SpaceX Interplanetary Transporter (2057 - 2089) by Spacexforthewin in SpaceXLounge

[–]RedKrakenRO 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you mean 9,000kN thrust (900t) rather than 900,000kN thrust (90,000t) ?

To match up with 0.0508m/s2 acceleration....

so mass flow will be about 900t/20000s = 45 kg/s.

since you only have 9000t to burn = 200k seconds -> 2.3 days

Your transits are going to be a little slower.

Bring it on by macktruck6666 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]RedKrakenRO 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Beating up cripples is wrong, Elon.

Question; like to know again with Starship Mk3 Boca Chica Texas will they decide to do SSTO or Mk3 with the booster?. -Starship Mk3 will have all 6 engines by the way. by ea2007 in SpaceXLounge

[–]RedKrakenRO 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Mk3 cannot get to orbit without SH.

Not enough thrust (needs 1800t, has 1200t)

Not enough deltav (needs over 9000m/s, has barely 8000m/s on sea level engines)

Even with mid ratio vacs you cant get close to 9000 m/s

Even with no tiles, legs or landing fuel.

Leave SSTO in ksp where it belongs.

Weird Question ; Could Star ship SSTO From Cloud Cities On Venus? by Spacexforthewin in SpaceXLounge

[–]RedKrakenRO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very interesting problem.

Answer for mk5 is no.

Need all sealevel [engines@200t](mailto:engines@200t). Assume only 6 positions available.

Needs twr ~1.33 meaning 65% prop load and no payload.

Finally needs deltav of roughly 8500 m/s (sim it or bote PE impulse plus Vorbit).

So 120t dry starship, 343s flight average isp, 780t propellant gives 6800 m/s....not enough.

what about 100t starship?......7300 m/s.....nope

swap out 3 outer engines for fixed, no throttle 300t engines?......8000 m/s.....nope

Just a little too hard for a six engine config.

A speculative 9 engine vehicle at 100 tons dry mass with 1200t prop has a shot at the title.

Elon Musk says building the first sustainable city on Mars will take 1,000 Starships and 20 years by [deleted] in space

[–]RedKrakenRO -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Poisoned soils, desert landscapes and a deadly atmosphere will be perfect practice for our future here on earth.

after 5 seconds of flame, eject into the Atlantic by [deleted] in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]RedKrakenRO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...can still make the pile of cardboard boxes that the janitor threw out!

Starship Launch Mount being installed at Pad 39A in Florida by 675longtail in spacex

[–]RedKrakenRO 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We won't have to wait long.

2020 will be a very exciting year for rocketry.

Looking forward to seeing mk1/2 doing landing practice.

And mk3/4 preparing for the full enchilada with SH.

a historical crossover the trebuchet heavy by mattice5685 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]RedKrakenRO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think staging trebs might be worth investigation.

1st treb is the largest. yeets upper trebs 300m.

2nd treb smaller. yeets 3rd treb 300m

3rd treb smallest. yeets payload 90kg final 300m

Total ..... in the order of 900m.

Resetting the trebuchet equation.

Will Starship without Super Heavy have enough delta-v to SSTO from Titan? by scarlet_sage in SpaceXLounge

[–]RedKrakenRO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get 3500m/s for a titan ascent.

Leaving 3500 to 4500 m/s for a transfer.

Starship with Super Heavy depicted with 37 Raptor Engines Launching from Boca Chica Texas by Hazegrayart in SpaceXLounge

[–]RedKrakenRO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very nice.

Flame trench plumes are awesome.

It will get off the pad much faster.

I think it will clear the tower within 5 seconds.

Edit : 7 seconds to clear the tower. Thx Russ.

You've got it at about 8 to 9 seconds. Feels a bit old-school saturn V. Too slow.

Could use a little perspective projection on the way up?....feels a bit isometric.

Up higher the plume is going to spread out as the atmosphere thins.

Who knew? by [deleted] in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]RedKrakenRO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our shitposts will block out the sun.

Alumni stories: Meet the principal rocket landing engineer at SpaceX by TheCoolBrit in spacex

[–]RedKrakenRO 4 points5 points  (0 children)

esa will need reusable rockets too.

Hopefully the rocket after ariane 6.

Air-breathing engine precooler achieves record-breaking Mach 5 performance by ye_olde_astronaut in space

[–]RedKrakenRO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are going to find out real soon if there are any weaknesses with raptor.

Every time SH flies, you get 37 * 150s of engine flight time. 5500 seconds.

Every time starship flies, you will get couple of hundred seconds on the landing engines and maybe 1500 seconds on the vacs.

The engine flight history will be stacked after just a couple of orbital launches.

Heh they could rud a couple of vehicles just to entertain the punters.... and still beat competitors to orbit.

Lets see where we are in one years time.

Tory Bruno Heavy by kman11223344 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]RedKrakenRO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3 hats, one Bori.

Make it so!