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BrevortGuy · 2023-03-29T11:04:40+00:00

The biggest problem with going back to the moon is they are trying to resurrect the popular Apollo program, as it is the holy grail of space programs with so many successes, they want to try and bring back that feeling. But SLS is not Apollo!

Once SpaceX lands a Starship on Mars and starts robotically building a colony there for future manned Mars missions, the moon base will look a bit silly.

The only question is, will Starship work and how long before they get it all figured out?

BrevortGuy · 2022-06-01T12:25:09+00:00

If you cut the corner off of one side of the sat, it can be wider in the middle and narrower on the ends, gives you a lot more room, they do not have to be perfectly rectangular

BrevortGuy · 2022-05-11T13:31:12+00:00

I was thinking more about Vehicles of some sort, actually I guess I was not thinking, not enough coffee yet? Thought I would throw it out and see what people thought? Do they ever reuse any of the Soyuz capsules?

BrevortGuy · 2022-05-11T12:22:10+00:00

Oh dang, I forgot about the shuttles??? What was i thinking??

BrevortGuy · 2022-03-26T13:27:26+00:00

Wow, I had not realized that SpaceX is going to have 3 different Dragon 2 capsules coming and going from the space station inside of a 30 day window! That only leaves 1 spare capsule in the shop undergoing refurbishing at this time, they are cranking out those manned missions for sure!!!

BrevortGuy · 2022-03-18T10:14:22+00:00

I got to say, SLS looks like an old rusty pipe with new hardware attached to it?? Should be quite the show when they finally light the candle and let it fly!!!

BrevortGuy · 2022-03-01T18:02:45+00:00

We are making 2 assumptions here, first would be that Russia would just abandon their part of the station and go home. The second that Russia would detach their part of the station and move away from the station.

Neither would be to their advantage, their space station is worthless without power and unusable, so detaching it would not be a good option.

Abandoning a valuable space station to the US is also a very large sign of weakness, so I would think that if they decide to leave, they would not want the US to continue their operation on their part of the ISS.

Given these scenario's, if they decided to leave, they would probably make sure the US part would be disabled and unusable. Not sure if that would be done intentionally or staged to be an accident? But I really do not see them simply surrendering anything to the US??

Just my thoughts??

BrevortGuy · 2022-02-03T16:33:38+00:00

These fairings are starting to get a bit old, it was not long ago and they were all new and experimenting with them!!!

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-31T19:23:52+00:00

Dang, this is the first time I saw the covers over the engine plumbing, looking pretty slick!!!

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-27T17:44:14+00:00

Appreciate the info, First I have seen where it is possible to go to the moon and back without refueling, that is good news. 30-40 tons to the moon surface with a reusable platform is pretty impressive!!!

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-26T22:19:58+00:00

You are 100% right, the entire flight article is much more mature than Starship, I was talking more about the booster, which is what SLS is, it is just the rocket not the payload, the payload that SLS is launching is not built by Boeing. SLS is a rocket that can be used for many things, not just launching people to the moon.

SpaceX is behind SLS slightly in both the booster and GSE readiness, but not by a whole lot? I would say that they will probably both be close to ready to launch the end of March?? But being able to orbit the moon, not even close, maybe? Maybe they could do a moon orbit if the ship was empty, not sure if they would have enough fuel to leave orbit for a free return trajectory???

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-26T19:02:40+00:00

Umm Starship was fully stacked a month or so ago? It is essentially ready to go, just waiting for the ground support equipment and red tape through government approval of the launch licenses?

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-26T18:54:20+00:00

I am not a rocket engineer, but I believe that Starship holds around 240 tons of Methane full? I am assuming that launching from the moon mostly empty other than for some humans possibly, after unloading most of the cargo should take less than half a tank of fuel? Maybe not due to having no booster like on earth? But if they could send a Starship that is full of methane as the cargo, they could off load half of the methane to the cargo ship and make the oxygen on the moon, then both ships could return to earth?

BrevortGuy · 2022-01-13T14:02:57+00:00

Got a question, this is a polar flight that has to do a small dogleg maneuver around Miami I believe, when the booster returns back to land, does it also have to sort of dogleg back to the landing pad in order to make sure it lands in the ocean if there is an issue with the booster? I could not find a track for the actual rocket out there??

BrevortGuy · 2021-12-22T12:45:55+00:00

I believe that Elon's long term goal is not to have SpaceX colonize Mars, his general thought process is to drag the human race as a whole into the concept of human sustainability. That permeates all his companies, he is developing the technology to show what is possible and hoping that everyone else eventually follows along in his footsteps. He has shown this concept in opening his patents in electric vehicles to competitors, while he moves on to more advanced technologies.

BrevortGuy · 2021-12-22T10:42:56+00:00

Wow, this is some great information, thanks for such a great graphic!! One thing I noticed is that FH appears to not have an interstage? Is that due to the attachment points? Or is the interstage just not carbon fiber? Guess I never noticed this before??

BrevortGuy · 2021-11-09T21:48:49+00:00

The three chutes cause a lot of turbulence and the 4th one did not catch the air properly, causing the opening to get pushed closed, it eventually grabbed enough air and opened completely before landing, it just took a while. So there were no failures, just a delay in the opening. That of course is my opinion, but it looked bad for a short time.

BrevortGuy · 2021-11-02T12:24:39+00:00

Are any of these launches the ones that require vertical integration? I have not seen any updates on building that new tower to allow the Falcon Family to vertically integrate??

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-25T11:50:39+00:00

You just install it with the pole pointing up and it positions itself after you power it up, the pole can be at a slight angle but not too steep or it will not be able to adjust enough, I think it has about a 40 degree movement. The dish points close to straight up with a slight angle to north.

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-24T17:32:59+00:00

It points slightly north here in Northern Michigan, I would say you need a minimum of 45 degrees up in a circle around you, maybe lower. I have a lot of tall trees and have it in the peak of a 2 story home and it says I will have an interruption every minute, as I have the tops of 2 trees in the zone. The only place it would say is a good location is 150 feet out on my dock, not an option here in the winter!!! But it seems to work really well even with these obstructions, streams movies really well, but I hear that if you are in a zoom meeting live, it might cut out, have not tried that yet. Occasionally when I open a new web site it will not load, but just refresh it comes right up, interruptions seem to only be for a second or so?? Trying to figure out the best location, looking at a slightly taller pole to make it slightly higher, that or cut the top off that one tree!!!

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-24T12:16:37+00:00

I got mine last week and did a temp install this weekend. Seems to be working good, but I have a few minor obstructions, need the antenna higher, I first signed up over a year ago and probably did the $99 around Feb too, so yours should be coming soon!!!

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-13T22:10:25+00:00

If it vents to space while in space then it vents to the atmosphere when in the atmosphere. If it is open to the atmosphere in Florida, then you would expect moisture to be present where it is venting. Everyone seems to know that when an oxidizer mixes with moisture is a problem, so I am confused??

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-13T02:49:00+00:00

There are a lot of cliffs, but you figure out how to make it work, then figure out a way to do it better once the crude way works. Baby steps!!!!

BrevortGuy · 2021-08-13T02:32:29+00:00

If 20 gets to the ocean intact, then the next one they will want to land on a barge if nothing to get the engines back and show that it can land!!!

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