Space X Latest Launch

[publiusr]

SpaceX is still doing well:
https://www.inverse.com/article/31575-spacex-falcon-9-24-hour-reflight

Melted grid fin:
https://imgur.com/B6agjbS

Discussion:
https://forum.cosmoquest.org/showthread.php?149827-SpaceX&p=2412289#post2412289

"(Falcon 9)...is capable of GTO. The RP1 lines on the upperstage cannot handle the long coast required to get to GEO, they will freeze."

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Bezos looks to be opening up in my state
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/06/26/blue-origin-manufacture-be4-engines-huntsville/

One proposed Ariane flyback booster may have four turbojets in the nose:
http://www.futura-sciences.com/scie...e-next-ressemblera-successeur-ariane-6-66350/

 

[publiusr]

There is a spaceX engineer who looks to improve on NTRs
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/07/air-enhanced-nuclear-thermal-rocket-by-x-spacex-engineer.html
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/...rmal-turbo-rocket-is-answering-questions.html

We may get a good spaceplane out of this--since another advance has also come along:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/H...ssively_After_New_Material_Discovery_999.html

Bad news:
https://www.space.com/37550-elon-musk-spacex-falcon-heavy-maiden-launch.html
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/19/propulsive-landings-nixed-from-spacexs-dragon-spaceship/

 

[publiusr]

ITS/BFR scaling down:
https://arstechnica.com/science/201...important-hint-about-his-revised-mars-rocket/

Artists conception
https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/6pccdz/comparison_of_several_possible_engine/

Reminds me a lot of
http://www.astronautix.com/m/mtkva.html
https://translate.google.com/transl...://buran.ru/htm/str124.htm&edit-text=&act=url

http://www.popularmechanics.com/spa...tually-build-a-better-space-shuttle-16176311/

More
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index ... msg1707735

O/T--a different FASA
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/22888-105-fasa-544/

 

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[Gingerbread Demon]

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[Asbo Zaprudder]

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[publiusr]

Looks like things are on track
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/08/06/spacex-commercial-crew-progress-schedule/

Space Tourism pdf
http://www.aviation.tu-darmstadt.de...17kolloquium/einzelbeitraege/Beitrag_Salt.pdf

Solar electric drives
http://spacenews.com/the-uncertain-future-of-solar-electric-propulsion/
http://spacenews.com/op-ed-americas-future-in-space-is-both-commercial-and-traditional/
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nac_exploration_july_2017_4-2.pdf

Last but not least--iodine is used for ion engines
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/08/01/iodine-fueled-ion-engines-pass-major-milestone/

Good for cuts too....just hold the ouchie up to the nozzle

 

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[publiusr]

That is the way to look at failures--part of the growth process. The most nerve-wracking to me was seeing a landed Falcon skitter/walk across the deck.

 

[publiusr]

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/...try-to-make-reusable-rockets-like-spacex.html