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OceanGate was stretching the lifetime of it's reusable Titan submersible.
by HlessClaudesman 3y ago
OceanGate was stretching the lifetime of it's reusable Titan submersible.
- mgoetzke 3y agoYou really think this is comparable to bring it up ? Worst case a few sats get lost or the booster doesn't land correctly. As long as they test this on their own sats first (which are rather cheap) I do not see the issue. They will want to test to breaking point after all.
- OliverGuy 3y agoFrom the article: certifying Falcon 9 boosters for up to 20 flights for Starlink missions So yeah, seems that they want to reduce their starlink cost
- foreverobama 3y ago[dead]
- bigbillheck 3y agoRocket blows up on the pad? Needs self-destruction after launch and the self-destruct doesn't work?
- HPsquared 3y agoStill, there aren't any people hanging out at the pad during a launch.
- metiscus 3y agoThere is a pretty good reason why they launch rockets over the ocean or large expanses of empty land. If an RSO terminates a flight with a perfectly functional system, the debris will still spread over the surface for some distance, depending on the altitude that the flight was terminated at, of course. Launch trajectories are designed in such a way that the portion where the altitude would allow substantial debris to return is usually placed over uninhabited regions or the ocean.
- bigbillheck 3y agoThe recent SpaceX explosion had debris that fell on towns and inhabited areas.
- panick21_ 3y agoFor the most part it was a dust and maybe a few tiny rocks. This was mostly because because the wind carried it in that direction. No people were hurt and no windows were broken.
- kotaKat 3y agoA rocket is a lot easier to design for (in a weird way) -- after all, it only has to deal with zero to one atmosphere, instead of 150 atmospheres.
- me_me_me 3y agoAre you forgetting that little something at the back of rocket that is so hot it can melt itself? Even managing propellant tanks is complicated dilema. Take a big jug of water that is half full and slosh it around. Its one of thousands small things that needs solving. And solutions need to be implemented with as few grams as possible.
- panick21_ 3y agoA rocket is easier because it doesn't have people in it. But if there are not people, its much harder.
- engineer_22 3y agoYou're right, rocket engineering is not as simple as some people would have it sound. I think the SpaceX organization has proven to be prudent risk takers. They have had many spectacular failures, but they have been good at communicating the risks ahead of time.
- wkat4242 3y agoMake that 450 actually :)
- barelyauser 3y agoJames Cameron spent 10M to built his submarine. It is impossible at present time to build a orbital manned rocket for that amount. Therefore the submarine is easier to design and build.
- panick21_ 3y agoAnd that had people in it. A rocket and capsule you can put people on is gone cost you billions.
- wkat4242 3y agoIt's debatable whether it was ever fit for purpose at all though.