I don't think that she meant to imply that it would be reflown. I think she meant that it would be used for fitting and final adjustments of the ground support equipment. It will be interesting to see if it goes to Spaceport America for high altitude tests or if it is disassembled and tested to fine tune their reuse design.
Carol Scott of SpaceX says if they do manage to land the Falcon9 first stage they will use it as the test article for Pad39Ahttp://m.space.com/31248-spacex-may-try-land-based-rocket-landing.html?cmpid=514648
Quote from: johnnyhinbos01 on 12/02/2015 03:18 amCarol Scott of SpaceX says if they do manage to land the Falcon9 first stage they will use it as the test article for Pad39Ahttp://m.space.com/31248-spacex-may-try-land-based-rocket-landing.html?cmpid=514648The caption to the image is calling the landing complex, landing site 1 which is less confusing than calling it. LC-1.
Quote from: BrianNH on 12/02/2015 11:58 amI don't think that she meant to imply that it would be reflown. I think she meant that it would be used for fitting and final adjustments of the ground support equipment. It will be interesting to see if it goes to Spaceport America for high altitude tests or if it is disassembled and tested to fine tune their reuse design.It's a bit ballsy even by SpaceX standards to go directly to reflying like that, even if it's a throwaway launch....But they've surprised us before, so who knows. They are not afraid of failures along the way, that's for sure.Personally, I'd have expected a spaceport America launch.
Quote from: rpapo on 12/02/2015 10:13 amQuote from: johnnyhinbos01 on 12/02/2015 03:18 amCarol Scott of SpaceX says if they do manage to land the Falcon9 first stage they will use it as the test article for Pad39Ahttp://m.space.com/31248-spacex-may-try-land-based-rocket-landing.html?cmpid=514648Well, I don't think many of us expected they would go straight to reflying the very first stage landed...I did. I thought they were talking about taking the first landed stage to Spaceport America and reflying it to failure.
Quote from: johnnyhinbos01 on 12/02/2015 03:18 amCarol Scott of SpaceX says if they do manage to land the Falcon9 first stage they will use it as the test article for Pad39Ahttp://m.space.com/31248-spacex-may-try-land-based-rocket-landing.html?cmpid=514648Well, I don't think many of us expected they would go straight to reflying the very first stage landed...
Well, unless somebody screws up really bad, they should be able to ship it just fine to NM after using it for fit checks at 39A. That seems most likely to me.
I don't understand SpaceX's involvement with NM spaceport. Any input or pointers in the right direction appreciated...
Quote from: NovaSilisko on 12/03/2015 07:35 amWell, unless somebody screws up really bad, they should be able to ship it just fine to NM after using it for fit checks at 39A. That seems most likely to me.I don't understand SpaceX's involvement with NM spaceport. Any input or pointers in the right direction appreciated...
User 'jardeon' on Reddit posted this neat panorama of 39A: (source https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3v0q5l/panoramic_image_of_lc39a_december_1_2015/ )It does show that the distance between the SpaceX horizontal assembly hangar is not as close to the pad as it appears in many photos.
Quote from: Lars-J on 12/03/2015 04:20 pmUser 'jardeon' on Reddit posted this neat panorama of 39A: (source https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3v0q5l/panoramic_image_of_lc39a_december_1_2015/ )It does show that the distance between the SpaceX horizontal assembly hangar is not as close to the pad as it appears in many photos.I don't know but 1200' is close for me
Quote from: Jim on 12/03/2015 04:43 pmQuote from: Lars-J on 12/03/2015 04:20 pmUser 'jardeon' on Reddit posted this neat panorama of 39A: (source https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3v0q5l/panoramic_image_of_lc39a_december_1_2015/ )It does show that the distance between the SpaceX horizontal assembly hangar is not as close to the pad as it appears in many photos.I don't know but 1200' is close for meEspecially for a rocket loaded with nearly 3 million pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen. The VIF at LC41 looks to be more than 1500' distant, for a substantially smaller rocket. - Ed Kyle