Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by valuearb on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:54AM
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Lots of it’s weight is in its butt. It will land fine.
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Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by thePunisher on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:38AM
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Not really. The passenger and cargo area are on top and the fuel tanks are at the bottom, which will be mostly empty after landing.
IIRC Starship has a cargo capacity of 100 metric tons, all of it topside. The Raptor engines at the bottom will counterbalance this somewhat but it will still be top-heavy.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by m4rtink on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @04:33PM
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IIRC at least in some iterations starship has cargo pots at the bottom inside the "skirt" next to/between the vacuum optimized outer engines. That could help weight distribution & makes the pods easily acessible once you drop them to the surface post landing.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by valuearb on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @04:13PM
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That’s my point. Those Raptors are heavy.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by thePunisher on Thursday June 04, 2020 @09:09AM
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Not that heavy. A Raptor weighs 1500kg (1.5 metric tons) so 6 of them makes 9 metric tons while the weight at the top of Starship should be almost 100 tons.