Author Topic: SpaceX announcement (2/27/17) speculation thread (Read 82104 times)

x_gunsman_x · « **Reply #160 on:** 02/27/2017 08:18 pm »

Possible press getting info first? That usually happens with tesla announcements

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #161 on:** 02/27/2017 08:19 pm »

Quote from: x_gunsman_x on 02/27/2017 08:18 pm

Possible press getting info first? That usually happens with tesla announcements

No. They are late, that's all.

Site is as busy as a SpaceX actual launch right now. Let's all keep the posts useful.

clongton · « **Reply #162 on:** 02/27/2017 08:22 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/27/2017 08:19 pm

Quote from: x_gunsman_x on 02/27/2017 08:18 pm
Possible press getting info first? That usually happens with tesla announcements

No. They are late, that's all.

Site is as busy as a SpaceX actual launch right now. Let's all keep the posts useful.

Chris will the SpaceX Announcement thread you made be live during the event or become a followup thread for discussion? Should we stick here or jump over there?

envy887 · « **Reply #163 on:** 02/27/2017 08:23 pm »

Quote from: yokem55 on 02/27/2017 08:16 pm

Quote from: wannamoonbase on 02/27/2017 08:05 pm
Quote from: toruonu on 02/27/2017 08:01 pm
Yup @SpaceX is sending something/somone to the Moon

Confirmed @SpaceX and @ElonMusk will be announcing some sort of Moon mission in 5 minutes.

From NASAWatch twitter.

He has been talking to the POTUS lately and there are those rumors of Lunar flights.

Edit: Can FH reuse all 3 cores if it throws a Dragon 2 around the moon?
It was borderline on whether the center core could be caught downrange for Red Dragon's TMI. I would think a lunar free return TLI would be more likely to be recoverable.

If Dragon lands under parachutes, 3-core recovery should be easy. If they put Dragon on a diet it might even be able to land propulsively with 3-core recovery, though that would preclude going into lunar orbit of any kind.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #164 on:** 02/27/2017 08:26 pm »

Quote from: clongton on 02/27/2017 08:22 pm

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/27/2017 08:19 pm
Quote from: x_gunsman_x on 02/27/2017 08:18 pm
Possible press getting info first? That usually happens with tesla announcements

No. They are late, that's all.

Site is as busy as a SpaceX actual launch right now. Let's all keep the posts useful.

Chris will the SpaceX Announcement thread you made be live during the event or become a followup thread for discussion? Should we stick here or jump over there?

New thread is for during and post announcement. This thread is for before the announcement.

nataylor · « **Reply #165 on:** 02/27/2017 08:26 pm »

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/836326414156763140

SpaceX says 2 individuals have paid for a private mission around the moon sometime in 2018.

EgorBotts · « **Reply #166 on:** 02/27/2017 08:27 pm »

Elon's going to pop with its boring machine from right underneath the Dragon

Wolfram66 · « **Reply #167 on:** 02/27/2017 08:27 pm »

DH to TLI of Dragon w/ Trunk full of RideShare LunarXPrize applicants or their own.... win Lunar XPrize ... Queue Dr Evil laugh

nataylor · « **Reply #168 on:** 02/27/2017 08:28 pm »

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/836326687197528065

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the mission will take approximately a week, and there will be no landing on the surface.

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/836326600916492288

The individuals will travel in the Dragon 2 capsule, which is the same capsule used to bring supplies to the International Space Station.

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/836326687197528065

The rocket used will be a “Falcon Heavy,” a larger version of the company’s current Falcon 9 rocket.

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/836326851203198977

SpaceX said the individuals paid "a significant amount of money" for the moon trip.

Star One · « **Reply #169 on:** 02/27/2017 08:29 pm »

NPR‏ @NPR

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the mission will take approximately a week, and there will be no landing on the surface.

It wouldn't surprise if one of them isn't James Cameron.

Craftyatom · « **Reply #170 on:** 02/27/2017 08:30 pm »

@SciGuySpace

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Holy s***. SpaceX says its going to send two people around the Moon in the 4th Q of 2018.

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Two people would fly an approximately week-long mission in a “long loop” around the Moon, to about 400,000 miles from Earth.

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If this happens in late 2018 or 2019, SpaceX would almost certainly one-up NASA's crewed Orion/SLS mission.

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Elon Musk would not say who the people were, or how much they paid. Nor even give their gender. But no real astronauts will fly with them.

IRobot · « **Reply #171 on:** 02/27/2017 08:30 pm »

There goes SLS EM1 down the drain...

IanThePineapple · « **Reply #172 on:** 02/27/2017 08:31 pm »

SpaceX is sending people to the moon

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #173 on:** 02/27/2017 08:31 pm »

But will it go into orbit?

Edit: The schedule seems very tight for both the FH and Dragon 2 but if they are off even a year this maybe the most exciting 'real' news in space exploration in decades.

IRobot · « **Reply #174 on:** 02/27/2017 08:31 pm »

Steve Jurvetson said some years ago that he wanted to do it.

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #175 on:** 02/27/2017 08:31 pm »

...Then watch the internet explode with A--holes claiming that the whole thing is being faked...

Bynaus · « **Reply #176 on:** 02/27/2017 08:32 pm »

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year

Kosmos2001 · « **Reply #177 on:** 02/27/2017 08:34 pm »

Wow! This is awesome!

Joaosg · « **Reply #178 on:** 02/27/2017 08:34 pm »

One of them will be Jeff Bezos..

(sorry i just needed to say this)

Any info if this will be a single mission, or a new service provided by spacex regularly?

SpaceX beating Blue Origin on Space Tourism game?

Wolfram66 · « **Reply #179 on:** 02/27/2017 08:35 pm »

Quote from: Star One on 02/27/2017 08:29 pm

NPR‏ @NPR

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the mission will take approximately a week, and there will be no landing on the surface.

It wouldn't surprise if one of them isn't James Cameron.

or Maybe Richard Branson?