27 thoughts on “SpaceX”

    1. Troll dolls, over 9000.

      Last time it was cheese but didn’t they sneak in some non-silly stuff?

    4. The fluffiest angora cat they can find… they hate microgravity.

      Like to Sputnik replica.

    7. “Buster” from Mythbusters. Oh, I know the original Buster is long gone and thoroughly destroyed, but offer Adam Savage a chance to send one of his replica spacesuits to orbit and he will squee.

  3. Has anyone ever launched four times in one month, as SpaceX is scheduled to do from June 3 – July 1?

    1. Sure. Between 1957 and 2009, a total of 6,854 spacecraft were launched. 26% were launched by the United States, which amounts to 32 per year, or 1.6 per week. The Soviets launched even more. So, yes, it can be done.

      1. Whoa. Really? We were launching nonstop like that? How were we doing it – all NASA, or private companies? What happened? My mind is boggled.

  5. “…FH could fly in late September or early October”

    Did he specify what year?

    1. The implication was that it was this one. Cores will arrive at the Cape in two or three months from now, flight a month or so after arrival. Not sure how much reactivating LC-40 is on the critical path, but I assume it will happen by August. They need to have a second pad for F9s in Florida to allow use of 39A for the FH.

      1. Reactivating Pad 40 is absolutely on the critical path for Falcon Heavy. Once 40 is operational, SpaceX needs to perform several modifications to 39A for FH. From what I’ve read, that will take 1-2 months. SpaceX is finally getting their launch rate high enough to work on their backlog. There’s no way they’d stop flying to make room for FH.

        1. “Has to be done in order to fly” != “On the critical path.” My question is whether it defines the schedule, or if something else would be holding things up, even if LC-40 were active.

          1. It’s on the critical path allright. It’s unknown if it’s the major obstacle but they already said without SLC-40 being online they won’t modify 39A to launch Falcon 9 Heavy.

          2. The fact that it has to be done prior to flight doesn’t mean that it’s on the critical path. You apparently don’t understand what “critical path” means in project management.

          3. Yeah I know it isn’t a requirement to enable Falcon Heavy. But the fact is their planning has that dependency so it doesn’t matter in reality.

          4. It’s a requirement to fly FH in Florida this year, but that doesn’t mean it’s on the critical path. Things on the critical path are pacing items for the schedule. It could be that they have plans to reactivate it next month, but there are other things preventing first flight before fall.

  6. I was just thinking how every one of Elon’s companies (solar panels, electric cars, tunnel boring) has a purpose on mars?

    Once all their launch facilities are operational, how will others compete?

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