Jack, the exoskeleton items are structural bracing. The construction term for them may change from place to place but the function is to stiffen and brace the structure. Usually they only are diagonal but as this is such a tall & open structure the extra horizontal bracing is added. I have never seen this solution before, but not too mnay sites have to build in such a tight and windy site. It is similar in concept to straps on a wine barrel. I might term them outriggers which are the eaves supports to fascia along roofline, not exactly the same function but name sort-of works!
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FHM consulting is correct. Wind speeds up tremendously when it moves between objects like buildings. Once saw steel reservoirs collapse like tin cans only by the pressure created from the wind moving between them at high speed. If they were full, the pressure inside would have countered the external wind pressure.
Those are Horizontal trusses protruding from the outside of the highbay. We use those in home construction sometimes, and build them into the eaves of the roof. A lehperson with no construction or engineering background, would probably not noticed them in the construction of the house.
When they finally get a prototype to leap/orbit, they'll still have lots to do. One is to get SuperHeavy to launch (relatively easy, just scale up Falcon 9). Then they have to engineer a functional Starship with serviceable cargo bay, survivable crew cabin. There will still be a lot of iterative tests/failures/successes to go before we see full-scale production.
Jack, the exoskeleton items are structural bracing. The construction term for them may change from place to place but the function is to stiffen and brace the structure. Usually they only are diagonal but as this is such a tall & open structure the extra horizontal bracing is added. I have never seen this solution before, but not too mnay sites have to build in such a tight and windy site. It is similar in concept to straps on a wine barrel.
I might term them outriggers which are the eaves supports to fascia along roofline, not exactly the same function but name sort-of works!
Great Show guys... I for one always Love your broadcasts... and since I'm such a Nerd myself.. I never get tired of the rambling, so don't sweat that it's not perfect... it's all good.
Das... much better on the ums.... you guys rock!
The stiffeners on the outside of the building is called wind girders. They stiffen the building to prevent it from collapsing during high winds.
Why is the Orion's service module so small compared to that of the Apollo spacecraft?
FHM consulting is correct. Wind speeds up tremendously when it moves between objects like buildings. Once saw steel reservoirs collapse like tin cans only by the pressure created from the wind moving between them at high speed. If they were full, the pressure inside would have countered the external wind pressure.
Those are Horizontal trusses protruding from the outside of the highbay. We use those in home construction sometimes, and build them into the eaves of the roof. A lehperson with no construction or engineering background, would probably not noticed them in the construction of the house.
This is awesome!
When they finally get a prototype to leap/orbit, they'll still have lots to do. One is to get SuperHeavy to launch (relatively easy, just scale up Falcon 9). Then they have to engineer a functional Starship with serviceable cargo bay, survivable crew cabin. There will still be a lot of iterative tests/failures/successes to go before we see full-scale production.
They will get to Mars if they copy really good SpaceX or other company.
Curious question. Is there access to the internal workings of SN Starship's after nosecone secured?
Highbay Exoskeleton: Increases rigidity, maximizes interior space.
Cool
James Webb is launching in 2021. There folks. You can thank me later.
Bruh I came to join and it ended like 4 minutes ago
Do we know if the new high bay will have an integrated crane?
I'm going to be dead before JWST is operational... sigh!
Humans will get to mars before the telescope launches
It's a mass surrogate or substitute.....
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