Late April Falcon Heavy Demo

[JRod0802]

Okay. Thanks! I'm sure as we got closer to the launch of the Falcon Heavy, we'll know for sure if the propellant is cross-fed, and then NSF will probably post an article with all the latest info on cross-fed vs. not and how thing's will / could work moving forward.

 

[Chris TX]

Late summer now

Skip to 30:35 for the Falcon Heavy question. No clarification if this is an actual mission or if the demo is being pushed back.

 

[Grendal]

12 tons with Falcon Heavy to Mars. 3 tons with an F9.

 

[chickensevil]

I'm sure they don't need cross feed for the test flight or for most customers. It would be situations where they needed to maximize payload capacity. So I could see them making the cross feed something added later, like how the F9 has undergone performance changes over time. Of course the same F9 cores are being used on the FH which means that they are already getting better performance than they were originally anticipating. If cross feed is an issue I'm sure the new stage 1 can handle a lot of that too help.

 

[Grendal]

Falcon Heavy pushed back to November.

SpaceX says reusable stage could cut prices 30 percent, plans November Falcon Heavy debut - SpaceNews.com