Quote from: pospa on 10/07/2015 04:11 pmA few spy pictures from there: https://www.flickr.com/photos/71660327@N05/sets/72157659486448822Quite a noticeable change from last June...
A few spy pictures from there: https://www.flickr.com/photos/71660327@N05/sets/72157659486448822
Quote from: mvpel on 10/12/2015 05:13 pmQuote from: pospa on 10/07/2015 04:11 pmA few spy pictures from there: https://www.flickr.com/photos/71660327@N05/sets/72157659486448822Quite a noticeable change from last June...Okay, being as this is NSF, and the NSF video reconstruction army has been short of work lately, who is going to put together a gif of the two images, with annotated frame-by-frame analysis of the changes?
There are no major changes. The two photos are from different angles.
Quote from: Llian Rhydderch on 10/13/2015 12:39 pmQuote from: mvpel on 10/12/2015 05:13 pmQuote from: pospa on 10/07/2015 04:11 pmA few spy pictures from there: https://www.flickr.com/photos/71660327@N05/sets/72157659486448822Quite a noticeable change from last June...Okay, being as this is NSF, and the NSF video reconstruction army has been short of work lately, who is going to put together a gif of the two images, with annotated frame-by-frame analysis of the changes? There are no major changes. The two photos are from different angles.
Somehow, I've managed to neglect to find McGregor on a map all these years. Now, sitting in a hotel room in Waco, I find out it's about 12 miles away. I guess I'll need to go poke around tomorrow. If I'm caught, I'll just tell them I'm from Reddit.
Quote from: Nomadd on 10/21/2015 04:48 am Somehow, I've managed to neglect to find McGregor on a map all these years. Now, sitting in a hotel room in Waco, I find out it's about 12 miles away. I guess I'll need to go poke around tomorrow. If I'm caught, I'll just tell them I'm from Reddit.After the newspaper article and this site, they probably already have a file on you! Hopefully, it says something like "harmless rocket-spotter"!
Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.
Quote from: Nomadd on 10/22/2015 01:54 am Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.Is that the OG-2 core or is it F9r vehicle 2?
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/22/2015 11:04 amQuote from: Nomadd on 10/22/2015 01:54 am Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.Is that the OG-2 core or is it F9r vehicle 2?The F9R wouldn't have the interstage, would it?
Quote from: Nomadd on 10/22/2015 01:54 am Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.Interesting... they seem to have put guy lines to the top of the rocket. Has anyone seen them do that before? I don't recall seeing lines on the last batch of test-stand photos, and when F9R-Dev1 was up on blocks out at the test pad, it was just sitting there, occasionally with the crane hooked to it and nothing else. I expect they'd want to reduce the loads on the mounting hardware in the test stand. Maybe it was shimmying a bit in the wind while they were working to install the engines?
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/22/2015 11:04 amQuote from: Nomadd on 10/22/2015 01:54 am Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.Is that the OG-2 core or is it F9r vehicle 2?Is there actually going to be an F9R vehicle 2? I thought the plan now was to re-fly successfully recovered stages in New Mexico.
Quote from: douglas100 on 10/22/2015 04:06 pmQuote from: Ben the Space Brit on 10/22/2015 11:04 amQuote from: Nomadd on 10/22/2015 01:54 am Well, it was kind of hazy and half way trough my circumnavigation of the site, something came up that's calling me to Michigan. But I did get one fair shot.Is that the OG-2 core or is it F9r vehicle 2?Is there actually going to be an F9R vehicle 2? I thought the plan now was to re-fly successfully recovered stages in New Mexico.My recollection is that you are correct, and the core that was slated to become the F9r Dev2 vehicle was re-purposed to be the in-flight abort core, and was last seen conducting tanking tests at SLC-4.