Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by dtparr on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @09:25PM
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The latest hardware revision that's expected to be the mainstay for F9 flights going forward. Has better performance and addresses some reusability issues discovered in earlier blocks.
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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by jotm on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @05:31AM
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But if they weren't on this flight, how sure is SpaceX that they are more reliable?
But yeah, that's just a question from my mind. This launch was amazing, the future in the making right here.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by MayeulC on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:23AM
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As far as I know, the center core was a block five one, but they didn't intend to refly it anyway, from what Elon said in the press conference. Maybe they intended to study it? If that's the case, there will probably be another "expandable" block five flight.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by collinmanderson on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:44AM
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According to reddit, even the center core (B1033) was Block 3. No block 5 cores have flown yet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/cores#wiki_.5Bfh.5D_b10...
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by mohaine on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:50AM
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The plain is to lock down block 5's design so it can be man rated which in itself would make it more reliable. This will probably not happen until they fly them a few times though so that wouldn't mean the first block 5s would be more reliable.