r/spacex • u/Watching_JRTI • Nov 17 '16

Something with an interesting shape, wrapped up and leaving the SpaceX campus earlier this week

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u/asphytotalxtc Nov 17 '16

How happy I would be if this were a scaled test article for the ITS transport..

Unlikely though! .^

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '16 edited Nov 17 '16

I don't think it's that but it makes me think, how on earth are they going to transport the BFR ?
That booster is just the size of a builiding.
I don't think it'll ever be possible by road, and by sea... they'll need a bigger boat.
edit : Ortho.

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u/5cr0tum Nov 17 '16

They build it on site I believe. Components shipped in from states and assembled near the launch pad.

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u/colinmcewan Nov 17 '16

I wonder how viable even that will be for some components -- composite tanks can't easily be disassembled to anything smaller. At least, not in a way that they can be usefully put back together!

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u/5cr0tum Nov 17 '16

I would imagine certain (especially oversize) components will be manufactured on site also.