Space exploration and rockets general thread

Legend · May 01, 2018, 11:59 PM

Quote from: DD_Bwest on May 01, 2018, 11:55 PMlaunch next week right?

7th.

Legend · May 02, 2018, 04:37 PM

Legend · May 03, 2018, 08:12 PM

Block 5!

DD_Bwest · May 03, 2018, 09:32 PM

Legend · May 04, 2018, 08:01 AM

Quote from: DD_Bwest on May 03, 2018, 09:32 PM

Legend · May 07, 2018, 04:30 PM

New date confirmed. On the tenth.

Legend · May 09, 2018, 05:09 PM

DD_Bwest · May 10, 2018, 06:07 PM

Legend · May 10, 2018, 07:49 PM

I'm on mobile. Delayed.

DD_Bwest · May 10, 2018, 08:01 PM

delay?

Legend · May 10, 2018, 09:46 PM

No go

DD_Bwest · May 10, 2018, 11:41 PM

DelayX

Legend · May 11, 2018, 04:18 PM

Lots of cool info out of yesterday.

Hope to do a 24 hour relaunch demo next year. Launch, land, pop on a new second stage+payload, launch again.

This year should have boosters get to 3-4 reuses. Next year boosters should be hitting 10 reuses.

Boca Chica is now exclusively for BFR. No Falcon launches from there.

Working on Falcon second stage recovery. Will be adding heat shields and such for testing. Still hopeful the marginal cost could get to around $6 million for F9 launches.

Around 300 future F9 launches are expected before BFR has fully taken over. Plan to build 30-50 block 5s.

Block 5 is essentially the 6th iteration of the F9.

Legend · May 11, 2018, 07:45 PM

Let's go!!!

Legend · May 11, 2018, 08:00 PM

webcast is live. Don't fail us!