Quote from: Jim on 12/02/2013 12:17 pmQuote from: Pete on 12/02/2013 10:35 amI'm just immensely impressed that they can, in a span of only three days, rip out the gas generators of all nine engines, Clean&inspect then, re-mount them back on to their engines and wrap up the whole checkout of the rocket..Especially considering that this would be only one of a great many actions that they need to be prepared to do at virtually zero notice..Plus they did it over thanksgiving weekend..Impressive.Only one wasIf they redesigned Falcon 9 for reusability, that means maintenance must be simple and lots of small changes can be made on the pad.
Quote from: Pete on 12/02/2013 10:35 amI'm just immensely impressed that they can, in a span of only three days, rip out the gas generators of all nine engines, Clean&inspect then, re-mount them back on to their engines and wrap up the whole checkout of the rocket..Especially considering that this would be only one of a great many actions that they need to be prepared to do at virtually zero notice..Plus they did it over thanksgiving weekend..Impressive.Only one was
I'm just immensely impressed that they can, in a span of only three days, rip out the gas generators of all nine engines, Clean&inspect then, re-mount them back on to their engines and wrap up the whole checkout of the rocket..Especially considering that this would be only one of a great many actions that they need to be prepared to do at virtually zero notice..Plus they did it over thanksgiving weekend..Impressive.
It went horizontal
Quote from: Jim on 12/02/2013 05:12 pmIt went horizontalActually no it didn't. For the vast majority of the time the last few days, the rocket remained vertical on the pad
Quote from: ww2planes1 on 12/02/2013 05:16 pmQuote from: Jim on 12/02/2013 05:12 pmIt went horizontalActually no it didn't. For the vast majority of the time the last few days, the rocket remained vertical on the padA silly thing to say... You just contradicted yourself. We know the rocket went horizontal at least once since the first launch attempt. (perhaps even twice)
However, between the second attempt on Thanksgiving and today, every time I saw it, the rocket was vertical on the pad.
Quote from: ww2planes1 on 12/02/2013 06:17 pmHowever, between the second attempt on Thanksgiving and today, every time I saw it, the rocket was vertical on the pad. Are you at the Cape?
I don't recall seeing anything that said how many engines they cleaned.
Quote from: WHAP on 12/03/2013 07:02 am I don't recall seeing anything that said how many engines they cleaned. My understanding of their statement was, that they planned to clean all 9 gas generators. I guess that would mean flushing them with some cleaning fluid, not dismounting them for cleaning. But that's just me.
Weather still looks perfect... A day like today is evidence that government forecasters can't bring themselves to ever be fully confident in a forecast as they still have a 10% thick cloud chance
I have a flight departing eastwards from MIA within the launch window today. Any chance I'd be able to see anything from above? Like the spent first stage. My tablet gps works fine when flying so I know my coordinates... Just curious…
Quote from: Pete on 12/02/2013 10:35 amI'm just immensely impressed that they can, in a span of only three days, rip out the gas generators of all nine engines, Clean&inspect then, re-mount them back on to their engines and wrap up the whole checkout of the rocket..Especially considering that this would be only one of a great many actions that they need to be prepared to do at virtually zero notice..Plus they did it over thanksgiving weekend..Impressive.Except that they only replaced the GG on one engine. I don't recall seeing anything that said how many engines they cleaned.
See the circled part. Now I'm not sure how easy it is to remove, but it doesn't look too bad.
