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re: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes midair
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:11 pm to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:11 pm to LSUAlum2001
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.well, NASA has been sending shite up for 60 or so years, of course they have had more failures.
Not that I agree with his point, but there is a difference in failures and failure rate
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Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:15 pm to GaryMyMan
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Tesla has their shite figured out
I couldn't buy one at the closest dealer, Houston, and drive it home to P'ville without stopping to charge for up to 8 hours.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:16 pm to lsunurse
There was no need to reduce the size of nasa, but it did help the private sector by providing opportunities that would otherwise go to nasa. Failed rockets mean nothing, I'm looking at the end game. Musk is at least making an attempt in an area that will offer him little return in short term but lots in the long run
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:22 pm to Redbone
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I couldn't buy one at the closest dealer, Houston, and drive it home to P'ville without stopping to charge for up to 8 hours.
Are you saying that you spent $80k on a car without researching that your 242 mile trip was outside of the maximum range of your car? The most expensive model, the P85S has a range of 265 miles, cutting it pretty close.
Sorry I don't follow your point.
Also you can't buy one in Texas. They have laws against manufacturers selling directly to customers. All cars ordered in Texas "dealerships" are delivered - free- to your door. So. You're a liar.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:23 pm to DawgCountry
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Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:34 pm to N2cars
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There is some truth to that, but keep in mind, making any change to a human rated rocket is a very long and involved process.
Reliability trumps all and while it would be great to have the latest and greatest, random reboots could be fatal.
Oh I imagine the "known quantity" aspect is large. Obviously, I'll never know the inside outs of their budget, but I imagine the costs of repair were rising. Either you can't find the parts or you have to pay someone to purposefully manufacture old tech, which I bet gets expensive for those companies to do, especially since the market would be getting more and more limited and loss of economies of scale.
Pretty impressive what they achieved, but if I recall, even after/around Columbia it seemed they were having more and more problems flying them. I think the wear and tear was just all adding up over time.
Would have been neat to see the new shuttles that were approved, but alas they were canceled.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:40 pm to Redbone
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couldn't buy one at the closest dealer, Houston, and drive it home to P'ville without stopping to charge for up to 8 hours.
There is a dealer in Houston?
Clearly made for city folk and not long distance trips.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 6/28/15 at 2:00 pm to DawgCountry
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded midair just minutes after it launched on its way to the International Space Station.
I'll pour a little Tang out for them....
Posted on 6/28/15 at 2:05 pm to DawgCountry
SpaceX is a relatively new company, a few failures like this are expected to happen.
Space travel is extremely complicated.
Space travel is extremely complicated.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 2:09 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Every shuttle airframe was designed for 100 flights.
The cost of reconfiguring the vehicle after each mission was a huge issue. ( labor costs)
A lot of NASA folks were tired of the amt of collars is was taking to run Shuttle, also,
The cost of reconfiguring the vehicle after each mission was a huge issue. ( labor costs)
A lot of NASA folks were tired of the amt of collars is was taking to run Shuttle, also,
Posted on 6/28/15 at 2:29 pm to misterc
Posted on 6/28/15 at 2:52 pm to lsunurse
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I agree. People forget all the positive benefits from the NASA space program. Stuff you don't even necessarily connect to space travel.
Velcro & Tang!
Really don't understand the decision to retire the shuttle fleet without another vehicle in place to service the space station and having to rely on the Russians.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 3:52 pm to GaryMyMan
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Besides those two they only built three others... And one of those was to replace Challenger. I'd hardly call that a beacon of safe space travel.
135 total missions, 2 tragedies.
Considering the risk, I consider that a successful program.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:11 pm to fatboydave
Idk why you say that.
It makes perfect sense to write our enemies checks for tens of millions of dollars.
I mean ,we aren't outright fellating them, so there's that.
It makes perfect sense to write our enemies checks for tens of millions of dollars.
I mean ,we aren't outright fellating them, so there's that.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 5:54 pm to lsunurse
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People forget all the positive benefits from the NASA space program. Stuff you don't even necessarily connect to space travel.
Tang and space food sticks. Other than that, I'm drawing a blank.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 6:00 pm to genuineLSUtiger
Posted on 6/28/15 at 6:00 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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