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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2220 on: 03/19/2018 08:26 pm »
I thought it was Bore to the center of the earth, so he had an attachment point for his fully operational BFR.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2221 on: 03/20/2018 08:37 am »
So, would I be right in saying that SpaceX are planning to do three launches, first 4E, then 40, then 39A, in a matter of about two weeks?
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2222 on: 03/20/2018 10:53 am »
So, would I be right in saying that SpaceX are planning to do three launches, first 4E, then 40, then 39A, in a matter of about two weeks?
There are scheduled launches for 29 march, 2 april, 16 april, and "late april".
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a Measly 4 launches in 4 weeks? That's a tempo of barely 50 per year....

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2223 on: 03/20/2018 06:53 pm »
So, would I be right in saying that SpaceX are planning to do three launches, first 4E, then 40, then 39A, in a matter of about two weeks?
There are scheduled launches for 29 march, 2 april, 16 april, and "late april".
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a Measly 4 launches in 4 weeks? That's a tempo of barely 50 per year....
There’s another slated for April 4/5. That’s 3 in a week from 3 different pads, 4 in a little over 2 weeks and 5 in a span of a month.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2224 on: 03/20/2018 09:29 pm »
Can anyone summarise exactly what the differences are between block 5 and block 4?

Main upgrades:
retractable landing legs
improved turbine on turbo-pump to mitigate blade cracking
better thermal protection at aft end
coating of TPS over stage(?)
titanium grid fins
more thrust

Plus, a fancy new markings, other lessons learned to improve turn-around time and number of reflights (10 between major refurbishments) unknown total number

A reusable rocket that makes propulsive landings on retractable legs.

If I am the millionth customer to point out that SpaceX is building the rocket from You Only Live Twice and that means Elon Musk is actually Ernst Stavro Blofeld, do I get a prize?

Do I get a bonus for decoding "SpaceX" into "SPECTER"?
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2225 on: 03/20/2018 09:42 pm »
Nah; Elon is more like Dr Evil from 'Austin Powers'... ;)
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2226 on: 03/20/2018 09:46 pm »
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A reusable rocket that makes propulsive landings on retractable legs.

If I am the millionth customer to point out that SpaceX is building the rocket from You Only Live Twice and that means Elon Musk is actually Ernst Stavro Blofeld, do I get a prize?

Do I get a bonus for decoding "SpaceX" into "SPECTER"?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AqycnaOCIAEuM9l.jpg

if he truely was a supervillain, then the space suit in his Tesla roadster which was launched by FH contained a secret agent sent to spy on him. Nice way to get rid of the agent, nobody will find the corpse for thounands of years.


But more realistically speaking, I think he is the real-world version of Peter Weyland instead.

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« Last Edit: 03/20/2018 09:46 pm by hkultala »

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2227 on: 03/20/2018 10:09 pm »
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if he truely was a supervillain, then the space suit in his Tesla roadster which was launched by FH contained a secret agent sent to spy on him. Nice way to get rid of the agent, nobody will find the corpse for thounands of years.

Cleaner than dropping him down a smoke stack, anyway.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2228 on: 03/21/2018 02:36 am »
This is not the party thread

Edit: The above statement was true when first posted but has a non operational truth value now.
« Last Edit: 03/21/2018 03:59 pm by Lar »
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2229 on: 03/21/2018 03:19 am »
This is not the party thread
Yeah true; but someone kicked off with 'Bond villain' remarks and we just couldn't resist. We'll behave our selves, now. Or at least I will... ;)
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2230 on: 03/21/2018 01:06 pm »
This is not the party thread you are looking for

Hey Lar.  Made a little fix on that for you.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2231 on: 03/22/2018 12:03 am »

That RSS must be totally gone by NOW. (?)

I don't think it will ever be totally gone, just smaller with the crew access arm mounted on it.

Note you're confusing the Fixed Service Structure (FSS) with the (nearly removed) Rotating Service Structure (RSS).

FSS will have CAA.  RSS will be completely removed.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2232 on: 03/22/2018 06:28 am »
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The above statement was true when first posted but has a non operational truth value now.

You can apply for those at the DMV.  Can't recall how much they are asking for them now days though.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2233 on: 03/26/2018 12:52 am »
This is about the only thread where that person's stunt is welcome.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2234 on: 03/26/2018 01:35 am »
This is about the only thread where that person's stunt is welcome.

I don't welcome it.  Anyone that craves attention by claiming the earth is flat can not be taken seriously and deserve no attention.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2235 on: 03/26/2018 01:39 am »
This is about the only thread where that person's stunt is welcome.

I don't welcome it.  Anyone that craves attention by claiming the earth is flat can not be taken seriously and deserve no attention.
I tend to agree. Flat Earthers lost any shred of humour I held for them when I took some of them head-on on social media and YouTube (I nickname them Farcebook and BoobTube) and the death threats started flooding in >:(
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2236 on: 03/26/2018 01:43 am »
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A reusable rocket that makes propulsive landings on retractable legs.

If I am the millionth customer to point out that SpaceX is building the rocket from You Only Live Twice and that means Elon Musk is actually Ernst Stavro Blofeld, do I get a prize?

Do I get a bonus for decoding "SpaceX" into "SPECTER"?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AqycnaOCIAEuM9l.jpg

if he truely was a supervillain, then the space suit in his Tesla roadster which was launched by FH contained a secret agent sent to spy on him. Nice way to get rid of the agent, nobody will find the corpse for thounands of years.


But more realistically speaking, I think he is the real-world version of Peter Weyland instead.

[/offtopic]

Leave it to Elon to be smart enough to break the trap of "What Not To Do If You Capture James Bond", aka, The Evil Overlord List, found here:  http://legendspbem.angelfire.com/eviloverlordlist.html
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2237 on: 03/26/2018 03:25 am »
Nah; Elon is more like Dr Evil from 'Austin Powers'... ;)


Me think Dr Evil looks more like the Blue Gnome. ;D

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2238 on: 03/26/2018 04:05 am »
This is about the only thread where that person's stunt is welcome.

I don't welcome it.  Anyone that craves attention by claiming the earth is flat can not be taken seriously and deserve no attention.
Point.

How about, "not welcome anywhere on NSF, but it it were, it would be here" ? Better?
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"We're a little bit like the dog who caught the bus" - Musk after CRS-8 S1 successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #2239 on: 03/26/2018 05:06 am »
This is about the only thread where that person's stunt is welcome.

I don't welcome it.  Anyone that craves attention by claiming the earth is flat can not be taken seriously and deserve no attention.
Point.

How about, "not welcome anywhere on NSF, but it it were, it would be here" ? Better?

I've read the posts by Mattblack and Wannamoonbase, and I think they're right - especially when I saw that flat-earthers are making death threats.  Definitely not funny. So, IMHO the appropriate thing to do is nuke the post, and seeing as it's my post, I'll go do it.


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