v2 launch on 13th januaryprevious >>16537041
JPL will burn, rejoice!
THE OLD ONE IS STILL ON PAGE 9 REEeeeeeeeee!!!!one!
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>>16539630this is all because Jack Parsons consorted with devils.
why hexagonswhy not triangles
>>16539630>another delay for dragonflyPlease, God no.
>>16539648Rocket Lab will build a better Dragonfly
>>16539652>Rocket Lab being allowed near an RTG in the next decadelol no
>>16539653They will get COTS RTG.
>>16539648JPL isnt building Dragonfly
is 4chan breaking? for some reason this sfg, the main comment is the thread title in the catalog and in my browser tab name
>>16539660oh lol the silly OP made their NAME the title
>>16539630
>>16539667go back there, faggot
>>16539645Too pointy
>>16539645Hexagons are just 6 triangles
>>16539779no, 6 sides
>>16539782Someone failed geometry
>>16539645the real reason is they would be have to be too small to get smooth enough curves, increasing the number of tiles that need to be fitted.
>>16539645triangle tiles would mean more surface area exposed to the reentry heat reaction, because it dramatically increases the number of seamsthe more tiles you use, the more likely one of them will fail
>>16539816then why not make one big tile?
>>16539816Maybe. They don't seem to be that concerned about tile failures; Starship is designed to tank individual failures and SpaceX's overall philosophy seems to be "just get good enough at parts so that we're not worried about them failing." My guess would be that triangular tiles would increase the minimum number of attachment points past what they want to put up with.
>>16539820that would be ideal in a best case scenario, at least for the issues I'm pointing outhowever, installation and reuse would be ridiculously hardto say nothing of the difficulty in actually manufacturing such a massive single plate
>>16539786why did you post a cube?
another problem with the "single plate" idea is quality controlif there's a structural flaw detected, you'd have to replace the entire thingwhereas if it's just one tile that's not a big deal because you mass produce them
>>16539786I count 6 sides
>>16539786someome ripp3d there penis in half
>>165398426 triangles
this thread is gay as fuck I'm making a new one
real thread here>>16539884>>16539884>>16539884
>>16539891don't be a faggot, nigger
>>16539879awww little penis hurty?
>>16539867it's 1 hexagon, hexa means 6, gon means sides. 6 sides
>>16539914nobodys said anything about sides
>>16539948triangles are a separate kimd of shape. they have 3 angles (tri, angle)
>>16539914>hexamagic>gondragonhope this helps
>>16539986hats are gone
