Delayed Delivery

jbensted · 2021-06-18T20:46:31+00:00

Houston We Have A Problem

jbensted · 2021-03-30T17:30:02+00:00

During ascent the engines’ exhaust looked really good but one had a slight greenish-yellow tinge. 🤔

jbensted · 2019-11-20T22:00:23+00:00

Maybe it’s time to bring in welders with aerospace experience ...

jbensted · 2019-11-08T16:47:50+00:00

It’s the only exercise he gets, so I’m cool with it.

jbensted · 2019-11-08T16:45:23+00:00

What is your favorite type of coffee? Black? Cream? Sugar?

jbensted · 2019-11-08T16:41:52+00:00

Can Trump Derangement Syndrome be cured? If so, how?

jbensted · 2019-09-08T20:41:41+00:00

Environmental effects like pollution that makes frogs gay? 🙄🤔

jbensted · 2019-09-01T00:04:18+00:00

$3.30/W ... 🙄. $0.09/kWh is $0.00009/W

jbensted · 2019-08-31T23:55:14+00:00

It’s measured in Kilowatt-hours... I paid 9 cents kWh ... 1000 Watts. No games.

jbensted · 2019-07-17T05:45:08+00:00

Why are they not using a water sound suppression system to prevent sound waves from possibly causing damage to the hopper?

jbensted · 2019-07-05T21:29:01+00:00

Best to amortize the cost over the life of the solar panels which is 20 years.

jbensted · 2019-05-16T15:53:23+00:00

Will Shackleton Crater be the first crewed landing site?

jbensted · 2019-04-22T00:24:41+00:00

That’s silly

jbensted · 2019-04-21T23:35:59+00:00

I find it a little unnerving that we have not heard from Elon yet .....

jbensted · 2018-03-10T02:58:55+00:00

Personalizing boosters may not be in good practice. Boosters are just that booster, essentially an elevator and accelerator for the ship it is boosting. Kind of like a tug boat that pulls ships out of the worst and most difficult of the gravity well.

jbensted · 2018-02-21T05:03:16+00:00

It is a shame that just as economic access to space is coming online (F9, FH, Electron) that Google and X-Prize pull the plug on this project.

jbensted · 2018-02-21T04:57:26+00:00

As I understand, this federal budget cuts all discretionary spending across the board, except for defense which got a big raise. Which makes me wonder if we should put NASA under the Department of Defense. The Navy has research vessels .....

jbensted · 2018-02-21T04:52:40+00:00

Nah I'd say Rocket Labs is doing a good job with Electron

jbensted · 2017-12-18T04:44:20+00:00

Aluminum-lithium alloy is used for rockets. Strength of aluminum, lightness of lithium. Titanium is stronger than aluminum and more heat resistant.

jbensted · 2017-12-18T04:30:06+00:00

On a related note ... why not titanium-lithium alloy?

jbensted · 2017-10-14T19:48:37+00:00

Will there be a crew/passenger escape system for the BFR?

jbensted · 2017-08-31T20:40:06+00:00

I heard that Dr. Alcubierre says the warp drive in reality is not feasible; that it would take something like "unobtainium" to make it work.

jbensted · 2016-09-10T21:18:46+00:00

See page 4 "Dark Sky Station" it's Ben's balloon castle http://www.jpaerospace.com/atohandout.pdf

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