LordCanuck Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Rumours are the center cores landing was a failure, not sure what that means though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelownaCanucksFan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, LordCanuck said: Rumours are the center cores landing was a failure, not sure what that means though. There’s been lots of rumours from landing in the ocean to crashing into the ship, nothing confirmed yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The launch today of Falcon Heavy was extremely cool. And now there is a Tesla roadster in space lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The rocket was so powerful that it blasted right out of orbit which wasn't supposed to happen. I believe it can put a 70 ton payload in orbit which means it can put a Boeing 737 Max in orbit, but not with passengers, luggage and a full fuel load. Here's the source. https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/opinions/elon-musk-has-launched-a-breathtaking-new-space-age-seymour/index.html Here's the quote. When I run the numbers the 737 can't be fully fueled. We speak of a $90 million booster system, you understand, with reusable components, capable, by some estimates, of carrying a fully loaded, totally booked Boeing 737 jet liner with room enough for a couple more Tesla sedans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV's Coin Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 take off skip to 21:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=bCc16uozHVE landing very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Did the third one come down and land? Was it supposed to or did it blast out of orbit with the rest of the payload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, aliboy said: Did the third one come down and land? Was it supposed to or did it blast out of orbit with the rest of the payload? Only 1 engine on the centre-core fired (You need 3 minimum) so it missed the floating landing pad and went into the water. *edit* The reason why the engines cut out is because it ran out of propellant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCanuck Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, SabreFan1 said: Only 1 engine on the centre-core fired (You need 3 minmum) so it missed the floating landing pad and went into the water. at 300 mph and it took out the barge it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, LordCanuck said: at 300 mph and it took out the barge it seems. Pieces of it went onto the deck. It missed the barge. https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/06/spacex-falcon-heavy-center-core-lost/ Quote Elon Musk said on a conference call with reporters that the launch "seems to have gone as well as one could have hoped with the exception of center core. The center core obviously didn't land on the drone ship" and he said that "we're looking at the issue." Musk says that the core ran out of propellant, which kept the core from being able to slow down as much as it needed for landing. Because of that, the core apparently hit the water at 300MPH, and it was about 100 meters from the ship. "It was enough to take out two thrusters and shower the deck with shrapnel," Musk said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCanuck Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: Pieces of it went onto the deck. It missed the barge. https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/06/spacex-falcon-heavy-center-core-lost/ yah i know but it did damage the barge. hope the video from the barge gets released or exists. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, LordCanuck said: yah i know but it did damage the barge. hope the video from the barge gets released or exists. lol I wonder what propellant the thrusters use. Looks like they're going to have to fit a bit more of it into the rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I wonder how many people on CDC know that Elon Musk has Canadian citizenship to go along with his South African and US citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCanuck Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, SabreFan1 said: I wonder what propellant the thrusters use. Looks like they're going to have to fit a bit more of it into the rocket. Well they wernt going to reuse any of these rockets anyways, there going on to gen 5 which are fully reuseable rockets. the Gen 3s and 4s will be mothballed or used up and dumped. ran too low on fuel to relight its engines, they had fuel to burn but the starter fuel was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, LordCanuck said: Well they wernt going to reuse any of these rockets anyways, there going on to gen 5 which are fully reuseable rockets. the Gen 3s and 4s will be mothballed or used up and dumped. ran too low on fuel to relight its engines, they had fuel to burn but the starter fuel was out. I'm curious on the type of propellant used that actually needed a separate starting burn. I'll have to look it up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Good easy to read article on SpaceX's BFR rocket that will make NASA's much more expensive SLS rocket obsolete. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/spacex-s-falcon-feat-may-be-just-prelude-main-event-ncna846446 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2018-02-06 at 4:17 PM, trek said: And now there is a Tesla roadster in space lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/7/2018 at 5:43 PM, SabreFan1 said: I wonder how many people on CDC know that Elon Musk has Canadian citizenship to go along with his South African and US citizenship. Did not know that. Wow, very cool info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420since1974 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Am I correct in thinking that landing the two boosters was an incredible feat? It's too bad that the central core did not land safely. Is it true that these launches cost only 10% of NASA efforts due to the reusable components? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 11 hours ago, 420since1974 said: Am I correct in thinking that landing the two boosters was an incredible feat? It's too bad that the central core did not land safely. Is it true that these launches cost only 10% of NASA efforts due to the reusable components? Yes, except NASA's SLS rocket when it becomes available in 2-3 years will lift more than the Falcon Heavy, but when SpaceX comes out with their BFG rocket shortly after that, it will be the most powerful rocket ever built. The BFG will cost roughly 10-15% of a NASA launch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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