Falcon Heavy to Launch in November - CR4 Discussion Thread

Home

Products & Services

Engineering News

Standards

Webinars

Engineering Forum

Login

CR4 Home | General Discussion | General Discussion

4 comments

Rate

Comments: Nested

Bayes The Engineer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 5060 Good Answers: 129	Falcon Heavy to Launch in November 07/28/2017 3:07 PM
	The Falcon Heavy, a launch vehicle with a payload to low earth orbit of just under half that of the Saturn V rocket, will have its maiden launch sometime this November. It will be the most powerful launch vehicle active today if it's successful. Here is an article detailing the plans: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-falcon-heavy-20170728-story.html
	Register to Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.

Join CR4, The Engineer's Place for News and Discussion!

SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Falcon Heavy to Launch in November 07/28/2017 4:17 PM
	__________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
	Register to Reply

James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Falcon Heavy to Launch in November 07/28/2017 4:27 PM
	What is that top animation supposed to be? Falcon Heavy? She looks pretty big to me. The real question, is can and will she carry the freight? __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
	Register to Reply

SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Falcon Heavy to Launch in November 07/28/2017 5:06 PM
	Why, whatya' got? ..."The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and will consist of a strengthened Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional Falcon 9 first stages as strap-on boosters. This will increase the low Earth orbit (LEO) maximum payload to 63.8 metric tonnes, compared to 22.8 tonnes for a Falcon 9 full thrust."... That's over 140k lbs....or nearly a whole space shuttle... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
	Register to Reply

James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Falcon Heavy to Launch in November 07/31/2017 11:30 AM
	Sounds like a good start. How many lawyers will fit on board that, and not overload? Average lawyer weight is 333 lbs. (151.05 Kg). Some fatter than others. Send the fat ones first. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
	Register to Reply

	Got Something to Say?
	Ask a Question Start a Discussion

	Search this Forum
	General Discussion: Go

CR4 Sections

	Aerospace
	BioMech & BioMed
	Chemical & Material Science
	Civil Engineering
	Communications & Electronics
	Education and Engineering Careers
	Electrical Engineering
	General Discussion
	Instrumentation
	Manufacturing
	Mechanical Engineering
	New Technologies & Research
	Software & Programming
	Sustainable Engineering
	Transportation

	Site Directories
	Forum Directory Blog Directory User Group Directory RSS Feeds CR4 Rules of Conduct CR4 FAQ Site Glossary Who's Online (69 right now) Show Members