SpaceX's Big Solution to Solve NASA's New Space Plane TROUBLE!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- SpaceX's Big Solution to Solve NASA's New Space Plane TROUBLE!
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SpaceX's Big Solution to Solve NASA's New Space Plane TROUBLE!
No doubt! Dream Chaser is teetering on the edge of the abyss because it no longer has a launch vehicle as planned for its first launch.
Who will help them? Well, no one else but SpaceX. But it won't be the Falcon 9 rocket, so which one will it be, the Falcon Heavy or the Starship?
Let’s find out on today's episode of Alpha Tech:
As we know, ULA was very eager to proceed with its second launch in September because this is the final step before the new rocket can be certified to perform national security missions for the Department of Defense.
SpaceX's Big Solution to Solve NASA's New Space Plane TROUBLE!
Meanwhile, Sierra reportedly informed ULA that it had “significant risk” toward making the September launch date and that it would “step aside” so the rocket company could move ahead with its certification.
In a separate statement, Sierra Space said that despite the setback, their first Dream Chaser spacecraft, named Tenacity, is still on track for its first mission before the end of the year. Tenacity, along with the expendable Shooting Star cargo module, completed environmental testing, a series of tests to ensure the vehicle will survive the harsh conditions of launch and orbit, in early May. The spacecraft was moved to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida later that month, where they are currently undergoing final testing before launch.
SpaceX's Big Solution to Solve NASA's New Space Plane TROUBLE!
While the delay is a major disappointment for space enthusiasts eagerly awaiting Dream Chaser's launch, it is also a smart move by Sierra Space, as extending the testing period ensures that the efficiency and reliability of the first launch will be superior.
They have likely also learned some lessons from their competitor Boeing with the Starliner spacecraft, realizing they cannot allow their vehicle to have any issues in space leading to a failure like Starliner. Currently, Starliner is still stuck in space with no specific return date to Earth.
Another reason for the separation of Dream Chaser and Vulcan could be a mistaken collaboration from the start between ULA and Sierra Space.
For ULA, they should not have chosen a developing vehicle as their payload. They should have understood that they needed to act quickly to get their rocket operational. Meanwhile, the development of Dream Chaser is clearly slow and cannot keep up with their pace.
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SpaceX needs to make an announcement: "We have safety concerns about all NASA and DOD payloads. Therefore, we're suspending them until we conduct a safety review." Then, when the Feds stop messing around with Starship launches, resume them.
Is SpaceX still failing at putting DOD satellites in the contracted orbits on their own? Or do the satellite have to use their own rockets to put it in the proper orbit. Try working for SpaceX if you like working for 48 hours a week with no overtime pay.
@@mrbaab5932 Sounds like your a manager as non management employees must be paid OT by law.
This show was a waste of my time. Instead of a new episode it was just three previous episodes played back to back to back with nothing new to say. Obviously just put out to get some eyes and make money. If this keeps up I'm going to cancel my subscription.
Well if Starliner gets grounded, those spots open up.
Clickbait. SpaceX hasn't offered any solution, have they. This is just your speculation.
Sometimes it seems like it's just one Vulcan problem after another.
They better get their Vulcan act together.
the idea of Dream chaser coming out from Spaceship seems quite funny
The Dream Chaser lift problem, is an example of a point I made in a writ here on Alpha Tech months back.
That with fabrication and a standard engine,
it would be possible to use computer assisted design scaling, and build launch vehicles that were sized to fit the payload.
Basically by certifying a system of design and construction, and a system of engines, it would be able to be an efficient business model for individual payloads...
Instead of one size does all, or we only have three sizes, how bout, you tell us the weight and how high, and our design computer will spit out the plan and the cost...
Diameters, lengths, and number of engines are just variables...
For example:
Raptor 3's, and Starship style construction scaled by tube diameter, and fuel tankage required.
Would be a good business model, and if re usable you would build up a stock of sizes....
Might be hard on Competitors though, like BO or ULA, if there was a more affordable and more reliable option.
Another problem with Dream Chaser using the Falcon Heavy is the SpaceX have stated that they have no intention of pursuing human rating for that rocket so, while it could provide a short term path to orbit is would not provide Sierra with a path to their long-term goal of flying astronauts to space.
Dream Chacer doesn't require a faring. Infanct, the mand variant, would not have one for safety reasons.
Without a doubt, SpaceX 100% deserves and is the number one choice to launch the exciting dream chaser !
I am looking forward to this tech evolving onto a space plane that can take off and land like an airplane. But w/o the HUGE costs of the Space Shuttle. Like Elon said...the world doesn't need a new capsule. We need Spaceplanes that launch routinely with just two smaller reusable boosters "backboost" to earth and land. This us just stuck in my head. Like the ramp from Star Trek: Enterprise showing the development of a warp 5 engine. We just need the Space plane and the ramp!!!😮❤
Elon is the Man and space X rocks
Originally, Starliner was NASA's darling, SpaceX Dragon was the backup and Dream Chaser was named appropriately. Now, SpaceX has signed a follow on contract, Starliner is stuck on the ISS, and Dream Chaser might just place in the race. . Rather than 'satisfying the contract' and retiring, Dream Chaser has a real chance if they can get certified. The first flight is crucial for optics. Break out the Simonize and polish this thing up, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow just came out from behind the clouds. We aren't there yet, but since Starliner stumbled, Dream Chaser could have a payday. Since it was designed for ULA hardware and will now be adapted for SpaceX, NASA has the possibility of a certified vehicle with a choice of launch vehicles. Redundancy in launch is a selling point for NASA. Take the first ride on SpaceX and the second ride on ULA to fulfill that contract. Get certified both ways. Starliner gets left behind.
Glad Sierra is not letting the ULA Tail wag the dog. Hoping they don't have a Stuckliner thrusters. Wouldn't surprise me if Stuckliners problems are inspiring Sierra to look a little closer.
ULA is finally stepping away from the soviet engines they have depended on up to this point. ironic......
Great Video ! The Sierra Space Dream Chaser is what the NASA Space Shuttle should have been ! The Dream Chaser was first planned to launch from the Atlas Rocket, but can use any capable booster to reach LEO ! The Dream Chaser is designed to launch to the ISS, the New ISS and soon the low inclination LEO CSS with a Fuel Depot nearby ! After the Crew Dream Chaser docks or mates with the LEO CSS the four Lunar Workers can transfer to the HLS/LEV/LLV ! The HLS/LEV/LLV with a 6.1 km/sec delta-V can fly a mission to the Lunar Surface (LS) to support the South Pole Lunar Outpost/Base (Clementine Base) with a Fuel Depot nearby ! A Crew of twelve Lunar Workers can help expand the Outpost to a proper Lunar Base ! The Lunar Workers will also support the LS Fuel Depot to fuel the HLS/LEV/LLV for return to the LEO CSS ! Six flights a year from LEO to the LS will support the Lunar Workers for a six month Tour of Duty at the Lunar Outpost to expand to a proper Lunar Base ! The Tech developed to return to the moon to stay, can take US and the world to Mars and Beyond ! For more info read the paper "Moon Direct" by Robert Zubrin... Also a good read is the NASA designed "24-Hour Lunar Shuttle" (LEO to LLO) by Stan Borowski (NASA Glenn Research Center). tjl
Dream Chaser, if it can test successfully, and Starliner keeps having it's continuing problems, Dream Chaser should catch up easily. Especially if Space X will carry Dream Chaser into space. Valcon is not going to be available for anyone not within ULA's buddy system.
It´s terrible. Why is the ULA now the next Victim of Boeing? I think it will be better if Dreamcheaser is doing it´s first flight on a SpaceX Falcon or Falcon Heavy. That´s the best system in time now.
Still amazing that BO runs hardware poor on production of engines they need not only for their own needs for for customers. Raptor's reliability is increasing because of their high production.... BO is not like the run of the mill start up that has difficulty getting the funds to get the hardware availability where it needs to be. BO has the backing to make sure production of BE4 is ramped up to iron out productin problems etc. They can handle having a surplus of engines as they are open to selling them to outside customers such as ULA.
It appears that the delays are caused by personnel issues. Internal leadership must be weak. Building a space craft is not new territory so it's a matter of getting the objective completed and on time. Something is not right with the organization.
Yep…all victims of DEI incompetence which gets pushed down into their downstream supplier chains.
A whole bunch of words to say NOTHING! Learning from NASA
Yada, yada. yada! You took so long to explain the content of your video! A lot of repeating and bouncing around in your walk-through of the story line! And worst of all, your title of the video is totally misleading and qualifies as "click bait!" Really disgusting!
There is already a functional Spaceplane with YEARS of orbital experience that is still increasing. You neglect the X-37B spaceplane by Boeing which is in orbit and functional TODAY. What's really surprising is that Boeing didn't have the brains to propose a manned version of that already working and functional spaceplane and instead decided to develop the Starliner instead. It's not like the X-37 wasn't originally designed for manned flight.
It’s amazing that we even sent men into space and set foot on the moon 55+ years ago.
Smarter generation then than the current one.
@@bigal1863 nah not smarter, focused. SpaceX is the genius of our world focused in plain view. We could do even more if people cut the bullshit and worked together.
@@alphasanonymous3245 Bet only 1 out of 250 could operate a slide rule
@@bigal1863 I mean if you ask 1,000,000 what a micrometer is most would cross there eyes. I was lucky. My grandfather owned a business in the aerospace industry so I was exposed to a lot early on. I personally am in the medical field. But I cherish every memory from his prototype business.
@@bigal1863 think you are way low I'd be surprised if you could find 1 in 5000
Not a very astute comment. The whole issue is the cost of the launch vehicle ( stage 1). For the space shuttle each launch vehicle was a hugely expensive single use vehicle. Cost alone dictates that anyone who really wants to be competitive( not ULA) must use a recoverable and reuse-able launch vehicle. This awful video managed not to make that obvious point in its boring rehash of what almost everyone already knows. ItsSpaceX or nothing baby!
The reason for the stretches for the Russian astronauts was because they were in space for so long that they couldn't walk. They're bodies had been in microgravity for some time.
I would like to comment, but last time they warned me about hate language, so I’ll just keep my mouth shut!
I’ve had the same… so much for free speech!!
@@simonscofield8825 well, yes, as you're on a private platform which has the (free speech) right to editorial discretion
Just reword and say it. You have to say fo politely
“How DARE you!” Just kidding! 😊
SpaceX is a different class of utility.
It will probably turn out that Boeing engineers got their Starliner parts from Chinese manufacturers posted on Amazon.
Looking forward to Dream Chaser’s launch.
SpaceX needs to jump all over this opportunity. Proving the ability to meet the needs of unplanned opportunities would be a great advantage. The unintended consequences of the impressive successes of SpaceX on other launch providers is both amazing, and quite revealing of the market presence of other launch services companies. The free market certainly can both or taketh away!
The problem with Dream Chaser ground testing is it isn't Space where components that passed tests on the ground could fail in Space just like Starliner which passed all the ground tests allowing NASA to certify it for a crew mission only to find that Earth can't replicate what happens in space.
Like Space X Starship, Boeing should, in my opinion, have had more testing in space before sending astronauts up on a craft that had problems on its test flights.
On the other hand, Space X is working on its 5th launch in ensuring it gets everything right.
I suspect Space X will have 4-6 more launches before they are retrieving both the booster and starship on a routine basis. The the test will be launching Starlink v2 a number of times before trying to launch satellites and then a manned crew.
I think the reason NASA is cutting short extensive testing before allowing a crewed launch is cost. It cost hundreds of millions to billions to launch a single use ULA, SLS mission and only Space X is only launching Starship testing on it's own dime with the exception of the Starship version to go to the Moon which NASA is funding. But NASA isn't paying for the recovery of the booster and Starship prototypes--Musk is.
Single use rockets and engines will soon be obsolete which is what Blue Origin and ULA are trying to delay Space X use of the Kennedy Space Center launch pads.
Thanks for another awesome video of update on space.👍👍👍
Sierra Space needs to agressively get out of their contract with ULA. Then seek the help of SpaceX
Dream Chaser needs to get into the game. It and the Dragon capsule are an excellent complement to each other. They overlap and have their own special abilities. Starliner by Boeing is a waste.
Has anyone considered that the heat shield is likely to be as big an obstacle to rapid turnaround for this vehicle as it was for the failed Space Shuttle? Yes, it looks cool, but why does no one mention this?
Hi, who is the Problem ? Spaceship Tenacity with Fairing on the Booster from Starship . Ready to Fly Think thats enough Power .
Elon. Stop playin' and stick Dream Chaser on a Falcon Heavy as soon as Sierra Space can get it ready. You should also talk to Sierra Space about a merger, buyout, whatever. NASA, why are you still screwing around with Boeing and Starstuck? Time to replace Bill Nelson and get somebody to head NASA who has vision and ability and is willing to work for Donald Trump when he becomes president.
NASA has favored Boeing, it’s obvious when you look at the funding numbers. NASA needs to get out of bed with failing Boeing and look into someone who can get something done. Like Elon. JMO
The Space Shuttle orbiter was 100% successful over all its missions 136 missions. HOWEVER, defects in the launch system destroyed two of the orbiters.
I don't think the Challenger mission counts as successful as it never reached orbit.
You can’t separate the shuttle from its launch system when talking of safety - you can’t have one without the other…
@@simonscofield8825 The orbiter never failed.
@@theguyfromsaturn Destroyed by the launch system... are you having a tough time understanding that the launch system destroyed the orbit? Maybe you shouldn't be on a scientific chat, son.
@@lawrenceallen8096 Columbia did when it burned up on reentry. Too much critical surface exposed to hazards during launch. I said before this might happen. Sad I was right.
Do they want to be launched into space for free ?
You repeated some of the contact several times. Need to train the AI helping you with the content or at least review it.
Why keep on repeating same information, carry upto 7 astronauts. We heard that in the beginning. No need
repeating
This is just previous speculation from you.
Why consider using Starship to launch Dream Chaser, you can just use Starship.
Even launched with falcon heavy, it doesn’t really offer any advantages
I've been watching alpha tech for long. But sad to say the oration is mechanical and drab. The narration is repetitive and being used for time extension of the video. Sad, if things don't change I will find alternatives.
Dreamchaser is a different kind of space vehicle, which i believe will be heavily copied in the future. If they don't fly this year, I'm ok with it. But when they finally do take off, it's going to be EPIC!! It's the kind of space vehicle that depicts the kind of future many would love to see. Add a nuclear propulsion engine (once the tech becomes viable), then dreamxhaser class vehicles will be making regular manned trips to the asteroid belt and other heavenly bodies probing our solar system for resources and potentially habitable spots. Dreamchaser is the future, and SpaceX will help get them there. IMHO!
Totally agree!!! Dream Chaser is the way forward. We should be flying back from LEO hence the name. Mated with a SpaceX booster and it will truly be reusable. Very excited about this!
Starship will obsolete this thing. Why do you need it if you have starship?? What does it do for you??
I’m still waiting for them to make the Shuttle Delusional
I don't really see a future for Dream Chaser. What is it's mission? Just to be a means of taking cargo up into orbit. That is it, you can't launch a satellite from it, you can't use it as a means of repairing satellites, and it also just doesn't make good sense that it doesn't have a dedicated system to launch it into space. It's like a sports car made without a engine, so much potential but likely it will never be realized because it will never have a launch system to make it worth while.
I’m definitely looking forward to dream chaser launching on Falcon heavy. ULAis a joke.
ULA is 50% Boeing.
@@ghost307
Ok 50% a joke
@@Snoodlehootberry A snicker, perhaps?
Make shooting star lighter and put an extension between the two half's of the fairing on a falcon rocket.
Sierra has learned from Starliners' mistakes.
Mini shuttle = mini disaster,........same outcome, lots of high schools renamed.
It's unmanned
Starship is a whole body configuration away from being a suitable replacement, not a possibility for some time.
"Why was Dream Chaser not yet flown in orbit?" Because it's not fully built yet dippy do. You speak of Tenacity.
lol, yeah 10:51. After enduring all the rambling, which felt like watching paint drying, I seem to have missed SpaceX's Big Solution.
can't be starship cause FAA is refusing to let them fly.
Technically faa won't let starship land on chopsticks
@@lcstarchaser Technically Spacex is Chinese startup investment to boost US economy due to trade deficit. Thats the irony and that's just the tip of the icebergs. It is a flying chopsticks lol
Dream chaser was the Congressionally mandated craft never delivered before the first dollar was approved for ISS. The Dream chaser name was just a rebranding and relaunch of a late 90's craft that failed to certify. Further mini shuttles like it was used in the late 60's and 70's as test beds for the old shuttle fleet with a famous photo of 3 models. In the late 90's a replacement aero spike driven replacement shuttle was under construction that would have filled the same job range as the old shuttles while being fully self contained, no external tank or SRBs. It is odd that everything done now looks like copies of Gemini except for SpaceX's Starship with them repeating the same problems.
What is the actual point on DS? It goes up, it comes down. Re supply should be let to Dragon. "if's not broken , don't fix it." Lets just see what happens with SS. Then have a conversation on weather or not Dream Chaser is worth it. Everyone has their pedal to the metal," and its costing billions of dollars. give it all to X, and collaborate.
Dream chaser has many advantages over dragon it can carry more payload and he can land at almost any large airport in the world. This is not saying it's better just different and has different mission profile. In fact is a perfect partner to the SpaceX dragon far better than the Boeing starliner which basically duplicated in principle SpaceX dragon mission profile.
So because some old tech is good at what it does, they should stop trying to innovate, create and improve?....
Sounds like progressive logic there budd.
Dream chasers point is runway landing, which, with experience, will reduce the time to move some payloads (mostly the live animal experiments) from touch down to a controlled environment and the lower G forces on landing. Version 2 will be crewed, meaning it would also be able to return injured astronauts to a hospital environment quicker than the ocean landings performed by crew dragon.
Really love your posts. I watch Malcom House, so I keep well informed on space topics. Thank you for what you do!!!
May be the good idea for using 4 Falcon 9 to launch a new space shuttle..
A rail launch seems to be the best option for this craft… but apart from knowing much about mechanics and aerodynamics, what do I know 😅
government tried it a long time ago for landing airplanes, and couldn't do it. That is probably why they are trying to stop him.
Falcon heavy with no fairings
Wouldn't get past max Q!
I see so much crap here..
Dream chaser is still scheduled to fly on ULA's Vulcan Centaur, though not this next one. Delay is a Sierra Space thing and not ULA. ULA is using the next V-C launch to lift a dummy load as a goal toward any DoD launch.
That is not true. ULA chose to run a dummy load after the latest upper stage delay Pushing thier schedule even further back. Then NASA delayed the dream chasers final check out at KSC. When the Space Force fined ULA for Blue Origins antics on the BE4 engine delays, that was the final nail in the coffin for ULA Vulcan Centuar certification. so, ULA threw Dream chaser under the bus. This is just more antics by ULA and Boing and Blue Origin for their failure to complete contractual obligations. You know any contractors tried to pull any of the crap these guys do they would be toast.
@@AgraFarmsllc First V-C flew. This upcoming flight was supposed to be Dream Chaser. Yes, due to delays, Dream Chaser flight has to be rescheduled to NET unknown. ULA, however, IS flying a dummy payload in its place. All this is public record. Also ULA is also lined up for DoD launches but needs 2 successful launches to flight qualify - also public record. Whether you like it or not.
On the subject of delays over the BE-4, that might very well be ongoing but its NOT preventing the contract ALREADY awarded going ahead. In fact for 'round three' BO is already lined up too... Again a matter of public record...
Launch inside a falcon 9 or onto one space x boosters.
Starship has no big needed cargo door. With current design, I doubt that that is even structurally possible. Starship should be redesigned as a shuttle type vehicle, with said cargo-door, and wings to land like a plane.
Will Dreamchaser even have a destination to launch to as long as that piece of junk Boeing sent up to the ISS is using up one of the docking ports?
BE-4 powered Vulcan completed its cert-1 orbital flight successfully 7 months ago.
way too many "nothing words..."
5:10 SpaceX does not use larger fairings on super heavy, they are the same fairings used by both variants of falcon
A washing machine can fly if you have a big enough engine.
Great update 👍
Naturally, the capsule has such a familiar shape, it’s one of their old leftover capsules from the 60s.😂😂😂😂😂🤬🤬🤬🤬
Only if lunch of Falcon Heavy.
Anyone remember the six million dollar man? Ok the space craft look a lot like this ship
Shooting star burns up completely on re entry? That hasn't worked out fir SpaceX so well and they are much further ahead. Maybe a safty review is in order?🤔
it's bigger than a capsule. more things to break. i'd rather feel sea sick waiting for rescue in a capsule. looks cool though but how safe is it compared to a capsule
I think SpaceX could make a parshoot that would be venerable. Just think if the military can kick out big payloads then could come up with something to do the same thing.
Looking for parachute?
As much as I love Starship, it's not going to be ready for human transportation anytime soon. Not in the next two years. The government and other companies should be throwing far more money at it because it is going to revolutionize space industry. However.
It just seems "odd" to use a Starship to launch Dreamchaser. Not saying technically infeasible, it just begs the question, why? If you are going to do that, why not just use Starship itself? (other than landing site issues). Is it possible to launch Dreamchaser on just the superheavy booster (without Starship on top)? In any event, I am sure there will be something that can launch it, probably BO.
Let's Go !
For me, the Dream Chaser Cargo System cargo seems like a ½ solution, why shouldn't it also be reusable. I don't understand why they have chosen a mix of two different concepts in the overall solution, if anyone would be so kind as to explain this to me, thanks in advance.
Read my lips AT, This pos ain't goin' nowhere!
Glorified X37B
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ULA Junk!
Falcon dreamchaser falcon
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Unintelligible to my English ears, I'm afraid. Expected it to be interesting and informative but unable to comprehend much in the first few minutes. So I'll have to look elsewhere for one I can understand.
If I was to guess BFR would fly it no prob
I dont know if you realized this, but it seems like you've accidentally uploaded two drafts of the same video essay into this video, as you restart from the first point around the halfway mark
Next launch will be a 4th July.. now that Elon endorsed Trump .. big bada boom
How far would just the starship booster go with out the weight of the starship on top of it?
Well, I bet it could fly quiite far.., like TX to FL or more fuel for CA.. if they put wings, maybe AK or HI..
Dream Chaser is an outdated joke, it's like abandoning cars and going back to horse and carts.
would boing be using 737 max starlimo software n hydrogen piping
"Dreamchaser up to 1.5 tonnes of cargo" = "Dragon average 1500kg of cargo"
"Dreamchaser is somewhat more robust." !!?? Please explain.
First of all, 1.5 tonnes is the same as 1500kg.
Second, "up to" isn't the same as "an average of". Meaning actually Dragon could carry more! That seems Dragon is more robust to me.
1.5 ton is 3000lbs. or about 1360-1 Kg while close your numbers are off to use the equal bit. I am surprised they used the non metric system for a space or NASA bit. Of course this is America, we don't make sense, we make dollars and we know inches are better than centimeters and can prove it when she wants us too.
@@charlesmaurer6214 Oh! You mean an American ton! I'm from Mexico. 1 tonne = 1000 kg, 1 ton = 907.18 kg.
I thought he meant a tonne (metric).
Why you choose it???
I heard ULA is up for sale?
More delays!
Q1 2025
Hey Clarence!
You have no idea how much I appreciate your cough. I, like many others, don't like AI generated gibberish.
Thanks.