tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1803491667665280560..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: It's Looking Like Falcon Heavy Was A Successful Product LaunchSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57551145667813756812018-10-28T10:18:03.977-04:002018-10-28T10:18:03.977-04:00NASA is the epitome of a risk-averse, arthritic bu...NASA is the epitome of a risk-averse, arthritic bureaucracy, which probably explains both Beans' and LL's comments. Considering how much risk they put up with in the early days, it's hard to imagine. <br /><br />I worked on a subsystem for the ISS almost 30 years ago. Even then, people I knew on the inside said the most amazing thing about NASA and the thing worth celebrating, was that there were people who got things done despite the bureaucracy. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-36142518902052578672018-10-28T06:12:22.847-04:002018-10-28T06:12:22.847-04:00NASA is one of those moribund organizations, mired...NASA is one of those moribund organizations, mired in politics, rather than a focused organization that is mission oriented, the way that it once was.<br /><br />Sad.<br /><br />Then again, Barack made one of its missions - "Making Muslims feel good about themselves."LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-45494797486271517822018-10-28T01:09:01.141-04:002018-10-28T01:09:01.141-04:00This is excellent news.
Now, about that 3d printe...This is excellent news.<br /><br />Now, about that 3d printed F-1 made of only 40 parts that would be 1/4 the cost of an RS25 and reusable at that? One engine as powerful as 5 Merlins… <br /><br />Come on, NASA, get your head out of last century!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1252652551891309312018-10-27T23:14:14.585-04:002018-10-27T23:14:14.585-04:00Yup, takes that much OOMPH! to go direct to GTO fr...Yup, takes that much OOMPH! to go direct to GTO from Florida's (or California's) latitude.<br /><br />And he's doing it with LOX/RP2 vs LOX/LH2. Much less expensive, and easier to handle.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com