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I'm in the boonies without a laptop, so I can't embed, but looks like the moon just became a stepping stone.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...7_making_life/ Current codename for the vehicle is BFR. ITS has been dropped. BFR will replace Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon. The vehicles will run concurrently for a while to ease customer onboarding. BFR should be cheaper to operate than Falcon 1. BFR has a reusable payload of 150 tons, and an expendable payload of 250 tons. The upper stage will come in crew, LEO cargo, and LEO tanker variants. The upper stage will have 4 vacuum Raptor engines and 2 sea level Raptor engines. The upper stage will contain 40 cabins, along with common areas. Each cabin is expected to house 2 or 3 people for a total crew capacity of approximately 100 people. On-orbit fuel transfer will be done from the rear of each BFR upper stage vehicle. BFR's first stage will have 31 Raptor engines. Raptor has achieved 1200 seconds of firing time over 42 test fires, the longest single firing being 40 seconds. Last year's 12-meter carbon fiber tank failed catastrophically while being tested well above margins. BFR will see application as a point-to-point travel method on Earth, with most terrestrial destinations within 30 minutes of each other. Launches from floating pads at sea. The aim is for BFR construction to begin in 6-9 months, with flights within 5 years. 2x cargo flights to Mars in 2022, 2x cargo & 2x crew in 2024. |
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Berger with an excellent write-up, as always...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...bit-more-real/ Includes a bunch of the presentation slides as well.
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