Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
Falcon 1, The World's Lowest Cost Rocket to Orbit |
Nov 19 2005, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but here goes:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18353 http://www.spacex.com/ Looking forward to launch videos... -------------------- |
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Mar 28 2006, 01:39 AM
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Well, they certainly didn't address the LOX issue very well -- they were totally unprepared for the effects of any significant launch delays, which is why they came up with that Boob McNutt detachable blanket. Given the likely effects of ice on it, I suspect that Bell is right in pinning the failure on it.
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Guest_Richard Trigaux_* |
Mar 28 2006, 06:00 AM
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Well, they certainly didn't address the LOX issue very well -- they were totally unprepared for the effects of any significant launch delays, which is why they came up with that Boob McNutt detachable blanket. Given the likely effects of ice on it, I suspect that Bell is right in pinning the failure on it. Maybe what happened was that the blanket turned to an ice sheath. And this ice caused the fire with hitting some engine part. EXACTLY like with the shuttle, darn misfortune with dark humour. With my opinions they should seriously address the LOX issue, use perhaps th erector as an insulation (it is removed only some minutes before launch). |
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Mar 28 2006, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Maybe what happened was that the blanket turned to an ice sheath. And this ice caused the fire with hitting some engine part. EXACTLY like with the shuttle, darn misfortune with dark humour. With my opinions they should seriously address the LOX issue, use perhaps th erector as an insulation (it is removed only some minutes before launch). The early French Diamant rockets were launched from Algeria, and used shaped foam panels which were stacked against the first stage and simply fell away during the first second or so of launch. They worked fine, though the photos do make it look as though the whole vehicle is falling apart at liftoff! Bob shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Guest_Richard Trigaux_* |
Mar 28 2006, 01:08 PM
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The early French Diamant rockets were launched from Algeria, and used shaped foam panels which were stacked against the first stage and simply fell away during the first second or so of launch. They worked fine, though the photos do make it look as though the whole vehicle is falling apart at liftoff! Bob shaw Yes I remember these amazing photos, giving the impression that there was some structure breaking appart. They had too a serious problem of liquid oxygen. When the first rockets were launched at Hamaguir they had no oxygen plant! they used a truck to transport it. But the first truck failed for some reason, they just had to release the oxygen. After they came with an oxygen plant. The rocket launches started during the war in Algeria, and the Diamant rockets just after! The first french satellite, Asterix (from a well known french comic) was assembled by a team of only five or six persons in... three months! We are not far from the Falcom conditions! If Diamant succeeded into such conditions, falcon can... |
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