Elon seems to have given up rather quickly on the idea of Starsgip
landing with legs etc, and the focus now is on "Stage 0" with the arms
that hope to grab both the boosters and Starship as they land.
I know, iterative design. Get it to fly before worrying about landing.
The Stage 0 cradle capture is fine if Starship is to launch a satellite
and come back to Texas.
But since the goal is to go to Mars and Moon, those missions will
reaquire some real landing legs. And these legs will require some hefty >strength to absorb the weight+impact at landing, as well as support a
fully fueled vehicle prior to departure.
The landing legs for Mars obviously can't be as light as the Moon
variant but even at 0.3794g they can still be much lighter than on
Earth AND they're quite a bit down the development pipe.
On Oct/31/2021 at 11:32, Torbjorn Lindgren wrote :
[snip]
The landing legs for Mars obviously can't be as light as the Moon
variant but even at 0.3794g they can still be much lighter than on
Earth AND they're quite a bit down the development pipe.
Do you know something about SpaceX schedule for going to Mars that I
don't? Last I heard Musk wanted to reach Mars around 2026. I never
thought that SpaceX would keep that schedule, but I don't think that
Musk wants to push the development of Mars landing legs "quite a bit
down the development pipe".
On Oct/31/2021 at 11:32, Torbjorn Lindgren wrote :
[snip]
The landing legs for Mars obviously can't be as light as the Moon
variant but even at 0.3794g they can still be much lighter than on
Earth AND they're quite a bit down the development pipe.
Do you know something about SpaceX schedule for going to Mars that I don't? Last I heard Musk wanted to reach Mars around 2026. I never thought that SpaceX would keep that schedule, but I don't think that Musk wants to push the development of Mars landing legs "quite a bit down the development pipe".
Refueling needs to be solved before legs for Mars or even the moon.
On 2021-11-03 06:45, Snidely wrote:
Refueling needs to be solved before legs for Mars or even the moon.
What happens if the use the space in the skirt for refueling and once
that is done , set, cast in concrete, they realise there is no space
left for proper landing gear?
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