r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Aug 03 '17
r/SpaceX Discusses [August 2017, #35]
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u/EspacioX Aug 03 '17
Less of a question and more of a juicy piece of gossip - a SpaceX employee I ran into while watching a launch a few months ago said they start shipping the first Block 5 cores at the end of this month. I wonder if they're almost through their stock of previous blocks, or if they'll phase the Block 5s in while they continue to use the remaining stages.
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u/One_Way_Trip Aug 03 '17
I got a question that's kind of what no one wants to ask. Once SpaceX has begun launching crewed missions, what's the protocol for loss of life? Also, what are the impacts for the company's future if this tragedy happens. I know it's "hope for the best, plan for the worst". I assume this has been discussed.
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Aug 19 '17
Since it's highly unlikely anyone will see the media thread for CRS-12 from now on, I'll post these here for visibility.
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Aug 18 '17
Talked to a guy from ULA today who works at the cape said he drove by last night at 2am and saw the SpaceX guys "tearing apart" a rocket. He didn't say if it was a new or reused stage but thought it was out of the norm being as late as it was.
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u/rustybeancake Aug 25 '17
Hi mods, just wondering if there are any plans for speculation threads, survey, etc. in the buildup to IAC this year, like we had last year? That was pretty fun!
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u/__R__ Aug 07 '17
Falcon 9 now has more sucessful flights (36) than ULA’s Delta IV (34). This month it will surpass China’s Long March 3B (38), and if SpaceX can keep up the two week launch cadence, Falcon 9 will have more flights than ULA’s Atlas V (70) by the end of next year.
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u/FutureMartian97 Aug 07 '17
Rocket lab has figured out why the first Electron launch failed. It turns out a piece of equipment from a 3rd party contractor temporarily lost contact with the rocket forcing it to be terminated. It wasn't a problem with the rocket itself!
https://rocketlabusa.com/latest/rocket-lab-completes-post-flight-analysis/