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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1675 on: September 05, 2022, 08:47:09 AM »
What if the Chinese land a Chinese woman first?

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1676 on: September 05, 2022, 08:53:13 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1677 on: September 05, 2022, 08:57:44 AM »
Meanwhile back on target

Certainly looks like they're NOT taking the day off at SX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1678 on: September 05, 2022, 10:15:50 AM »
Another day..uh night at the office for SpaceX
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NONM-xsKMSs

SpaceX is making this look easy.  Given the frequency and cadence of launches by SpaceX, it's just a matter of time before they suffer a failure during boost phase.  I think it will be interesting to see the difference in how SpaceX handles a failure in an established program versus what NASA does.
NASA usually shuts down further launches of vehicles that suffer a problem and studies things for months or even years.  I'm betting SpaceX will postpone further launches for a couple or three weeks, find the problem and fix it if necessary, then get back on the launch schedule.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1679 on: September 06, 2022, 08:28:58 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1680 on: September 06, 2022, 10:57:07 AM »
SpaceX is making this look easy.  Given the frequency and cadence of launches by SpaceX, it's just a matter of time before they suffer a failure during boost phase.  I think it will be interesting to see the difference in how SpaceX handles a failure in an established program versus what NASA does.
NASA usually shuts down further launches of vehicles that suffer a problem and studies things for months or even years.  I'm betting SpaceX will postpone further launches for a couple or three weeks, find the problem and fix it if necessary, then get back on the launch schedule.

At this point, Falcon 9 Block 5 might be the most fired and most reliable rocket on the planet.  It has surpassed Atlas V in that regard, but I'm not familiar enough with Soyuz' various evolutions and forms to say it has surpassed that platform as well.

It is the lowest cost platform ever to launch either unmanned payload or manned vehicles.  It has a sufficient cadence and backlog that in the event of a failure it is fairly easy to swap a lower priority/criticality payload onto the next flight in order to prove that a fix is viable to solve the previous problem.

Add to that the fact that they have had the opportunity to examine landed boosters, something never before done with any other rocket, and inspect both engines and superstructure for wear and fatigue, and it is easy to see why the Block 5 iteration is the most reliable rocket in world history.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1681 on: September 06, 2022, 11:49:30 AM »
Over pressure notice down at BC
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1682 on: September 08, 2022, 11:25:11 AM »
Tank farm activity and over pressure notice

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1683 on: September 08, 2022, 12:23:28 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1684 on: September 08, 2022, 01:48:51 PM »
NASA announced they working toward Sept 23 for a SLS launch
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1685 on: September 08, 2022, 02:02:00 PM »
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It would be funny if NASA landed someone on the moon and they blurted out "The First Man on the Moon!". 
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1686 on: September 08, 2022, 02:07:02 PM »
The First ey on the Moon
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1687 on: September 08, 2022, 05:39:35 PM »
S24 static fire set fire to the grass around the pad area

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1688 on: September 08, 2022, 05:43:41 PM »
Set a dumpster on fire

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1689 on: September 08, 2022, 05:45:19 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1690 on: September 08, 2022, 05:46:56 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1691 on: September 08, 2022, 07:10:06 PM »
Pretty good grass fire they got going there.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1692 on: September 08, 2022, 09:37:23 PM »
Fire response test in progress, please stand by.   :laugh:

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1693 on: September 08, 2022, 09:39:43 PM »
Still burning
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1694 on: September 08, 2022, 09:55:15 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1695 on: September 09, 2022, 12:47:39 AM »


On the bright side, the field wont catch fire again any time soon.  :cool:

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« Reply #1696 on: September 09, 2022, 10:07:50 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1697 on: September 10, 2022, 06:03:14 PM »
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Scheduled for Sep 10, 2022  Falcon 9 is launching the Starlink 4-2 mission with 34 internet satellites and AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 communications satellite onboard. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:10 p.m. ET (01:10 UTC) from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1698 on: September 11, 2022, 01:04:45 PM »
SpaceX again making it look like just another day at the office

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #1699 on: September 11, 2022, 09:12:03 PM »
The current NASA project has been, so far, a swing and two (Arte)mis-ses
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