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SpaceX Is Going to Blow Up a Falcon 9 Rocket Just After Launch
- redis_mlc 7y agoIt would be a lot more economical to just end-of-life the ISS. The ISS is a vampire on science funding, and I can't think of a single important scientific paper from it, in contrast to hundreds from the Hubble and WMAP.
- yummypaint 7y agoI tend to interpret this as indicating that the funding pool is too small. Most of the observation time of how the body responds to microgravity necessarily happens on space stations. The engineering challenges of human space travel are also a driver of technology. There is also an important diplomatic component to the ISS and the powerful symbolism of the nations of the world collectively building and maintaining something peaceful and truly awesome.
- ericb 7y ago> I can't think of a single important scientific paper from it Surely you're kidding? https://www.nasa.gov/twins-study/research-results https://www.nasa.gov/twins-study/research-results
- zamalek 7y agoIt really is a testament to NASA that they managed a moon landing without this level of testing. I wonder how much further along we'd be if there hadn't been a run of visionless administrations.
- chrispeel 7y agoI believe that Nasa's commercial cargo [1] and crew[2] are the result of vision from past administrations. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development
- craftyguy 7y ago> It really is a testament to NASA that they managed a moon landing without this level of testing. NASA definitely did this exact same testing for Apollo, I'm not sure why you assumed they didn't. https://invidio.us/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ https://invidio.us/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ
- matt123456789 7y agoThere ended up being a real failure in the test. Fortunately, the failure occurred in the same system whose failsafe was being tested, giving the failsafe a real chance to shine. The Apollo program never ceases to amaze.
- omilu 7y agoIt's unbelievable how much red tape there is for any federal government agency, from IT, procurement, to HR. Unless you've seen it first hand you would never believe it. Easy things become hard, hard things become impossible.
- app4soft 7y agoTL;DR: Falcon 9's Block 5 booster core B1046 would be "destroyed in Dragon fire".[0] [0] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1216148780635938816 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1216148780635938816
- LorenPechtel 7y agoWhy would there be any risk of the fuel ending up in the ocean? If it doesn't go boom in the test wouldn't the range safety officer push his button?
- ncmncm 7y agoButtons don't always do what you hoped. Looks like it is a lot less dense than water, so it would just spread out and boil away.
- coldnose 7y agoIt’ll blow up some time after the abort sequence, due to loss of active control at a relatively low altitude and relatively high speed. It’s not simulating an explosion as part of the test, AFAIK.