX undisputably the most interesting launch provider (yes, undisputably, I don't think I could seriously entertain a counter argument) is their openness, willingness, and daring to attempt difficult things with high failure probabilities in a public manner, unafraid of embarrassment and criticism.I suppose it may not be worth the FTE time or money to setup the infrastructure for a live feed from the ship (yet, if I had to bet, I'd be inclined to guess they do have this) but surely at a minimum they have engineering cameras on board ship or possibly even the fairing that are recording these attempts, right?I realize it's easy for me to suggest from my desk chair and it's quite a luxury what they already display to the interested public under no obligation.... But I want to see it happening! Even the failures where the Mr. Steven crew are scratching their heads thinking "hmmm, the fairing should have been here a minute ago".
Speculation on my part, but they probably want to avoid the "SpaceX fails to capture fairing again", "SpaceX fairing crash lands into the sea" headlines.
Quote from: Cheapchips on 07/06/2018 09:35 pmSpeculation on my part, but they probably want to avoid the "SpaceX fails to capture fairing again", "SpaceX fairing crash lands into the sea" headlines.Has there ever been any of these headlines, such as they are, that did not originate from data SpaceX provided?Simply not saying anything about testing would fix that.
Why are fairings so expensive anyways?
Quote from: johnfwhitesell on 07/08/2018 03:12 amWhy are fairings so expensive anyways?Do you really need to ask that?Cone on!Giant, hollow, light-weight, composite, acoustic absorbing, supersonic, aerospace structures that withstand substantial acceleration and aerodynamic loads before faultlessly releasing and falling away?At $6M SpaceX's fairings are probably a bargain.
Quote from: Cheapchips on 07/06/2018 09:35 pmSpeculation on my part, but they probably want to avoid the "SpaceX fails to capture fairing again", "SpaceX fairing crash lands into the sea" headlines.Yep. Concern trolls are everywhere.
Quote from: Cheapchips on 07/06/2018 09:35 pmSpeculation on my part, but they probably want to avoid the "SpaceX fails to capture fairing again", "SpaceX fairing crash lands into the sea" headlines.Has there ever been any of these headlines, such as they are, that did not originate from data SpaceX provided?
Are the new arms permanently fixed in place, and a potential hazard to other boats when coming and going in the narrower channel areas? Or can they still be folded/swung into the footprint of the boat?Feels like it needs some orange flags hanging off the tips and WIDE LOAD banners ...
Teslarati reporting that arm upgrade on Mr. Steven is complete. Just waiting on new ~40,000 sq ft net.https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-mr-steven-arm-upgrade-complete-quadruple-size-net/
The pictures of the new net deployed are incredible. Can't wait.It will be very interesting to see if and when we see 2 ships and fairings being reflown.End of this year is coming quick but maybe there is an outside shot at that.