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The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by cldellow »

debbiedowner wrote: post #37
ceejayoz wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that's one of several options to earn entries. You can just donate to St. Jude.

Where do you see that? The rules https://www.inspiration4.com/rules Say: Rules Shift4Shop Inspiration4 Contest Official Rules Shift4Shop Inspiration4 Contest ("Contest") starts on February 1, 2021 at 4:00PM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on February 28, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET ("Contest Period"). ELIGIBILITY: The Sponsor of this Contest is Inspiration4, LLC (“Sponsor”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Shift4 Payments, LLC (“Sh…

Keep reading the rest of the (very) long document that you linked, it describes two additional ways to enter.

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by dalbasal »

hawktheslayer wrote: post #13

I like how they say "no earlier than the forth quarter" in their announcement. Though it may not inspire confidence in a deliverable date, I might start trying to use the turn of phrase at my work.

it may not inspire confidence in a deliverable date.

Maybe not, but it has other qualities. The prashing does seem to convey that if your boss really think about it, Q4 is very early. He's lucky that it isn't Q3 of the following year. Try it. Report back.

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by Bedon292 »

debbiedowner wrote: post #37
ceejayoz wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that's one of several options to earn entries. You can just donate to St. Jude.

Where do you see that? The rules https://www.inspiration4.com/rules Say: Rules Shift4Shop Inspiration4 Contest Official Rules Shift4Shop Inspiration4 Contest ("Contest") starts on February 1, 2021 at 4:00PM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on February 28, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET ("Contest Period"). ELIGIBILITY: The Sponsor of this Contest is Inspiration4, LLC (“Sponsor”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Shift4 Payments, LLC (“Sh…

Multiple contests, the St. Jude one is https://www.prizeo.com/campaigns/inspiration4/inspiration4/o...

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by Bedon292 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #10
doctoboggan wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know roughly how many "car-hours" this flight would be in terms of green house emissions?

Not car-hours, but a Falcon 9 launch apparently has similar impact to a 777 crossing the Atlantic. Not nothing, but surprisingly little all things considered. https://www.treehugger.com/spacex-launch-puts-out-much-co-fl...

Difference being the per person emissions. 4 people, vs upwards for 250. But still not nearly as bad as I thought it might be.

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by Bedon292 »

blhack wrote: post #11
doctoboggan wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know roughly how many "car-hours" this flight would be in terms of green house emissions?

About 8.4 car seconds of fuel. Data: Us burns about 390,000,000 gallons of gas per day. SpaceX Falcon9 uses about 38,000 gallons of RP-1. 390000000/86400 = 4513 (gallons per second of fuel in the US). 38,000/4500 = 8.4 seconds. On the day this launches, it will represent about 0.0097% of the fuel used for that day in the US. There are about 280 cars in this photo: https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/ibimg/hgm/450x253-1/100/226/p…

This caused me to look up largest parking lots. You can fit approximately that many cars in the parking lots at Disney in Florida on any given day (11k+ spots). Though I don't know how full they actually get.

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by bodhiandphysics »

hulahoof wrote: post #31
ceejayoz wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, they're both 200 foot long tubes full of fuel that gets used up by the end of the flight. Only so much carbon you can fit into a set volume.

Agreed, though without considering it as such if someone asked me to compare to an airliner I would have placed it between 10-100x the emissions, and would not have been surprised at more!

Remember 3/4 of the rocket is just the oxygen for combustion!

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by caf »

Prcmaker wrote: post #23
hawktheslayer wrote: post #13

I like how they say "no earlier than the forth quarter" in their announcement. Though it may not inspire confidence in a deliverable date, I might start trying to use the turn of phrase at my work.

This is perfect timing. I've just been told to communicate a significant project delay to a customer. 'Next quarter' sounds a lot better than 'months, not weeks'. Thanks heaps.

"slippage" possibly sounds better than "delay" also.

Re: The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth aboard Dragon

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Post by rpiguyshy »

sgtnoodle wrote: post #34

Back when I worked on cargo dragon, there were definitely some coworkers crazy enough to ride C1 up for a few orbits if it were allowed. They would have been fine with just a couple seatbelt straps too...

what was the work environment like? do you have an opinion on elon musk? whos more right, his detractors or his proponents? i coulnt help but notice that you suffer with an inflammatory disorder -- just wanted to mention that eliminating carbohydrates is one of the most effective methods of reducing inflation that ive come across. dont write it off until you check out the success stories on meatrx.
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