Posted on 02/04/2015 1:32:27 PM PST by BenLurkin
Inspired by a book and poster from 1995, titled Rockets of the World, graphic artist Tyler Skrabek has provided a new and updated clean look for his latest work.
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He wanted an uncluttered look for his poster, and therefore used a set of rules to eliminate some rockets: The Rocket had to have more than 3 successful flights and each rocket had to be unique no later versions from the same rocket family, such as the Soyuz.
Also, rocket wannabes didnt make the cut not yet anyway.
Just to keep things tidy I choose not to include rockets that havent flown yet on the off-chance they dont actually make it off the ground, Tyler said on reddit. But rest assured there will be a version that includes the Falcon 9 Heavy as soon as it does.
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Even the tunes are downers.
The Buran never had a manned flight, either.
Correct. Buran flew one time, unmanned.
Not only that, the V2 was the basis for every liquid-fueled space program on Earth, either directly (captured after WWII) or indirectly (help from US or USSR).
I’d love to have seen any launch, but the really big ones had to be special. As C the L said, they can be heard and seen from a long way off, which puts the anal probe to the idea of a “secret Apollo launch” which was intercepted by aliens on the back side of the Moon, or whatever the tinfoiled meme is.
:’) nice choice.
actual and proposed SpaceX big boosters, showing the Falcon 9 (the current one) as well as the Falcon Heavy (used to be called Falcon 9 Heavy) and the Falcon 10 / heavy / XX.
http://www.humansinspace.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Falcon-9-2.jpg
I think the strap-on boosters for the Energia were liquid-fueled, as opposed to the SRBs used on the Shuttle. Does that ring a bell? I’d look it up, but it’s naptime.
When Falcon Heavy lifts off later this year, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit over 53 metric tons (117,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and reliability of Falcon 9. Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate nearly 4 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft operating simultaneously. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars. *
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Thanks for posting that. My late dad worked on the space program and loved everything to do with rocketry.
We lived close enough to a rocket testing facility that we could hear - and feel the rumble through the ground even though we were miles away.
The power of those rockets was incredible.
Both survived space, flight, Thank God, many Soviet dogs did not.
Had one. Loved it.
What fun those things were.
I'll agree with that!!!!
I just love to sit and watch that one full screen. The music is perfect.
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