SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company's Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following Wednesday's accident off the Florida coast.
Not as much as you might think. Space launch rockets don’t carry a lot of extra fuel beyond what’s absolutely needed. Even propulsively landed rockets are almost empty.
If you want to be outraged, look at how much carbon dioxide is produced during ascent.
That’s impressive, I do wonder if they have some estimated lifespan for each rocket or how many times it’s reusable. Unless they intend to just keep using it with minimal to no maintenance at all. Which I guess would eventually lead to this.
Plus it did land on the barge. Most of the debris should be there, though the remaining fuel would have mainly gone overboard. Probably the flight termination explosives also.
What I get for saying something without googling first. I was expecting the hypergolic fueled mess of older rockets, but this is just a mess, but like, not THAT bad of a mess.
Wonder how much toxic waste that rocket dumped everywhere.
Not as much as you might think. Space launch rockets don’t carry a lot of extra fuel beyond what’s absolutely needed. Even propulsively landed rockets are almost empty.
If you want to be outraged, look at how much carbon dioxide is produced during ascent.
Significantly less than the extremely toxic, hypergolic fueled boosters China drops on their villages.
Most rockets crash into the ocean with all their contents on purpose. This one flew 23 times before finally shitting the bed on this landing.
That’s impressive, I do wonder if they have some estimated lifespan for each rocket or how many times it’s reusable. Unless they intend to just keep using it with minimal to no maintenance at all. Which I guess would eventually lead to this.
Yea the previous goal was 10 flights, now the goal is send it until something breaks.
Big advantage of having a built in customer (starlink)
Iirc the original goal was ‘at least 10’ but maybe up to 100 flights for a booster. No way to really know without flying them a lot
Plus it did land on the barge. Most of the debris should be there, though the remaining fuel would have mainly gone overboard. Probably the flight termination explosives also.
Pretty much just kerosene. So not the best, but not horrible. It just uses LOX and RP-1 (highly refined kerosene) for fuel.
What I get for saying something without googling first. I was expecting the hypergolic fueled mess of older rockets, but this is just a mess, but like, not THAT bad of a mess.
It’s me, I’m the boomer.