Accident at Cape

On 9/1/2016 11:06 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
does SpaceX have alternate pad
they can launch from ?

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/3/127...vandenberg-39a

This article covers the readiness and use of alternate launch pads.
Implies that pad 39 could be ready in a couple of months. Says what
sort of launches can happen from California and why.

Strangely, no mention of their Texas site.

Naturally, they must first determine the cause of the explosion and
formulate a fix before they launch anything. By then, it appears that
39 could be ready.

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On 9/1/2016 11:06 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
does SpaceX have alternate pad
they can launch from ?

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/3/127...vandenberg-39a

This article covers the readiness and use of alternate launch pads.
Implies that pad 39 could be ready in a couple of months. Says what
sort of launches can happen from California and why.

Strangely, no mention of their Texas site.

Because all they've done so far at the Boca Chica site in Texas is
attempt to prepare the ground. SpaceX has since said that "two years of
dirt work" will be needed before construction of the launch facility can
commence.

Naturally, they must first determine the cause of the explosion and
formulate a fix before they launch anything. By then, it appears that
39 could be ready.

Pad 39A was being readied for the first Falcon Heavy flight, which could
naturally be delayed (yet again) due to higher priorities. Returning
Falcon 9 to the sort of flights which were flown from SLC-40 would
certainly qualify as higher priority.

Jeff
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On 9/4/2016 7:57 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
Because all they've done so far at the Boca Chica site in Texas is
attempt to prepare the ground. SpaceX has since said that "two years of
dirt work" will be needed before construction of the launch facility can
commence.

Yep, I found this article that says that:
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/pre...8f83ab605.html
But I find that confusing because they obviously have enough facility in
place to fire that returned booster repeatedly.

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Vaughn Simon wrote:

On 9/4/2016 7:57 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
Because all they've done so far at the Boca Chica site in Texas is
attempt to prepare the ground. SpaceX has since said that "two years of
dirt work" will be needed before construction of the launch facility can
commence.

Yep, I found this article that says that:
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/pre...8f83ab605.html
But I find that confusing because they obviously have enough facility in
place to fire that returned booster repeatedly.

Texas is apparently quite a big place. SpaceX have two facilities there
and the place where the test firings take place is not the one at Boca
Chica.

Anthony

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On 9/4/2016 7:57 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
Because all they've done so far at the Boca Chica site in Texas is
attempt to prepare the ground. SpaceX has since said that "two years of
dirt work" will be needed before construction of the launch facility can
commence.

Yep, I found this article that says that:
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/pre...8f83ab605.html
But I find that confusing because they obviously have enough facility in
place to fire that returned booster repeatedly.

Completely different location. They do engine and stage test firings at
their McGregor, Texas facility. That facility has been in place since
very early on in SpaceX history. It's also where the Grasshopper
flights took place.

Because of the issues with the soil, the Boca Chica Texas site is not
much more than acquired land at this point.

Jeff
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