Is that payload or include the mass of the rocket?
Payload
Mass of the rocket is kinda irrelevant. Since huge portion of a rocket's launch mass is propellant, usually the bigger/heavier the rocket, the more payload it can put to orbit (of course engine efficiency and some other things are factors).
If you meant the COST of the rocket, in these calculations it gets directly transferred to the "cost of payload to orbit". It's basically the sum of the rocket itself, the operational costs, development costs etc. that were needed to make the launch happen / how much stuff it can take up there. It's may not be the actual cost to orbit for the company buying the delivery service, since there can be subsidies etc.
But gotta say it's rare that my jaw drops through the floor, and THAT launch and catch did it.
Re: Random stuff
Posted: 18 Oct 2024 12:34
by salmar80
This is some breathtaking, next-level footage of the Space X booster catch from Everyday Astronaut's crew, including an impossible-to-pull-off continuous tracking shot from liftoff to catch (dude will need to buy a new cabinet for the awards he'll get for it). I've never seen footage this fantastic - it even made me emotional.
I mean, how often can you see a giant flying prank cigarette, a flying saucer and an impossible catch of a rocket booster with chopsticks in one awe-inspiring sitting?
The sonic boom in the clouds and the leaves of a tree... The water vapor coming at you like a pyroclastic flow. The vapor getting sucked into the plume at liftoff in slo-mo... Seeing it lose 2 (maybe 3) heat shield tiles at liftoff... The beautiful mach diamonds and expanding plume and condensation forming... The awesome tracking shot - Mind is blown you got the entire flight!. I've never seen a stage separation or boost back burn that beautiful... The jettisoned hot stage ring falling in front of the booster, looking like a flying saucer... The engine bay being a flaming pit during re-entry. Seeing one of the exterior steel sheets getting torn loose at 27:57 and then it's counterpart getting torn off right before landing burn start (less damage than I thought from previous footage).
I came across a cartoony arcade football game called Wild Card Football that was for free for a period on Epic Games Store, and was shocked to find out they had an actual NFLPA license. But not NFL license. I didn't know that was even possible. So it was Team Love vs Team Goff, with real player names but made-up (fugly) uniforms, stadiums etc.
The game itself is pretty basic, no roster management or multi-year franchise mode, no complicated playbook, just press A to play. Didn't grab my attention for long, but might be fun with a friend on the same couch. Gotta say it felt fresh to play anything else than Madden, which keeps disappointing every year. I wish some studio would do an actual competitor to Madden with the players license, might light a fire under EA Sports' butt...
