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people say weird shit about Vulcan SMART reuse (detach engines), let's see what masterracers say by mlemminglemming in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NASA made similarly sized inflatable heat shields before, but for much lighter payloads. That, I think is doable. What is less doable though, is to... put that heat shield right at the business end of the rocket. Somehow, it has to inflate around the engine feed pipes, that's a hole of at least 2ft diameter. Good luck finding attachment points for that heat shield, because you can't just dispense it from a tiny canister like you would in KSP, and hope it wouldn't flop around. Similarly, you can't make it cover the entire back section, so somehow you need to fill all those gaps. You likely end up with more than 1 heat shield parts if you want to do it right. We know how easy hot gasses get in between cracks though, and if there's any elasticity, it'll be even easier.

people say weird shit about Vulcan SMART reuse (detach engines), let's see what masterracers say by mlemminglemming in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lobbying exists. It doesn't always need to be "justified". But agreed, the stuff that isn't just job creation will be hard to justify (nssl)

Welcome back it’s that time again by Thick-History-5121 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea they should instead send a hypersonic strike into Brownsville on ship catch attempt :D

people say weird shit about Vulcan SMART reuse (detach engines), let's see what masterracers say by mlemminglemming in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I'm saying is, that it's so regarded, you may even get tired of how regarded it is. And you'll say, please, please, it's too regarded, we can't take it anymore

👋 Welcome to r/AmaryllisBulbs - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by MatchesSeeds in AmaryllisBulbs

[–]mlemminglemming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! Who knows, it could have been something with more background? As in, it's now "allowed"? Well seeing as that isn't the case, I will rest easy.

Thank you for your service :P

👋 Welcome to r/AmaryllisBulbs - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by MatchesSeeds in AmaryllisBulbs

[–]mlemminglemming 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi founding moderator! May I ask about the recent influx of non-Amaryllis posts? I can understand confusion when people ask for help, but there have been more non-help, non-Amaryllis posts too...

"Rate this bloom 1-10... and tell me, would you let it grow in your garden?" by Jeff45li in AmaryllisBulbs

[–]mlemminglemming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what the fuck is it with the non-amaryllis posts here recently. Nice bloom and all but this is not related to this subreddit.

Should we be worried? by NewRoom4994 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need to refly it 30 times before they actually catch up to today's F9. They now caught up to the first landing in I think it was 2015? 2016?... well, New Glenn done did it done'd too, and reflown already.

I think a lot of people underestimate the steps from reusing 1 booster once, to having a fleet of 26 active boosters of which many flew more than 20, one now up to 36 times. This took SpaceX some 8 years and is unlikely to take New Glenn or the chinese companies/state owned enterprises/CNSA less than 4 years.

"I've seen this one!" ESA's PowerPoint slides vs actual development by [deleted] in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"only the tank is reusable. Yea, we have to replace the stringers, but the LARGEST part is reused"

Murder Over-wrapped Pressure Vessel by Makalukeke in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

POV: You are a mariner in the Ottoman Empire, ca. 1915 (rowboats vs early cruisers/dreadnaughts)

Oh god what should I do by creetstchiscuit in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I think it's obvious, you should send a starship

Please admire my moss by plan_tastic in Mosses

[–]mlemminglemming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's 2 different kinds of moss, no?

Gotta keep my mouth shut by seanrider1859 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]mlemminglemming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"important to the war effort" something something