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08-03-2021, 01:52 PM | #4456 | |
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"You can't build an almost 500 foot launch tower without approval!!" "Well, we already did..." |
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08-03-2021, 01:56 PM | #4457 | |
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Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if the raptors on the bottom of the thing right now aren't even fully connected. They just want it to look like the FAA is dragging them down. |
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08-03-2021, 02:39 PM | #4458 | |
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08-03-2021, 03:24 PM | #4459 |
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Moves at a pretty good clip...
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08-03-2021, 03:27 PM | #4460 |
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I figured SN20 and her tiles would for sure be the hold up, but they are moving quickly on that too...
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08-03-2021, 04:00 PM | #4461 |
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The first part of Tim's interview with Elon is up. These are gonna be LONG, but I'm excited to watch.
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08-03-2021, 06:43 PM | #4462 | |
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That’s pretty cool. Can you post the other two when they come out? I won’t ever remember to look them up but will watch if posted here Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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08-03-2021, 06:52 PM | #4463 |
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In progress on the video, and it's definitely super dense, but it's fascinating to hear him tell about design decisions.
"Every design is wrong. It's just a matter of how wrong." Regarding the grid fins not folding, he gave a really in depth description of his engineering philosophy. To oversimplify:
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08-04-2021, 09:19 AM | #4464 | |
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08-04-2021, 10:18 AM | #4465 |
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08-04-2021, 10:33 AM | #4466 |
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It starts around 13:15, but it's a long, drawn out explanation. The gist is that the loss in drag isn't worth the weight of all of the stuff that would be required to fold them up and down.
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Yeah, time will tell. This discussion was started by #2 in his engineering process. Try to delete the part, since no part is better than any part that can fail. I believe he said something to the effect of, "if you're not having to add 10% of the things you remove back in, you're not removing enough."
So definitely they could come back at some point, but for now, they're trying to do without. |
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08-04-2021, 11:23 AM | #4470 | |
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So take your time, and get it right. |
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