SpaceX - Neuigkeiten

A Shortfall of Gravitas

Looks like SpaceX has a new recovery ship; 'Go Pursuit'. Guessing it's going to assist in Droneship operations, possibly to be the other half to Mr Steven and catch fairings, or even just to assist in Dragon 1/2 Recovery.

Aber das ist halt alles Spekulation.

Daher bitte alles weitere im entsprechenden Thread und nicht hier. 

1. "How long will this take?" - I'm optimistic but i'm trying to re-calibrate, but we are building the first ship right now, and I think we can start doing the first up and down flights in the first half of next year. If rapid re usability works out we are confident we can get the cost of a BFR launch down to 5 or 6 million dollars.

2. "How do you manage your time?" - At SpaceX 80-90% of my time is focused on engineering and Gwynne Shotwell handles the business side of things. And that video is the result of the great people at SpaceX.

3. "Who are you inspired by" - Kanye West obviously. laughter

4. "So why do all of these things?" - Well I thought to myself why are we not making progress in space? Where are the bases on the moon and the space hotels as promised? I looked at NASA's website and it never says when were going to Mars. There will also be no will to go to Mars if there is no way to get there.

5. "Why is no one else doing these things?" - What's your pain threshold?

6. "What was your biggest failure and how did it change you?" - Tons of failures along the way. For SpaceX, the first 3 Falcon 1 launches failed. Maybe if I was able to hire a better chief rocket designer, then maybe we would've had less than 3 failures.

7. "How do you prioritize all your companies?" - For business stuff almost all time is dedicated to SpaceX and Tesla. For non business stuff it's my kids. Boring Company started as a joke because it sounded funny.

8. "Why are you so concerned about AI?" - The biggest issue with civil AI experts is that they think they know more than they really do. Very close to the cutting edge of AI, and it scares the hell out of me. I think the dangers of AI are way worse than nukes.

9. "What issues should the next generation be solving?" - Making life multi-planetary. Need to make sure there is a seed to keep humanity going in case of another dark age, possibly caused by a third World War. Sustainable energy is also really important.

10. "What do you hope the world will look like when children born today are your age?" - Mostly transferred to sustainable energy, base on the Moon and Mars. Anyone can go to Mars or anywhere in the Solar System. Achieve symbiosis with AI.

11. "What can you tell us about Starlink" - Internet for people with no internet, good for sparsely and moderately populated areas. Will be good to fund BFR.

12. "What kind of government for the first Martian colony? Your position?" - Emperor or God Emperor? Really most likely direct democracy. Everyone votes on every issue. Keep laws short. If the word count on a law exceeds Lord of the Rings then it's to long and suspicious.

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-Really the 6th iteration of F9
-Last major revision
-Up to 300 more flights with block 5
-2nd stage has block 5 engine but will operate like a block 4 for this flight
-Re-flying same block 5 core within 24 hours next year
-No more aluminum grid fins
-Elon confident that full reusability of the Second Stage is achievable.
-Will add thermal protection system to 2nd stge
-Fuel costs $300,000-400,000. Still hoping to get the marginal cost of a Falcon 9 launch down to $5-$6 million.
-first stage 60 percent of cost, 2nd stage 20, fairing 10, everything else 10
-Expecting no unnecessary action between flights. Fold up legs, attach 2nd stage and go.
-First block 5 to 10 flights most likely next year. Big milestone Elon says.
-Need to take this booster apart after this flight since it's the first Block 5
-Human rated rockets must be overdesigned by 40% for crew safety
-Boca Chica will be re-dedicated to BFR
-30 to 50 Block 5 cores planned
-SpaceX charging $50 million for flight proven flight, instead of $62 million for a new one.
-Load and Go issue has been overblown. CAN load fuel and then have astronauts board
-Massive amount of research and testing in COPV 2.0. Most advanced pressure vessel ever developed by humanity.

SpaceX will prob build 30 to 40 rocket cores for ~300 missions over 5 years. Then BFR takes over & Falcon retires. Goal of BFR is to enable anyone to move to moon, Mars & eventually outer planets.