i guess it must be. i saw the images of it on its adapter, of course, but i thought they might actually put it on the thing later. but i suppose that with those bolted on side boosters, you don't want to take down the rocket and do stuff with it and put it back up very much.
@kimholder Unless it's got a very well positioned window, you wouldn't see much would you? Some shaking and the inner wall of the fairing (is that what it's called, I'm reasonably new to this)
@kimholder They have been raising and lowering it almost daily for each days attempt. So the up down is not an issue. But I do think, the Roadster is atop it since the fairing has stayed atop, and they showed it being encapsulated.
@PearsonArtPhoto The theory seems to be, make a larger radar target in case some day, it impinges on some ones flight path. And one piece of junk vs 2 is still better.
I wonder if they removed the battery pack. Tesla is reworking Roadster packs to be 70 or 80 Kwh packs, but it requires rebuilding an existing pack, and is basically being done by hand, as one offs. Only 2500 ever built, minus the dozens destroyed/crashed/lost (There was a fire that ate 6 or 7 all at once) so not worth automating it.
So I assume Elon got that upgrade first. So his pack is actually valuable. Be smart to at least swap it with someone elses pack, if they need it for structural support.
@PearsonArtPhoto Model S it is easy to swap by design. I know it CAN be removed, since when they refurb a pack to the new standard, you remove your pack, get someones elses re-packed pack instead. Next guy gets your pack repacked and trades in his.
So they can and do do it, and likely this has already happened once to this car, in order to get the upgrade.
#FalconHeavy update: it looks like Friday’s test window has been adjusted by 30 minutes. The window is now 15:30–21:30 EST (20:30-02:30 UTC). This is, of course, 100% reliant on the Atlas V launching tomorrow evening. #SpaceX https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/953601924569452544
According to Wikipedia and SpaceX, this demo flight is scheduled for 2014. A group of us from San Diego want to come and watch the launch from a distance. Is there any scheduled date for the launch? If there's no specific date planned yet, what's the best resource/website to check to keep up w...
@ReactingToAngularVues Regarding Your edit on my question about Barge Cycle time. I noted that NSF folk are doing the tracking becaue doing it yourself is somewhat tricky and there are folk who seem to think it is fun, so leverage their work.
@geoffc Hi! Yeah, I'm not a fan of unneeded plugs where necessary personally; I wouldn't remove it generally if it was vital to understanding the answer, but that seemed tangential
Personally I think Reddit, NSF, Facebook, etc have too greater of a stranglehold on spaceflight discussion
And each group comes with its own set of power users
That being said, if you were to link to a discussion about AIS on NSF, I'd have no problems with it at all :)
If you feel strongly about it, feel free to revert my edit! I generally try to act on good faith, and you have more rep here than me so implicitly I trust your judgement more.
Oh, here is a good one from NSF! AtlasV and F-H in the same frame!
1st time #ULA #AtlasV and @SpaceX #FalconHeavy Go Vertical simultaneously at #Pad41 and #39A today Jan 17 after Atlas V hazy day rollout this afternoon for launch Jan 18 as Falcon Heavy awaits 1st static fire test. Credit: @ken_kremer http://SpaceUpClose.com #SpaceUpClose
As an aside: I think those photos say a lot about just how advanced our cameras and lenses have become. What's the crow-flies distance between that photo and Atlas V there
severe atmospheric distortion makes me want to say at least 10 miles
I LOVE the fact, Musk makes a totally ridiculous joke, and he has the money/desire to make them real... Like F-H payload being his Roadster. Now his joke about Boring Company 5000'th hat buyer gets a flamethrower!
According to Wikipedia and SpaceX, this demo flight is scheduled for 2014. A group of us from San Diego want to come and watch the launch from a distance. Is there any scheduled date for the launch? If there's no specific date planned yet, what's the best resource/website to check to keep up w...
