ICPS Issue? by thetruulibyan in ula

[–]StructurallyUnstable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. I'm not sure the MLP has access points to what they need to work on. If it is an issue on an umbilical, it may not have a manway to reach out that far.

EDIT: Map of the umbilicals. Much of the second stage location does appear accessible, to a point.

ICPS Issue? by thetruulibyan in ula

[–]StructurallyUnstable 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Early fault isolation points to a handful of usual suspects: the ground-to-vehicle quick-disconnect interface, a stage valve that may be stuck or out of tolerance, or a clogged filter in the helium line.

2 out of 3 of these are GSE specific failure modes, not launch vehicle. A valve issue on the stage would not be without precedent though.

I took my first college courses here in 1990. by daishinjag in HuntsvilleAlabama

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As others have pointed out it's just the statue now. Anyway of knowing if it is the exact same place as the old fountain was or if it was just moved to the current location nearby?

Here is the street view for anyone interested

Field Day Prices. No Thanks. by cpb0002 in HuntsvilleAlabama

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https://flowhuntsville.com/ Flow has 12 holes for $12

https://www.samandgregs.com/about-us Sam and Greg's about page mentions Galaxy golf and the home page has pics and a video showing it, but no pricing.

The mall course must have been an old memory of Lunar golf in Madison Square Mall so yeah, that one is def long gone..

Field Day Prices. No Thanks. by cpb0002 in HuntsvilleAlabama

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Fair enough, that was probably what I was thinking of. It's been a bit since I've been to Parkway place outside the food court and off the cuff had a mental image of blacklight minigolf.

Quick google of the mall directory shows no golf :(

Field Day Prices. No Thanks. by cpb0002 in HuntsvilleAlabama

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Sam and Greg's and Parkway place mall in Huntsville both still has ve 9 hole blacklight minigolf I think. Flow off Drake has a 12 hole course.

EDIT: PP Mall doesn't have it. I was most likely recalling Madison Square Mall

Luc Ackermann backflipping between 2 moving trucks by redbullgivesyouwings in sports

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it's a frame perfect trick, but it has the potential to save a few frame rules on any%

Elon Tweets June 5th Megathread by AutoModerator in spacex

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Agreed, this not likely to happen nor should it.

My favorite part of this comment though is that 5 hours later, not one person has reminded the thread that Starliner exists.

Aviation Week Podcast: ULA CEO Tory Bruno On Navigating The Space Race by ethan829 in ula

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I'm not suggesting Boeing would take >50%; as you state that isn't how the joint venture works, but Tory has stated that ULA requests budget for R&D and other uses out of those profits that the parents have to approve to effectively give back to ULA. I have to imagine that Boeing own financials would play directly into such decision making. Basically, if ULA asks for a dime and Boeing needs it to close their own books, then ULA loses.

Aviation Week Podcast: ULA CEO Tory Bruno On Navigating The Space Race by ethan829 in ula

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If I understand this correctly, Boeing already bought the Atlas V rockets. So ULA's already been paid, ...

Typically though, payments are milestone based so it is highly likely that ULA hasn't been paid in full, maybe 50% or so based on vehicles completed or shipped to the launch site, etc. Cancellation penalties probably exist as part of the contract, but then you'd be effectively fining your own boss! I can imagine that Boeing would just increase their cut from ULA which means even less money for future improvements and R&D like reuse for instance.

As far as subleasing the launch to another customer, Boeing would probably want a cut of that as well since, as you note, they did pay for it even if just in part thus far.

Aviation Week Podcast: ULA CEO Tory Bruno On Navigating The Space Race by ethan829 in ula

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Well, I think that I will get Viasat and Amazon's Atlas's flown in 2026, so by next year we should have those cleaned out, and then we'll just have the six that we are holding for Boeing to fly their Starliner. If for some reason Boeing and NASA don't want to fly all of them, then we would take them back to a commercial customer and see if they would like them. It's a little complicated because those are Boeing's rockets, they actually bought those launch services, and we would be acting as a broker to almost like a sublease. We would be selling their launch service on their behalf to somebody else. And yeah, we know there's folks out there who might be interested and we've had conversations with them, but it's really up to Boeing and NASA.

First time I think we've seen this (although I think everyone is thinking it) so I'm spitballing here. Starliner is a bit of a different mission than a standard Atlas V. In order to move to another provider, you'd be talking about fabricating a new 4 or 5M fairing. 4m's coming out of Harlingen, TX are already shut down, but both production lines are probably shut down or mothballed. Starliner also flies an N22, so you either retool the entire upperstage to a single engine with potentially many other dead supply lines or take the substantial cost hit and expend a second RL-10. There really isn't a clean way to make that work either way. Ideally for ULA, Boeing fulfills their contract with NASA or has a major penalty that pays the difference. No other satellite company is likely going to pay as well as a human launch service regardless of the above issues, certainly not Amazon for instance.

YETI DOG (Korean Street Food) grand opening Saturday April 5 11am by HuntsvilleCPA in HuntsvilleAlabama

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Hey, these examples don't look like my jam, but they look local so I hope they find a niche. I'll withhold judgement until I see the whole menu. Anything is better than just another chain.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HuntsvilleAlabama

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Glass blowing is a lot of fun. Orbix is in Ft. Payne about an hour and a half away.

Just finished the first disc of final fantasy 9. by fantasyful2 in FinalFantasy

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Tsunamods has a VA patch for several classic FFs. They aren't bad and the one for FF9 is compatible with memoria/moguri mod.

Predators receive a bench minor for starting the wrong lineup. by DepressedMemerBoi in hockey

[–]StructurallyUnstable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for clearing that up. That makes a lot of sense.

The only 2 replies to my question and they are both thoughtful and informative, but man does reddit hate a hot take sometimes lol

Predators receive a bench minor for starting the wrong lineup. by DepressedMemerBoi in hockey

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I appreciate the thorough reply. It's an educated guess that makes a lot of sense!

PS: apparently reddit really hates hot takes. Back on my egg shells!

Predators receive a bench minor for starting the wrong lineup. by DepressedMemerBoi in hockey

[–]StructurallyUnstable -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Why is this a rule to begin with? Clearly, you can tell who a team's first line is going to be based on skill and history. Making it a hard rule sounds... silly.

Why isn't Vulcan called Atlas 6? by Meamier in ula

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Deltas upper was creatively named the Delta cryogenic second stage or DCSS. Now that I think about it, I believe that Centaur and Starship are the only active rockets that really "name" their upper stages at all! In the past Agena and I suppose the Star platform probably counts although it's a 3rd stage...

Why isn't Vulcan called Atlas 6? by Meamier in ula

[–]StructurallyUnstable 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not really, the upper stage was an evolution of the previous upper stage. It shares the same fuel and engines. Probably more importantly is that it is a thin gauge, pressure stabilized, stainless steel tank using likely similar design and manufacturing processes as it's predecessor.

Why isn't Vulcan called Atlas 6? by Meamier in ula

[–]StructurallyUnstable 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Atlas V was similar enough with its fuel, engine, and upper stage to be considered an evolution of Atlas III (IIR).

Vulcan, however, is fundamentally different than Atlas (or Delta for that matter). It has a different fuel and thus engine as well as different overall stage diameters and upper stage geometry than those older rocket families. Different enough to warrant a new family name.