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Author Topic: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread  (Read 484824 times)

Offline MattMason

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #740 on: 06/16/2016 12:57 pm »
For Lar;
Why NASA sent 3 defenseless Legos to die on Jupiter
http://www.presstelegram.com/science/20160611/why-nasa-sent-3-defenseless-legos-to-die-on-jupiter

Lar, those Legos Lego Elements on that probe are surely exceedingly valuable, and would make an excellent addition to your collection. You should go and save them - and the good news is, you've got 3 years to do it in.

 ;)

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #741 on: 06/16/2016 02:18 pm »
If it was still the 1970's it would be Rapid Unplanned Disco!

Let's get this party started!
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #742 on: 06/16/2016 02:56 pm »
If it was still the 1970's it would be Rapid Unplanned Disco!

Let's get this party started!

Disco remains dead. I arranged to put this on the drone ship. There will be no revival.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #743 on: 06/17/2016 04:26 am »
Rocket Launch Failures Compilation Updated 2015 - 35 mins


Includes some I haven't seen before.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #744 on: 06/17/2016 08:36 am »
After seeing the video of the perfect landing of the Eutelsat/ABS booster, it is clear that it is the droneship that failed. If only it could have jumped up a few meters to catch the stage, it would now be on its way back with another caught booster.

Well, that or have a higher deck. See, if only SpaceX would have listened to our suggestions to convert an aircraft carrier...
Any day with a rocket landing is a fantastic day.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #745 on: 06/17/2016 12:17 pm »
elonmusk: Turns out the landing was not as fast we thought, but still hard enough to destroy the primary airframe and accordion the engines

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743602229307805696

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #746 on: 06/17/2016 01:19 pm »
For Lar;
Why NASA sent 3 defenseless Legos to die on Jupiter
http://www.presstelegram.com/science/20160611/why-nasa-sent-3-defenseless-legos-to-die-on-jupiter

Lar, those Legos Lego Elements on that probe are surely exceedingly valuable, and would make an excellent addition to your collection. You should go and save them - and the good news is, you've got 3 years to do it in.

 ;)

I'm trying to cut back. I am in fact at a con selling stuff this weekend... However I will speak to Abner Finley about this. Er, wait I think he already scored the spares (His collection is so big that when The LEGO Group was trying to restock their museum, they traded HIM for stuff THEY didn't have...)
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #747 on: 06/17/2016 03:30 pm »
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #748 on: 06/17/2016 03:53 pm »
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and the cool new flown display in the board room

Are these the actual chairs from Dr. Evil's secret mountain lair?
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #749 on: 06/17/2016 04:35 pm »
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and the cool new flown display in the board room

Are these the actual chairs from Dr. Evil's secret mountain lair?
Note that with this chair design, a simple drop of the seat and the occupant easily slides into the shark tank.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #750 on: 06/17/2016 04:44 pm »
"Let that be a reminder to you all that this organization does not tolerate failure."

« Last Edit: 06/17/2016 04:50 pm by JebK »

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #751 on: 06/17/2016 05:16 pm »
Guys!  I have figured out how SpaceX plans on generating tons and tons of methane on Mars to refuel their boosters for the Mars-to-Earth leg of the MCT architecture.

The evidence has literally been under our noses for quite a while, now.  SpaceX has even released a number of pictures (without the explanatory text, of course, that would tell us their plans).  I even found one to attach here.

Below is a picture illustrating a test of the deployment of the Mars methane ISRU system.  Note how SpaceX is cleverly using several parts of their architecture here -- amazing how they can use rocket engine technology to aid in the deployment phase.

:D
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #752 on: 06/17/2016 05:17 pm »
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and the cool new flown display in the board room
Just to be clear (for future readers of this thread), that is obviously a printed wallpaper of this very picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/23985921532/
« Last Edit: 06/17/2016 05:17 pm by nissehutt »

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #753 on: 06/17/2016 05:39 pm »
Guys!  I have figured out how SpaceX plans on generating tons and tons of methane on Mars to refuel their boosters for the Mars-to-Earth leg of the MCT architecture.

The evidence has literally been under our noses for quite a while, now.  SpaceX has even released a number of pictures (without the explanatory text, of course, that would tell us their plans).  I even found one to attach here.

Below is a picture illustrating a test of the deployment of the Mars methane ISRU system.  Note how SpaceX is cleverly using several parts of their architecture here -- amazing how they can use rocket engine technology to aid in the deployment phase.

:D

Which clearly explains the need for Mars colonization, as it takes an extensive support structure to facilitate ranching to acquire the methane:

Farmers to raise the feed.
Farmers to raise food for the farmers raising the feed and the Ranchers raising the cows.
Ranchers to raise the cows.
Veterinarians to support the ranchers.

Of course, judging by the smells I encounter on my daily commute, I might recommend that hogs would be a better selection.

 Your ranch/pig farm is under a glass dome.  Then you put your methane collector at the apex of said dome.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #754 on: 06/17/2016 05:44 pm »
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #755 on: 06/17/2016 05:52 pm »
No, I'm pretty sure that the actual hardware behind him.  Although it might not be the real board room.

EDIT: I was wrong.  Serves me right for trying to do image analysis on my cellphone screen.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #756 on: 06/17/2016 05:53 pm »
No, I'm pretty sure that the actual hardware behind him.  Although it might not be the real board room.
Either Jurvetson is a giant, or it's a photo.  It's way too small.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #757 on: 06/17/2016 06:32 pm »
Its a wallpaper, look at the top edge of the stage, it has the same background as the photo, the white dots.
So, that was a false alert, sorry everybody. I thought it was real and i even compared it with the same Flickr photo in order to confirm it was the OG2 stage :D

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #758 on: 06/17/2016 07:05 pm »
No, I'm pretty sure that the actual hardware behind him.  Although it might not be the real board room.
Either Jurvetson is a giant, or it's a photo.  It's way too small.

Not only would he be 12ft tall, but those chairs in Elon's lair are the right size for him and several similarly-sized buddies.

On balance, I suspect it's a photograph...  ;D

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #759 on: 06/17/2016 07:33 pm »
Its a wallpaper, look at the top edge of the stage, it has the same background as the photo, the white dots.
So, that was a false alert, sorry everybody. I thought it was real and i even compared it with the same Flickr photo in order to confirm it was the OG2 stage :D

That would've been one hell of a large boardroom to fit the Falcon in there. Not that I wouldn't pass it by the group for trying to stuff it inside for selfies.
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