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They said at the beginning of the live stream that they plan to do a test fire on the first recovered first stage "sometime soon".

reportingsjr 10y ago
Did they say anything more specific than that? They have already done a static fire of the first one they recovered.
agildehaus 10y ago
The first recovered stage, F9-021, has already been static fired and will likely end up as a monument outside of SpaceX HQ as they've filed an FAA request to do so. https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=277099798&row=292 https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action... The second recovered rocket, F9-023, will be relaunched. It has already been static fired with no announced problems. Elon said it'd be a few months before a customer was announced, but the general feeling is that it will be an SES satellite as SES has already publicly expressed interest.
- CamperBob2 10y ago
  Amusing... I was wondering why they needed to get FAA permission to park the rocket, but the application says it'll be 160 feet tall. So they're standing it up, as opposed to the NASA methodology of positioning their monuments horizontally.
  - agildehaus 10y ago
    Normally a 160 foot tall object wouldn't need FAA permission, but SpaceX is located right next to Hawthorne Municipal Airport.
    - dba7dba 10y ago
      And fairly close to LAX too. Another stop for star tour buses!
  - dba7dba 10y ago
    There is no open space to park a 160ft long object horizontally anywhere near spacex HQ.
    - SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
      Not sure why your comment was downvoted but this is true, there really isn't much open space around the SpaceX property. I wish we had a campus like Raytheon or Northrop have in El Segundo/Redondo Beach. The 60's & 70's were certainly the high points in aerospace campus architecture here in SoCal.
      - coderdude 10y ago
        Do you work for SpaceX? You have it in your username and comment like you're part of the company, but also spend your time discussing the merits of the NRA. Do you represent SpaceX or are you just super enthusiastic about them? It's not easy to tell.
        SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
        I do work for SpaceX although I'm not in engineering or software dev. I work in the technician/skilled labor side of the house. I don't think I've posted anything specifically discussing the merits of the NRA, although I have posted on the subject of gun control and self defense. In any case I'm not sure why discussing that topic and working at SpaceX would be mutually exclusive. Obviously it should be said that I don't represent SpaceX and the views I express here are my own and not the company's.
        coderdude 10y ago
        That's the response I was hoping for. My only critique then is please register a personal account. You can't have a name like SpaceX_Tech and not expect us to take everything you say as something that they would endorse. I'd be appalled if a programmer I employed created an account under my company name, for use of expressing every personal opinion under the sun. I hope you understand the position I'm coming from and that others may be thinking the same thing when reading your comments. Ps: keep up the good work
- SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
  Based on that FAA application it looks like someone will be losing their prime parking spot. In all seriousness though, I'm not sure how I feel about this monument. It's going to be really crammed next to the main building and I don't think it will have a very strong visual presence with a giant grey wall directly in the background. There isn't really a good vantage point for viewing either. I suppose it will look ok from the opposite corner of Crenshaw.
  - Sanddancer 10y ago
    You probably know best here, but I'm seeing a first stage height of 135 ft. Perhaps they're thinking of placing it on the roof of the main building? Though I do totally agree that it would look better elsewhere, like over by one of the onramps to the 105. Just a shame that the Western Museum of Flight moved, a nice little rocket garden in that museum would have been a nice touch.
- kchoudhu 10y ago
  Do customers get a discount for launching on a used rocket?
  - lmm 10y ago
    The first one definitely will (unless negotiations break down and they decide to launch without a customer, but that seems unlikely). Eventually when it becomes routine maybe not.
    - Mchl 10y ago
      When it becomes routeine all clients get a discount as price per launch goes down.
      - kchoudhu 10y ago
        Or not, because the next best alternative is much more expensive than SpaceX's current pricing. We're dealing with a corporation -- I'm not sure we can count of them to "pass on the savings".
        coralreef 10y ago
        Aren't they passing on the savings by bidding lower prices than their competitors?
        Symmetry 10y ago
        The thing is they're already able to bid lower than all their competitors.
        lmm 10y ago
        Only marginally - if none of their competitors can reuse a rocket then they only need to undercut the cost of a non-reusable rocket. The reward for innovation is that you get a temporary monopoly on that innovation and so can extract something very like a monopoly rent.
- andygates 10y ago
  023 (Fnord) has been fired? I must have missed that. Got a link?

reportingsjr 10y ago

Did they say anything more specific than that? They have already done a static fire of the first one they recovered.

agildehaus 10y ago

The first recovered stage, F9-021, has already been static fired and will likely end up as a monument outside of SpaceX HQ as they've filed an FAA request to do so. https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=277099798&row=292 https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action... The second recovered rocket, F9-023, will be relaunched. It has already been static fired with no announced problems. Elon said it'd be a few months before a customer was announced, but the general feeling is that it will be an SES satellite as SES has already publicly expressed interest.

CamperBob2 10y ago
Amusing... I was wondering why they needed to get FAA permission to park the rocket, but the application says it'll be 160 feet tall. So they're standing it up, as opposed to the NASA methodology of positioning their monuments horizontally.
- agildehaus 10y ago
  Normally a 160 foot tall object wouldn't need FAA permission, but SpaceX is located right next to Hawthorne Municipal Airport.
  - dba7dba 10y ago
    And fairly close to LAX too. Another stop for star tour buses!
- dba7dba 10y ago
  There is no open space to park a 160ft long object horizontally anywhere near spacex HQ.
  - SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
    Not sure why your comment was downvoted but this is true, there really isn't much open space around the SpaceX property. I wish we had a campus like Raytheon or Northrop have in El Segundo/Redondo Beach. The 60's & 70's were certainly the high points in aerospace campus architecture here in SoCal.
    - coderdude 10y ago
      Do you work for SpaceX? You have it in your username and comment like you're part of the company, but also spend your time discussing the merits of the NRA. Do you represent SpaceX or are you just super enthusiastic about them? It's not easy to tell.
      - SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
        I do work for SpaceX although I'm not in engineering or software dev. I work in the technician/skilled labor side of the house. I don't think I've posted anything specifically discussing the merits of the NRA, although I have posted on the subject of gun control and self defense. In any case I'm not sure why discussing that topic and working at SpaceX would be mutually exclusive. Obviously it should be said that I don't represent SpaceX and the views I express here are my own and not the company's.
        coderdude 10y ago
        That's the response I was hoping for. My only critique then is please register a personal account. You can't have a name like SpaceX_Tech and not expect us to take everything you say as something that they would endorse. I'd be appalled if a programmer I employed created an account under my company name, for use of expressing every personal opinion under the sun. I hope you understand the position I'm coming from and that others may be thinking the same thing when reading your comments. Ps: keep up the good work
SpaceX_Tech 10y ago
Based on that FAA application it looks like someone will be losing their prime parking spot. In all seriousness though, I'm not sure how I feel about this monument. It's going to be really crammed next to the main building and I don't think it will have a very strong visual presence with a giant grey wall directly in the background. There isn't really a good vantage point for viewing either. I suppose it will look ok from the opposite corner of Crenshaw.
- Sanddancer 10y ago
  You probably know best here, but I'm seeing a first stage height of 135 ft. Perhaps they're thinking of placing it on the roof of the main building? Though I do totally agree that it would look better elsewhere, like over by one of the onramps to the 105. Just a shame that the Western Museum of Flight moved, a nice little rocket garden in that museum would have been a nice touch.
kchoudhu 10y ago
Do customers get a discount for launching on a used rocket?
- lmm 10y ago
  The first one definitely will (unless negotiations break down and they decide to launch without a customer, but that seems unlikely). Eventually when it becomes routine maybe not.
  - Mchl 10y ago
    When it becomes routeine all clients get a discount as price per launch goes down.
    - kchoudhu 10y ago
      Or not, because the next best alternative is much more expensive than SpaceX's current pricing. We're dealing with a corporation -- I'm not sure we can count of them to "pass on the savings".
      - coralreef 10y ago
        Aren't they passing on the savings by bidding lower prices than their competitors?
        Symmetry 10y ago
        The thing is they're already able to bid lower than all their competitors.
        lmm 10y ago
        Only marginally - if none of their competitors can reuse a rocket then they only need to undercut the cost of a non-reusable rocket. The reward for innovation is that you get a temporary monopoly on that innovation and so can extract something very like a monopoly rent.
andygates 10y ago
023 (Fnord) has been fired? I must have missed that. Got a link?