SpaceX FUD: true or false

[Uncle Paul]

All communication has an agenda.

 

[Brovane]

I have a feeling that having the Dragon leave the rest of the Falcon at MaxQ might induce a RUD anyway... suddenly having a hollow blunt end at just over Mach 1 couldn't be much fun for the boosters.

The Blue Origin New Shepard survived a similar test and still continued it's ascent after the crew capsule ejected.

 

[Grendal]

The Blue Origin New Shepard survived a similar test and still continued it's ascent after the crew capsule ejected.

Thanks for reminding us of that. I'm sure there is a difference between an orbital class booster and the New Shepard but that capsule boosted off the New Shepard booster with a lot of energy. The fact the New Shepard booster survived that situation is a testament to Blue Origin's people and equipment. It will be impressive if a F9 survives their test and I am not counting on it at all. If SpaceX ends up using a Block 5 booster for their test then I expect that they expect it to survive.

 

[Lozza12]

The Blue Origin New Shepard survived a similar test and still continued it's ascent after the crew capsule ejected.

That was very impressive indeed.

Their rockets are kinda... ugly, aren’t they?!

 

[Nikxice]

That was very impressive indeed.

Their rockets are kinda... ugly, aren’t they?!

Coincidentally, many admirers of Blue Origin rockets are also big fans of Steely Dan.

 

[Brovane]

Thanks for reminding us of that. I'm sure there is a difference between an orbital class booster and the New Shepard but that capsule boosted off the New Shepard booster with a lot of energy. The fact the New Shepard booster survived that situation is a testament to Blue Origin's people and equipment. It will be impressive if a F9 survives their test and I am not counting on it at all. If SpaceX ends up using a Block 5 booster for their test then I expect that they expect it to survive.

The difference between Orbital and Sub-Orbital is less than you think if you are talking about a MAX-Q orbit test. It has been speculated before that the 3-engine F9R Dev2 rocket would be used for the in-flight abort test since a full F9 rocket wouldn't be needed. However that older rocket is probably no longer compatible with GSE and a Block 5 booster will be used instead.

 

[ggr]

The Blue Origin New Shepard survived a similar test and still continued it's ascent after the crew capsule ejected.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that one. Note that in the introduction she said that the booster might not survive.