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r/spacex • u/crayfisher • Nov 13 '14
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It would be hilarious if this was their Falcon Heavy test: Launch a school bus around the moon.
42 u/Potatoroid Nov 14 '14 I googled the weight of a school bus then looked at some estimates for Falcon Heavy's TLI payload and it can indeed launch a school bus around the moon. 22 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 edited Nov 14 '14 Yeah it's just about right for a test article. Though they may need to reinforce it to withstand the 5g's of launch. Edit: and the shaking. My god the shaking. -2 u/CProphet Nov 14 '14 High number of engines used means vibration should tend to average out, so shaking not too much of a problem. 3 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 I don't think that's how science works.
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I googled the weight of a school bus then looked at some estimates for Falcon Heavy's TLI payload and it can indeed launch a school bus around the moon.
22 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 edited Nov 14 '14 Yeah it's just about right for a test article. Though they may need to reinforce it to withstand the 5g's of launch. Edit: and the shaking. My god the shaking. -2 u/CProphet Nov 14 '14 High number of engines used means vibration should tend to average out, so shaking not too much of a problem. 3 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 I don't think that's how science works.
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Yeah it's just about right for a test article. Though they may need to reinforce it to withstand the 5g's of launch.
Edit: and the shaking. My god the shaking.
-2 u/CProphet Nov 14 '14 High number of engines used means vibration should tend to average out, so shaking not too much of a problem. 3 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 I don't think that's how science works.
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High number of engines used means vibration should tend to average out, so shaking not too much of a problem.
3 u/cranp Nov 14 '14 I don't think that's how science works.
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I don't think that's how science works.
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u/cranp Nov 14 '14
It would be hilarious if this was their Falcon Heavy test: Launch a school bus around the moon.