Author Topic: Elon Musk IAC Mars Speech - Sept. 27, 2016 - DISCUSSION THREAD  (Read 441713 times)

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That's an interesting... start... of the presentation...

He's trying to start from complete scratch for the uninitiated...  my eyes are imploding...
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Now discussing how to establish a self sustaining civilization.
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I've got to admit, the MCT looks extremely Buck Rogers!

Looks more Dan Dare than Buck Rogers.

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I've got to admit, the MCT looks extremely Buck Rogers!

Looks more Dan Dare than Buck Rogers.
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For some reason the sound of the turbines spinning up in the video before ignition is delightful to me.
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Why are the astronauts launched at first, and not the propellant?
Seems to be riskier and less convenient.

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Interesting tidbit on the simulation.

When the booster lands and the crane moves the tanker, the sun in the sky advances quite a bit.

So they modeled the motion in the right timescale, but then sped up the animation.

Nice.
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I saw this on Twitter, a neat size comparison:

Wow, the booster is larger than Saturn V stage 1 and  stage 2 put together!  :o
« Last Edit: 09/27/2016 07:23 pm by Lars-J »

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1000 USES PER BOOSTER?!

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Interesting final view of Mars showing Terraforming taking place

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3-5 refuelings... on the high end of what we guessed.

The audience, IMO, is stunned.
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High cadence launch rate!

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"It's quite big"

Has to be the understament of the decade at least.

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He is taking understatments to a new level:

It will take a while to build 1000 ships.

:)
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Looks like COPVs immersed in those tanks  ;)

Carbon fibre tanks?!

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What are the big spherical tanks inside of the tanks?

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Spark (and torch) ignition for the engines.
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Notable lack of SLS in the comparison slides.

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Why wasn't SLS on that comparative launchers slide that he showed?
« Last Edit: 09/27/2016 07:30 pm by Star One »

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550mt to LEO, expendable  :o
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