This is a different vehicle than I have seen previously. Not sure if this is only for slow speed local use at the cape or not or if it is used for cross country transport.
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This is a different vehicle than I have seen previously. Not sure if this is only for slow speed local use at the cape or not or if it is used for cross country transport.
It was formerly used to move shuttle orbiters between the OPF's and the VAB. It was originally developed to move the orbiters around Vandenberg AFB. GSA auction: Orbiter Transporter System (OTS) - collectSPACE: MessagesThis is a different vehicle than I have seen previously. Not sure if this is only for slow speed local use at the cape or not or if it is used for cross country transport.
How far does it have to go? It might actually be easier to just drag a giant extension cord around.125.7 gallons per mile... Wonder if this thing could switch to a giant stack of Tesla batteries...
How far does it have to go? It might actually be easier to just drag a giant extension cord around.
I have pictures of a team of people dragging the extension cord from building to building as the transporter drives by, connecting to an outlet at each building as they go
To make it work well, you'd have 2 or 3 extension cords and teams, with 1 cord being used, and the next team laying out the cord to a point where the current cord will reach it's limit and need to be replaced.
So now you have leap frogging teams of extension cord draggers.
Sometimes, I have crazy thoughts.
Or, they keep swapping Tesla battery packs in and out along the way.Me too. When I heard the extension cord comment, I thought about how much power would be needed and pictured the carrier having a whole transformer strapped onto it and an electrical substation along the route.
Airflow separation would be my guess.On that video of the used Falcon you can really see the beating those grid fins take... it will be interesting to see how the switch to titanium for those works out. With the soot, you can see the outline of the "panel" they attach too... I almost wonder if that was replaced as part of the refurbishment.
Speaking of soot.. I wonder why the lower section is relatively evenly covered, only to abruptly stop at the seam to the middle section?