|
![]() |
#1681 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
|
Webcast should be live any minute.
|
Posts: 52,181
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1682 |
Lefty
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Savannah
|
Scrubbed. winds
|
Posts: 123
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1683 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
|
Boo. I'll update the OP shortly.
|
Posts: 52,181
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1684 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
|
Looks to me like they imposed the building and the water tower in to be closer to the pad than it would really be.
|
Posts: 2,768
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1685 |
THIS .... IS... ARROWHEAD!!!!
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Houston, Tx
|
What are they launching?
|
Posts: 27,828
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1686 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
|
|
Posts: 2,768
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1687 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
|
Or....from the Next Launch Details in the OP:
Feb. 21 Falcon 9 • Paz Launch time: 06:17 PST / 14:17 UTC Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Paz satellite for Hisdesat of Madrid, Spain. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, Paz carries a radar imaging payload to collect views of Earth for government and commercial customers, along with ship tracking and weather sensors. Multiple smaller secondary payloads will also launch on the Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch with a previously-flown first stage. |
Posts: 2,768
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1688 | |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
|
Quote:
You can see the layout on the satellite view. HIF is straight south, water tower is northeast. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ke...!4d-80.6041086 |
|
Posts: 52,181
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1689 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
|
I went ahead and added the next launch to the OP (for late Saturday night) since these two will be pretty close together. Could get even closer if Paz continues to have weather issues.
|
Posts: 52,181
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1690 | |
MVP
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Newport, Or
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 14,736
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1691 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
|
be able to deliver some 70 tons to low-earth orbit, or less than 20 tons to Mars, while costing around $150 million per mission. According to Musk, the rocket cost somewhere north of $500 million to develop.
Then look at the Space Launch System (SLS) being built under NASA’s instruction by Boeing, also to explore the solar system. According to the new NASA budget released last week, it will fly for the first time in 2020, capable of carrying some 77 tons to low earth orbit at a cost of about $1 billion a flight. ![]() |
Posts: 184,574
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1692 |
Scarlett Johansson's boytoy
Join Date: Nov 2006
|
yeah, the cost of SpaceX is shockingly cheap compared to NASA.
https://www.airspacemag.com/space/is...ion-132285884/ |
Posts: 12,526
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1693 | ||
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
|
Quote:
This article lays it all out in (almost nauseating) detail. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018...eavy-launches/ Quote:
|
||
Posts: 52,181
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1694 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
|
Sigh.
|
Posts: 184,574
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1695 |
Mahomes Fanboi
Join Date: Apr 2004
|
So what are the collective thoughts on how Neil Armstrong and Neil Degrasse Tyson have been so damning of Space-X?
I think those guys have been douchebags, and I'm really happy Elon keeps proving them wrong. |
Posts: 19,646
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
|
|