Comments on: Reviewing the development of Starship/Super Heavy https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091911 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:05:10 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091911 In reply to Ray Van Dune.

Ray Van Dune: Did you try to change the color of unvisited links using your browser? In both Firefox and Seamonkey you can easily set that color to anything you want. Changing it to a darker yellow for example will certainly help for it to stand out.

This is the easiest solution, and then it would apply for you on all websites.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091908 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:37:22 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091908 Phill O’s comment is understandable. I have commented here before that the links on the site are difficult to find, relying only on font color differences that are difficult for my aging eyes to perceive.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091875 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:31:07 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091875 I agree with Skunk Bucket, that is a great article. The number of versions to the design and switching over to stainless steel is amazing, especially this sentence from the article “…301 series stainless steel: it handled structural stress better than carbon fiber, was far more heat tolerant (788 C vs. 250 C), cost $3 a kilogram versus $135 for carbon fiber, does not have carbon fiber’s 35% scrap rate, was easier to work with, remained ductile at cryogenic temperatures unlike most steels, and even had its strength boosted by 50% at those temperatures, limiting the mass difference.”
I have had a few design projects in which I used 301 and 304 stainless steel. Great against corrosion and had to compromise for the electrical-side for resistance, it is a great alloy, but a bit of a pain to machine (send it to a machinist).

]]> By: Skunk Bucket https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091833 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 02:20:25 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091833 I had frankly forgotten just how many iterations there were in the gestation of the Big Freakin’ Rocket. It’s amazing to see just how agile an organization can be when it’s not saddled with a ton of bureaucracy. Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091824 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:19:42 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091824 Thanks folk! Missed it on the link! Will look into new glasses!

]]> By: geoffc https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091808 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 21:32:30 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091808 @phill O: It is a NASASpaceflight.com (NSF) article, that has a 5 page breakup. Not the real NASA, the good NASASpaceflight. These guys have a web cam for launches and events in Florida and Boca Chica.

Great forums there as well. .

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091805 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:42:15 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091805 In reply to Phill O.

Phill O: It seems to me you should click on the link that I provided.

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/reviewing-the-development-of-starship-super-heavy/#comment-1091804 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:37:41 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=70261#comment-1091804 Bob: Are you, or is it NASA doing the five part series?

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