This version will only have 29 total. They are still doing design iterations as they build.
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This version will only have 29 total. They are still doing design iterations as they build.
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
Good questions.
BTW - I just watched the entire Max Headroom series last year. I wish I had done it 20 yrs earlier, but streaming wasn't here yet to make it so convenient.
The spacing of the 3 grid fins shown in that clip looks odd. There is probably a 4th on the side we can't see, but that still means they are arranged in an "X" not a "+".
adiggs
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Looks like a good strong breeze could be .. bad 
There is something truly awesome to see actual engines actually all installed and clumped up like that. Very different from reading about it or seeing mockups / CGI.
I know that its easy for me - there are plenty of people suffering extreme hardship in the world - and yet I find myself thinking and believe what an amazing time to live in. I see the renewable energy economy sprouting (at least the first leaves have poked up out of the ground), usage of space instead of just visiting now and then is starting to look like it'll happen.
I expect to see "approximately zero marginal cost energy" in my life, to pair up with the "approximately zero marginal cost communication" that has come to be over the last 30 years (read - Internet).
What a wonderful world!
There is something truly awesome to see actual engines actually all installed and clumped up like that. Very different from reading about it or seeing mockups / CGI.
I know that its easy for me - there are plenty of people suffering extreme hardship in the world - and yet I find myself thinking and believe what an amazing time to live in. I see the renewable energy economy sprouting (at least the first leaves have poked up out of the ground), usage of space instead of just visiting now and then is starting to look like it'll happen.
I expect to see "approximately zero marginal cost energy" in my life, to pair up with the "approximately zero marginal cost communication" that has come to be over the last 30 years (read - Internet).
What a wonderful world!
I think the three hoist points also add to the optical illusion. But agree, it does look like they're not spaced at 90°.
Allows for a "landing cradle" arm to more easily span 2 fins on each side?
Indeed, this is a cool shot:Looks like a good strong breeze could be .. bad
There is something truly awesome to see actual engines actually all installed and clumped up like that. Very different from reading about it or seeing mockups / CGI.
I know that its easy for me - there are plenty of people suffering extreme hardship in the world - and yet I find myself thinking and believe what an amazing time to live in. I see the renewable energy economy sprouting (at least the first leaves have poked up out of the ground), usage of space instead of just visiting now and then is starting to look like it'll happen.
I expect to see "approximately zero marginal cost energy" in my life, to pair up with the "approximately zero marginal cost communication" that has come to be over the last 30 years (read - Internet).
What a wonderful world!
adiggs
Well-Known Member
I know that its completely necessary - I'm going to cry a little (lot) inside when these get discarded in the ocean as part of the testing and improvement process. That is a lot of high precision manufacturing and materials in there.
I wonder if it would be cost effective to drop these boosters in relatively shallow water, and then hoist them up, and send the metal for recycling. That's gotta be some very high quality mining there
I've watched it once. I probably need to watch it about 10 times more to soak it all in. Elon giving a master's class in manufacturing and production.
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