WTF/FUNNY Gifs, Pics, & Videos: Volume 3

[someoneyouknow]

Kennedy Space Centre is not accounted for in the construction of the rocket.

NASA uses the Kennedy Space Centre just as SpaceX uses it. Its a wash.

What I was referring to was the actual cost of the rocket.

$1Bn for NASA to build it . . .

$100M for SpaceX.

(Figures are approx)

Designing something from scratch, without a reference on how to build it, will always cost more than being able to look at something which is already done and using that as your model.

 

[jomar]

Because like uncountable private companies, they leech off the taxpayers.

Probably had to pay a launch fee.

 

[Rawhide_101]

Designing something from scratch, without a reference on how to build it, will always cost more than being able to look at something which is already done and using that as your model.

Agreed . . . so why is NASA so expensive? What about Apollo 5, 6, etc? NASA has the blueprints, so to speak.

I would think that NASA and SpaceX could build a similar rocket at roughly the same cost (heck, NASA should be cheaper).

NASA has only been to the moon . . . or have they?

 

[someoneyouknow]

And someone will blame the truck for tying up traffic because they had an accident.

P.S. This was on Route 59 in Rosenberg, TX

 

[jomar]

Agreed . . . so why is NASA so expensive? What about Apollo 5, 6, etc? NASA has the blueprints, so to speak.

I would think that NASA and SpaceX could build a similar rocket at roughly the same cost (heck, NASA should be cheaper).

NASA has only been to the moon . . . or have they?

They could except NASA had to buy $1000 hammers and wrenches which drove up costs a bit.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Because like uncountable private companies, they leech off the taxpayers.

It is estimated that it costs approximately $90 million to launch the Falcon Heavy. By contrast, the cost of launching rockets from SpaceX competitor United Launch Alliance will run $422 million per takeoff by 2020, according to one analysis of Air Force documents.

SpaceX will save taxpayers a shitload of money as well as jumpstart a new space race which will create thousands of new jobs as well as new space-based industries.

 

[Dreamliner]

It is estimated that it costs approximately $90 million to launch the Falcon Heavy. By contrast, the cost of launching rockets from SpaceX competitor United Launch Alliance will run $422 million per takeoff by 2020, according to one analysis of Air Force documents.

SpaceX will save taxpayers a shitload of money as well as jumpstart a new space race which will create thousands of new jobs as well as new space-based industries.

and that is why rocketlab is launching from New Zealand, using carbon fibre electron rockets, with each launch costing $5 million.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

and that is why rocketlab is launching from New Zealand, using carbon fibre electron rockets, with each launch costing $5 million.

If I remember correctly, I believe that Rocketlab's rockets are much smaller for the purpose of launching small cube-sat payloads...hence, the $5 million cost.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Daffuq?!?

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Don't turn around.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Kennedy Space Centre is not accounted for in the construction of the rocket.

NASA uses the Kennedy Space Centre just as SpaceX uses it. Its a wash.

What I was referring to was the actual cost of the rocket.

$1Bn for NASA to build it . . .

$100M for SpaceX.

(Figures are approx)

And that's NASA taking the lowest bid to build the damn thing.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

This is what happens to aluminum when a 1/2 oz piece of plastic hits it at 15,000 mph in space.

 

[Not Normal]

This is what happens to aluminum when a 1/2 oz piece of plastic hits it at 15,000 mph in space.

What's the story behind this?

 

[AngeloMichael]

Daffuq?!?

"That is the last time I hitch a ride in a Roadster!"

 

[Cumference]

What's the story behind this?

High velocity impact studies.

Basically “what happens when you run into 10 km/s junk in space”.

 

[lovecraft68]

What's the story behind this?

Millions in tax dollars while people starve.

 

[someoneyouknow]

What's the story behind this?

I would like to say for space research. What happens when an itsy bitsy piece of space junk traveling thousands of miles per hour slams into a satellite.

 

[oggbashan]

I would like to say for space research. What happens when an itsy bitsy piece of space junk traveling thousands of miles per hour slams into a satellite.

You lose your TV channels.

 

[FL30]

Don't turn around.

Well, at least one guy was worried enough to look around. I wonder how many times they tried this to get the exact braking and stopping points located?

 

[FL30]

Close call. [gifv]

They're lucky that the open door or the front fender didn't hit them, as well!!

 

[FL30]

Should have given him a kick to the side for being a twat.

Well, she did take him down in a body slam.