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Looks like with the end of the government shutdown SpaceX got to
static fire their Falcon Heavy launcher. No word yet on 'success', but at least nothing blew up. :-) -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Dryden |
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Fred J. McCall wrote:
Looks like with the end of the government shutdown SpaceX got to static fire their Falcon Heavy launcher. No word yet on 'success', but at least nothing blew up. :-) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/956233892637286400 Seems to indicate that they consider it a success. |
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On 1/24/2018 1:05 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Looks like with the end of the government shutdown SpaceX got to static fire their Falcon Heavy launcher. No word yet on 'success', but at least nothing blew up. :-) Video is up he https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNgByUWwFKU Looks to last approx 6 seconds from 0:10 to 0:17 in the above video. Almost looks like two events, possibly 3. Each stack fired separately? Dave |
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On 1/24/2018 5:45 PM, David Spain wrote:
On 1/24/2018 1:05 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote: Looks like with the end of the government shutdown SpaceX got to static fire their Falcon Heavy launcher.Â* No word yet on 'success', but at least nothing blew up.Â* :-) Video is up he https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNgByUWwFKU Looks to last approx 6 seconds from 0:10 to 0:17 in the above video. Almost looks like two events, possibly 3. Each stack fired separately? Dave The "Everyday Astronaut" has a video up that times it out at closer to 11 seconds. See: 4:10 onwards he https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDiJh8loTOE Dave |
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JF Mezei wrote:
On 2018-01-24 14:22, Torbjorn Lindgren wrote: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/956233892637286400 Seems to indicate that they consider it a success. "Launching in a week or so". Internally, would they not have a set of fixed dates where tghey have a launch window from the lauch site? Are you stuck on stupid? How many times are you going to ask the same question hoping for a different answer? Is it correct to state that anything in the vicinity of the pad is property of Space-X ? (aka: if Falcon Heavy goes kaboom all that it destroys will be Space-X gear and Space X won't owe any money to anyone else? Pads are leased. No doubt their contract specifies what shape it has to be in when they're done with it. I wonder what the insurance contract is like for this launch, considering that even Musk has set low expectations in public. What's to insure? -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Dryden |
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JF Mezei wrote:
On 2018-01-25 12:33, Fred J. McCall wrote: Are you stuck on stupid? How many times are you going to ask the same question hoping for a different answer? Because we are no longer in a "sometimes after January 1", we are in a "in a week or so" scenario. We're still talking about exactly the same time frame. If you don't know the answer, you don't need to insult those who ask. Mayfly, noting your intellectual shortcomings isn't 'insulting' you. It's mere observation. What's to insure? SpaceX's own pad, the tanks and pad equipment. (as well as the rocket itself, but more importantly some liability insurance in case it damages something else in the complex. None of that stuff is typically insured on a 'by launch' basis. What you can ensure is the launch vehicle, payload, performance, etc. There's no reason to ensure any of that. The payload is a Tesla roadster and there is no financial loss should it fail to 'deliver' correctly. I seriously doubt there is any launch insurance at all on this shot. There's no point to it. -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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JF Mezei wrote:
On 2018-01-25 17:08, Fred J. McCall wrote: correctly. I seriously doubt there is any launch insurance at all on this shot. There's no point to it. When is the next commercial lauch for that pad? Because if it is destoyed by this "beta" launch, the next commercial launches could be delayed significantly and SpaceX would not meet its total launch commitments this year if it needs to fit them all inside its remaining pads (with the extra costs of moving launches to remaining pads). Launch insurance doesn't work like that. -- "Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong." -- Thomas Jefferson |
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