Posted on 06/28/2015 9:31:41 AM PDT by Enlightened1
SpaceX just failed at its third attempt..
(Excerpt) Read more at liveleak.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrLR2kv5KA
(Caution - long video)
One thing Elon Musk said might interest you.
His prime goal is to bring down the cost of a space launch.
According to Musk, a methane powered rocket engine can be refurbished and reused many more times than a rocket powered by other types of fuel.
yes for progress/orbital nasa has one more docking coller at ksc
If you read your link, you will find that is in development and not yet in use.
Does that matter?
You said it wasn’t used for rocket fuel. You were wrong.
Not only that, this isn’t the only rocket out there using Methane.
No rockets use it for fuel.
Rockets are in development to use it in the future.
SpaceX is trying to develop it for going to Mars. It is 27% less efficient that using the Kerosene type fuel. They are looking at using it for that trip so that the rocket can be refueled from resources available on Mars.
Wrong. LOX-kerosene.
One thing Elon Musk said might interest you.
His prime goal is to bring down the cost of a space launch.
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He’s already brought down launch costs and wants to bring them down much more. But the people who’ve already decided to hate him don’t want to hear it.
http://www.braeunig.us/space/propel.htm
Here we have another company that developed a methane rocket engine and tested it on the ground. But it has not be installed and used on a rocket.
http://xcor.com/engines/LOX-methane_5M15.html
If you can show me where it has been used on a rocket, I will be glad to confirm I am wrong.
Yeah, you would say that because you’re [part of the conspiracy.
Wasn’t it carrying the new docking collar for the American segment? Plus a bunch of stuff to replace the supplies lost when that last Russian launch blew up?
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It’s a shame that the capsule didn’t parachute down to a safe landing, so all that stuff could be reused. The capsule apparently survived the disintegration of the rocket.
you made an absolute statement, you were wrong
live with it
Methane or Kerosene, all from drilling, I would be happy to see it used.
thanks, had to look it up already because someone insisted that there was no such thing as a methane powered rocket.
What rocket uses methane for fuel if I am wrong?
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/energyecon/lng/LNG_introduction_07.php
http://innerspace.net/tag/raptor/
so even though you are now putting caveats on your earlier statement, you are still wrong.
That wasn't correct, I remembered it wrong and should have included the link.
Methane as rocket 27% more volumetric than the RP-1/LOX combination.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/spacex-advances-drive-mars-rocket-raptor-power/
Blue Origin is already on their 3rd generation of LNG rockets
None of them show a rocket using methane.
As we discussed before, the raptor engine is in development and not being used.
so even though you are now putting caveats on your earlier statement
I stated in post 14: "Nor is methane used as rocket fuel."
I don't consider "in testing for future use on a rocket" the same as "used as rocket fuel".
Can you or someone else, show me where a rocket, not just a ground mounted rocket engine, used methane as fuel?
According to their web site, the LNG (methane) fueled rocket engine is still in testing.
https://www.blueorigin.com/technology#engine_stories_1
Engine Propellant - Thrust at sea level
BE-1 peroxide - 2,200 lb.
BE-2 kerosene + peroxide - 31,000 lb.
BE-3 liquid hydrogen + liquid oxygen - 110,000 lb.
BE-4 liquefied natural gas + liquid oxygen - 550,000 lb.
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