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Now that SpaceX has announced the completion of development of their
100,000 lb thrust regeneratively cooled kerosene based engine, has anyone gotten around to designing any recoverable boosters yet? Heh heh heh, boosters for what, you say? |
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You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you
would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Tin hats anyone? Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "kT" wrote in message ... Now that SpaceX has announced the completion of development of their 100,000 lb thrust regeneratively cooled kerosene based engine, has anyone gotten around to designing any recoverable boosters yet? Heh heh heh, boosters for what, you say? |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Eventually they would be recovered at the dry land launch site two hours after launch, but you want everything right away, dontcha! Impatience! Tin hats anyone? Boeing has already successfully demonstrated the water recovery of an SSME. So I guess I'm just standing on the toes of giant's, am I not? So go ahead, giant, give launch vehicle architecture your best shot. You might be a giant. |
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kT wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote: You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Eventually they would be recovered at the dry land launch site two hours after launch, but you want everything right away, dontcha! Impatience! Tin hats anyone? Boeing has already successfully demonstrated the water recovery of an SSME. Did they launch a shuttle with it afterwards? Sylvia. |
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Sylvia Else wrote:
kT wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Eventually they would be recovered at the dry land launch site two hours after launch, but you want everything right away, dontcha! Impatience! Tin hats anyone? Boeing has already successfully demonstrated the water recovery of an SSME. Did they launch a shuttle with it afterwards? No, they test fired it to their satisfaction. The entire point of the SSME commercialization exercise is to jump start the high performance COTS sector. The engines are going to be retired. It doesn't matter if you leave them in orbit, or dump them in the ocean, you're still going to get a guaranteed 15 flights until you run out of engines, and even when you run out, you still have 15 engines to use. In 1973 we retired the J2. Now we're bringing them back. You figure it out. |
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:35 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote: You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Tin hats anyone? Actually, you can launch them from the coast, as long as they're in a flyback booster that turns around and lands at the launch site. TSTO anyone? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Michael Gallagher wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:35 GMT, "Brian Gaff" wrote: You don't want to be recovering complex engines from the sea though, so you would need to launch them from a place where the recovery could be inland. Tin hats anyone? Actually, you can launch them from the coast, as long as they're in a flyback booster that turns around and lands at the launch site. TSTO anyone? That defeats the purpose of single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceflight, in which the core stage is delivered to orbit. The only credible option is once around near SSTO (NSSTO) of the engine propulsion unit itself. I also have a Plan B that involves stage and a half booster augmentation. What I intend to do is just use the payload aeroshield, the nose cone if you will, as a large shipping container. A five meter nose cone has the correct geometry for both reentry and SSME return (block first into the nose cone for stability, axial gee forces similar to launch, nozzle up to prevent it from getting wet, and padded with an inflatable bubble). What we want to do is *demonstrate* COTS capabilities, using innovation. You can read all about it on November 22, 2007, right now I'm busy. |
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:05:03 -0600, kT wrote:
That defeats the purpose of single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceflight, in which the core stage is delivered to orbit .... ??? On the issue of recovering and using compelx engines frome a coastal launch, TSTO and SSTO both work. Which is preferable is another can of worms. But on the sole count of brining engines back for reuse, both accomplish that, which was my point. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:16:52 -0500, in a place far, far away, Michael
Gallagher made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:05:03 -0600, kT wrote: That defeats the purpose of single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceflight, in which the core stage is delivered to orbit .... ??? On the issue of recovering and using compelx engines frome a coastal launch, TSTO and SSTO both work. You don't even need a coastal launch, if the vehicles are fully reusable. |
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Michael Gallagher wrote:
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:05:03 -0600, kT wrote: That defeats the purpose of single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceflight, in which the core stage is delivered to orbit .... ??? On the issue of recovering and using compelx engines frome a coastal launch, TSTO and SSTO both work. Which is preferable is another can of worms. But on the sole count of brining engines back for reuse, both accomplish that, which was my point. Actually, no, the EELVs are TSTO, and they don't recover engines, yet. When TSTO EELVs start regularly making the ISS run after the collapse of ESAS and VSE, then soon there will be a market for on orbit upper stages and their engines. I mean, why would you want to throw away a perfectly good vacuum startable upper stage, after you've put it up into orbit? I've said it before, and I'll say it again here, where I come from, we call that insanity. You can call it whatever you want. |
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