mclumber1 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, outsida said: The most interesting thing in all of this is they reused that very booster within 50 days to launch a Korean satellite. I think it beat the turnaround time for the quickest relaunch of a shuttle too. Some may say that isn't a fair comparison, because the Falcon 9 booster is much simpler machine that encounters a much less severe thermal environment compared to the shuttle. HOWEVER, the Shuttle had a standing army of thousands of technicians and managers who inspected and prepped the shuttle for it's next flight. I don't know how large the refurb crew is on the Falcon boosters, but it would be a fair statement that it's a much smaller crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I think it beat the turnaround time for the quickest relaunch of a shuttle too. Some may say that isn't a fair comparison, because the Falcon 9 booster is much simpler machine that encounters a much less severe thermal environment compared to the shuttle. HOWEVER, the Shuttle had a standing army of thousands of technicians and managers who inspected and prepped the shuttle for it's next flight. I don't know how large the refurb crew is on the Falcon boosters, but it would be a fair statement that it's a much smaller crew. It's not a fair comparison, but that's kind of the point. The whole idea is that reusing a much simpler machine makes these turn arounds easier, faster, cheaper, and hopefully, safer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, TwinIon said: It's not a fair comparison, but that's kind of the point. The whole idea is that reusing a much simpler machine makes these turn arounds easier, faster, cheaper, and hopefully, safer. Yeah. The shuttle was a compromised launch system from the start because you had too many organizations (NASA, NSA, CIA, USAF, Etc.) all asking for certain capabilities. So it became a complicated machine that had way to many single points of failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, mclumber1 said: Yeah. The shuttle was a compromised launch system from the start because you had too many organizations (NASA, NSA, CIA, USAF, Etc.) all asking for certain capabilities. So it became a complicated machine that had way to many single points of failure. Too bad the marines didn't get involved, or we'd have had a VTOL version! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Demo 2 capsule (the one up there now) and the booster for Crew 1 (in September) will be reused for Crew 2 (late 2021). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 minutes from starting the deorbit sequence. What I will say is that I HATE how branded everything is. "Bob and Doug will use the Draco thrusters to spin Dragon." We should nationalize Spacex. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 They fucking did it. So cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jwheel86 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Bahaha, private boats are showing up in the recovery area and interfering with the recovery operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 For those wondering, the charring on the Dragon is normal. It's the "soot" that is left over from the heat shield as it burned up during reentry. Also, the moron flying the Trump flag should be arrested for violating range safety rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Wow, there are A LOT of private boats surrounding the Capsule and recovery vessels. They really need the Coast Guard there for the next landing to keep these lookie-loos away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 The Dragon is now aboard the recovery vessel. The Astronauts will be let out of the capsule soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 A delay in opening the capsule due to the vessel crew detecting some thruster fuel (very toxic) around the capsule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 They're out of capsule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 No, I'm pretty sure that the USA wasn't even in space until this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Outer space didn't exist until OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP discovered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 4 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Outer space didn't exist until OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP discovered it. It was him who sucked all the air out of it. They don’t tell you that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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