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04-20-2018, 10:10 AM | #1771 |
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Apparently the second block 5 booster is on the test stand in Texas.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-reu...xas-may-debut/ There's not really anything new or surprising in the article, but it points out a kind of cool possibility: This booster is likely going to the west coast, where they only launch once every couple of months. In theory, it needs no refurbishment between launches. That means that this may be the ONLY booster to launch off of the west coast for the next couple of years. Would be crazy if that works out. |
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05-04-2018, 09:33 PM | #1772 |
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First block 5 booster is ready to fly, though it sounds like the date pay push back a bit from that in the OP.
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05-10-2018, 11:57 AM | #1773 |
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Bump for today's launch. Big story is the first block 5 launch. Barge landing, and I believe they're still working on fairing recovery.
The bigger story may be how long we go before seeing this booster back on the pad again. In theory, it might only be a month or two (and maybe even faster once they get the process down). |
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05-10-2018, 12:06 PM | #1774 |
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05-10-2018, 01:25 PM | #1775 |
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Time is bumped back an hour.
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05-10-2018, 03:26 PM | #1776 |
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Webcast is live.
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05-10-2018, 03:33 PM | #1777 |
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They must be excited about this launch. The last launch they had a team doing the webcast was FH.
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05-10-2018, 03:35 PM | #1778 |
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Random notes from Elon in a conference call today via reddit:
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05-10-2018, 03:47 PM | #1779 |
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Boo. Aborted. Probably scrubbed for today.
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05-10-2018, 03:48 PM | #1780 |
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Ye ole Thursday curse.
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05-10-2018, 03:53 PM | #1781 |
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05-10-2018, 03:58 PM | #1782 |
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05-10-2018, 04:09 PM | #1783 |
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Welp...
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05-10-2018, 04:11 PM | #1784 |
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New(ish) vehicle must have some bugs. Hopefully it's minor.
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05-11-2018, 02:25 PM | #1785 |
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Whoops - forgot the bump. But hooray success!
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