Comments on: Absolutely flawless heavy lifter launch and booster landing…. https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/#comment-41051 RobVG Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:58:44 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69271#comment-41051 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-falcon-heavy-core-20180212-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-falcon-heavy-core-20180212-story.html

]]> By: RobVG https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/#comment-41041 RobVG Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:38:48 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69271#comment-41041 Not flawless. they lost the third booster. Not flawless. they lost the third booster.

]]> By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/#comment-41030 podrock Wed, 07 Feb 2018 04:24:54 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69271#comment-41030 <p>WOW !!! That's the coolest thing I've seen in years!</p> Watch it here: https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c Coverage begins about seven minutes in. Double booster landing at about 38:00 And that the payload was a Tesla Roadster, complete with mannequin wearing a spacesuit, bound for solar orbit, for thousands of years, is one of the greatest moments in space exploration history. Said Musk about the test payload: "It's kind of silly and fun, but silly and fun things are important." WOW !!! That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in years!

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c

Coverage begins about seven minutes in. Double booster landing at about 38:00

And that the payload was a Tesla Roadster, complete with mannequin wearing a spacesuit, bound for solar orbit, for thousands of years, is one of the greatest moments in space exploration history.

Said Musk about the test payload:

“It’s kind of silly and fun, but silly and fun things are important.”

]]> By: RL https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/#comment-41024 RL Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:49:34 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69271#comment-41024 https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heavy/ The Falcon Heavy is FAR cheaper... https://www.universetoday.com/129989/saturn-v-vs-falcon-heavy/

The Falcon Heavy is FAR cheaper…

]]> By: hank https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/02/06/absolutely-flawless-heavy-lifter-launch-and-booster-landing/#comment-41023 hank Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:59:56 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=69271#comment-41023 I know there's been a lot of advances in technology in the last half-century, but the laws of physics haven't changed much during that time either. Can anyone do a comparison for me on the key parameters: such as payload, reliability, efficiency, prep time, cost? I realize reusability of key components is a big plus, but I've never seen it broken down for me in a convincing fashion. Has anyone actually done the cost/benefit analysis accounting here? Being able to use a major component over and over must certainly be advantageous, but designing something that will only be used once must be a lot simpler and cheaper than designing it so it can be used multiple times. And that doesn't even count the costs of refurbishing and testing the item for each re-use. Remember, the major selling point for the space shuttle was its re-usability in multiple missions, but its eventual cost of refurbishing and recommissioning was one of the major reasons it was eventually abandoned. I know there’s been a lot of advances in technology in the last half-century, but the laws of physics haven’t changed much during that time either. Can anyone do a comparison for me on the key parameters: such as payload, reliability, efficiency, prep time, cost? I realize reusability of key components is a big plus, but I’ve never seen it broken down for me in a convincing fashion. Has anyone actually done the cost/benefit analysis accounting here?

Being able to use a major component over and over must certainly be advantageous, but designing something that will only be used once must be a lot simpler and cheaper than designing it so it can be used multiple times. And that doesn’t even count the costs of refurbishing and testing the item for each re-use.

Remember, the major selling point for the space shuttle was its re-usability in multiple missions, but its eventual cost of refurbishing and recommissioning was one of the major reasons it was eventually abandoned.

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