/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15669628
It will launch on schedule, but the schedule will change multiple times

>>15010853
It all depends on which schedule you choose.

>>14844489

>>12575552
>and it seemed like the SLS schedule had stabilized around a 2020 launch
>>12575419
>Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission officially concluded that the rapid decompression was caused by a faulty repair by Boeing technicians after a tailstrike incident during a landing at Osaka Airport in 1978. The rear bulkhead of the plane had been repaired with an improperly installed doubler plate, compromising the plane's airworthiness.
>>12575510
Every SSME has a documented history of which flights it was on. And now they will start ending with "Atlantic Ocean". Fuck SLS.

>>12066771
>>12066781
That's a funny way to write 3022.

>>11821180
>implying it will ever launch

>>11785526
SLS will never launch

>>11785390
No matter what it *will be* someday, New Glenn is still a paper rocket right now and for at least another year.

>>11770261
>implying SLS will ever launch

>>11320314
It needs to be like this one.
Date as the Y-axis? Oh shit Neptunian what you doing? So what even IS the X-axis?
>>11320317
That's like saying F9 should never had launched until each core was reusable ten times or more. That's an old-space attitude.
Fortunately, SpaceX realized that by first launching it as a "normal" rocket, they had plenty of free cores to develop the landing technique, while still running paying missions.
>>11320348
>a thruster not even firing.
That's okay, what's a thruster or a parachute not working, when they're all redundant! (insert unicorn sparkles here) Boing!
But SpaceX? They have to re-run their parachute tests ten times before NASA is satsified!

>>11039500
>What would such a rocket be capable of?
Launching, one would hope. I don't think even a BFR booster would be able to help the top half do that.

You know, if you graph announced SLS launch dates versus age of announcement, the slope indicates that we're less-than-a-year from initial launch.
If you do that for just the last 1000 days, it's only a little more than a year-and-a-half.
So, statistically, they're likely to make it by 2020-2021. They're not having a JWST situation, where the same method will give you an estimate of 2026.