Space Age Magazine
http://forum.spaceagemag.com/

Space X's Falcon 9-Heavy
http://forum.spaceagemag.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1097
Page 1 of 1

Author:  RickLewis [ Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Space X's Falcon 9-Heavy

This one looks like a mean machine. And it is built by a private company, too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12975872

Quote:
SpaceX of California says it plans to launch the most powerful expendable rocket since the Apollo era in 2013.

The Falcon 9-Heavy is a beefed up version of the vehicle the company will soon use to send a robotic cargo ship to the International Space Station.

The new rocket should be capable of putting more than 53 tonnes (117,000lb) of payload in a low-Earth orbit - more than twice that of the space shuttle.

CEO Elon Musk said the rocket would be made safe enough to launch astronauts.

"It is designed to meet the Nasa human-rating standards," he said. "So, for example, it is designed to structural safety margins that are 40% above the actual flight loads it would expect to encounter."

The performance promised by the 70m-tall (227ft) rocket would make possible bigger, more ambitious missions beyond the space station, he added.


(there is more - this is just the start of the news item.)

Author:  RickLewis [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Space X's Falcon 9-Heavy

I just found this old thread which I started in 2011, and which went nowhere at the time. Thought I'd bump it up to the top, in view of today's phenomenally successful first launch of the Falcon Heavy. I watched the livestream of it on the SpaceX website a couple of hours ago, and I'm still awestruck. All I can say is, wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c

Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
https://www.phpbb.com/