Quote from: ugordan on 02/19/2015 01:00 pmQuote from: BobHk on 02/19/2015 04:17 amSomeone made loud noises in McGregorhttp://www.kcentv.com/story/28144641/spacex-rocket-test-shakes-central-texas-why-was-it-so-loudA nine engine test?It says so in that very article...It might be the higher thrust engines too. Ed Kyle
Quote from: BobHk on 02/19/2015 04:17 amSomeone made loud noises in McGregorhttp://www.kcentv.com/story/28144641/spacex-rocket-test-shakes-central-texas-why-was-it-so-loudA nine engine test?It says so in that very article...
Someone made loud noises in McGregorhttp://www.kcentv.com/story/28144641/spacex-rocket-test-shakes-central-texas-why-was-it-so-loudA nine engine test?
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Quote from: Ohsin on 03/09/2015 05:40 pmAttachedThat last picture has some interesting equipment in it. Can anyone attempt some identification?
SpaceX expands McGregor test facility
,,,the stand is needed for the testing of the company’s new three core, 27 engine, Falcon Heavy rocket.
...testing of the new human-rated version of the company’s Dragon capsule.
Quote from: AncientU on 03/10/2015 01:58 pmhttp://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/spacex-expands-mcgregor-tx-test-site/Those photos were taken by NSF member JimNtexas in January. At least they credited him for the photos! I hope they asked for permission first.
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/spacex-expands-mcgregor-tx-test-site/
Those photos were taken by NSF member JimNtexas in January. At least they credited him for the photos! I hope they asked for permission first.
5) Consider these images to be public domain. I'd appreciate credit if you want to use my images. I haven't had time to process or mark today's images in any way.https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NWW2tf69ZBWUlrb0gxclpvTGM&usp=sharing
No picture of Grasshopper is complete without the cows
I've seen comments from people suggesting that they believe a full-up Falcon Heavy will be tested on the new stand. Is that an assumption or based on info from SpaceX? If only an assumption, what are the merits?