Wow, that factory in the video looks really slapdash. Think they'll ever amount to anything in ten years? Oh, wait...Amazing, isn't it, what we have watched happen here over the last decade?
You do realize that this is a 7 yr old video, right? And this was YEARS before the first fairing actually flew, and by that point it had changed a lot. According to people knowledgeable on this forum, the actual flying fairing (not that early prototype) is not the lightest fairing of its kind. It may be the cheapest, but not the lightest.
I don't see any evidence they are using anything other than current state-of-the-art aerospace composites for the fairing. Let's not pile speculation on speculation.
Of course, there is no evidence they are using state of the art aerospace composites either...unless you want to assume/speculate that they are....;-)
We know the original manufacturer of the fairings was doing current aerospace grade work. You can speculate that SpaceX simplified or complexified things after they brought manufacturing in-house, but until they do a major fairing redesign Occam's razor would state they are still using something close to standard manufacturing practice for composites.And SpaceX disclaims any craziness:Quote. The fairing is 13.1 meters (43 feet) high and 5.2 meters (17 feet) wide. It consists of an aluminum honeycomb core with carbon-fiber face sheets fabricated in two half-shells.http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/04/12/fairingNote: when I say "state-of-the-art" I mean, same as any other current manufacturer would use. I'm not claiming super secret sauce or unicorn novelty.
. The fairing is 13.1 meters (43 feet) high and 5.2 meters (17 feet) wide. It consists of an aluminum honeycomb core with carbon-fiber face sheets fabricated in two half-shells.
The NROL fairing has been added to the collection at the Spacehab building, in addition to a security fence
Quote from: leetdan on 06/02/2017 02:54 amThe NROL fairing has been added to the collection at the Spacehab building, in addition to a security fence So are both halves from NROL-76 or is one from NROL-76 and the other from SES-10?
any of these recent pictures, in this thread, help with determining if this particular faring is set up of reuse capability? http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43149.msg1692094#msg1692094
It's a little suspicious that they never show the full inside of the near fairing half.
Yes, my point exactly. If there is recovery hardware installed, it is on the near side. Impossible to tell whether it's present or not from these photos.
After SES-10, Elon told Martin Halliwell that they recovered the half with the American Flag, not the SES logo (at 12:34 in the video below).All of these recent encapsulation pictures show the inside of the flag fairing, not the logo fairing (of which we only see the outside).So we should be able to see recovery hardware if it's installed.
Matt Desch @IridiumBoss Jan 14Great picture of our launch today. Next time (April) they'll make sure Iridium NEXT logo on fairing pointed my way!
Quote from: old_sellsword on 06/22/2017 06:47 pmAfter SES-10, Elon told Martin Halliwell that they recovered the half with the American Flag, not the SES logo (at 12:34 in the video below).All of these recent encapsulation pictures show the inside of the flag fairing, not the logo fairing (of which we only see the outside).So we should be able to see recovery hardware if it's installed.Quote Matt Desch @IridiumBoss Jan 14Great picture of our launch today. Next time (April) they'll make sure Iridium NEXT logo on fairing pointed my way!just saying
Maybe at this point theyre waiting on the bouncy castle before they try any more recoveries.