SLS RS-25 Engine Test Throttle's Up
NASA RS-25 SLS Engine Revs Up for Another Test [With Video]
“In auto racing parlance, NASA engineers put the “pedal to the metal” during a July 17 test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center.”
“During a 535-second test, operators ran the RS-25 through a series of power levels, including a period of firing at 109 percent of the engine’s rated power. Data collected on performance of the engine at the various power levels will aid in adapting the former space shuttle engines to the new SLS vehicle mission requirements, including development of an all-new engine controller and software.”
Your tax dollars at work. Whoopee.
What is the meaning of your comment, good or bad, It can be read both ways.
“Whoopee” without exclamation point “!” indicates irony and lack of enthusiasm. SLS is a great steaming heap of maggot-ridden pork, and in a sensible world would not exist.
So if it was SpaceX testing their SuperDraco it would be “Whopeee!!!!” ? So why don’t we just hand over the money to Elon and hope that he uses it what he promised rather than to bail out yet another one of his dreams.
You obviously have evidence of Musk not using money from contracts as promised and instead using it to bail out yet another one of his dreams? Please present that evidence. Note I’m using that I’m using the word evidence as a synonym of “facts”, not as something meaning “SpaceMunkie’s imagination” or “SpaceMunkie’s political bias” or “a product of SpaceMunkie’s disdain for Musk and SpaceX.” It might help to read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
troll
No, I’m asking you to present the evidence that you have that proves that Musk did not use money for projects as promised and instead used it to bail out yet another one of his dreams.
It’s your claim. You either have evidence or you don’t.
No, you are trolling for an argument.
Do you know what happens to the money he receives for each launch? I don’t either.
Awesome! SLS is really starting to come together.
Anybody keeping up with the schedule of when the full core stage ground fire is supposed to be?
It looks like 2016-2017 right now. I haven’t seen anything more specific than that.
Every day we get reports back from subcontractors on how difficult something is and how they are going to need more money and time. Right now it looks more like 2017-18