"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
08/18/2016 at 14:10 • Filed to: Spacelopnik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
08/18/2016 at 14:10 • Filed to: Spacelopnik | 2
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Something appealing about these two pressure domes for the mighty SLS booster. Nicely proportioned. The NASA Social has been amazing. Lots of pics on Twitter and elsewhere. I will post more here later.
For Sweden
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:14 |
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Looks like a butt
Ash78, voting early and often
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:15 |
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To everyone who said NASA would eventually go tits-up, confirmed.
CalzoneGolem
> For Sweden
08/18/2016 at 14:23 |
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Yeah, that’s why they like it.
just-a-scratch
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:24 |
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So, those look like 13 or more panels formed and welded together right?
What are they made from? It looks all bright & shiny metallic, and it’s for a rocket so, Al? Ti? If it’s Ti, how do they form the panels? I imagine hydroforming is difficult with Ti as it’s so resilient.
ttyymmnn
> CalzoneGolem
08/18/2016 at 14:28 |
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They are engineers, after all.
Viggen
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:31 |
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NASA Social sounds really cool. Have you ever been to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station? Went six or seven years ago. Was really cool to see all the old launch sites, block houses, and LC-34, with a recently used SLC-37 in the background. I’ll have to post my pictures from it.
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f86sabre
> Viggen
08/18/2016 at 14:33 |
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Not yet. Need to.
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f86sabre
> just-a-scratch
08/18/2016 at 14:34 |
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Aluminum lithium. I still need to track down a rep to find out how they form them. They are joined via friction stir welding.
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Viggen
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:49 |
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It was a privilege and probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. As far as cool places I’ve been go, this and inside Cheyenne Mountain are at the top of the list.
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just-a-scratch
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:52 |
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I suppose stir-friction weld is better to avoid inclusions, oxidation, & slag. Fancy.
Frank Grimes
> f86sabre
08/18/2016 at 14:59 |
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these are better than the maybach coupe. cut out holes for windows and i would drive them. kind of a buckminster fuller car.