SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches

Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by jotm on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @05:31AM (#16323528)

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.

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by MayeulC on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:23AM (#16323938)

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.

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by collinmanderson on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:44AM (#16324017)

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...

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by mohaine on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @08:50AM (#16324334)

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.

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by rocqua on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:28AM (#16324573)

I recall reading or hearing yesterday that space-x no longer plans to man-rate any falcon-9s instead reserving that for the BFR.

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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches by dtparr on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:51AM (#16324727)

I believe that was in reference to the Falcon Heavy, not the F9. The F9 is expected to be man-rated for NASA's commercial crew program.

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