Elon Musk and John Carmack Discussing Rocket Design on Twitter(twitter.com)
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Elon Musk and John Carmack Discussing Rocket Design on Twitter
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/536354292396228608
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This is awesome. I have no idea what the heck they are talking about, but all I know is two smart guys I idolise are talking about rocket designs and I am okay with that.
Serious question: which book(s) do I have to pick up to begin understanding half of what they are talking about?
We used the Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD by Wertz, Everett, and Puschell for my senior capstone project.
It's pretty comprehensive about all things involved about space missions.
You would specifically want to look into its chapter about launch vehicles since that is what SpaceX does (they're basically launch-to-orbit-as-a-service). Dragon is their payload capsule while the Falcon is the launch vehicle (the rocket).
It's pretty comprehensive about all things involved about space missions.
You would specifically want to look into its chapter about launch vehicles since that is what SpaceX does (they're basically launch-to-orbit-as-a-service). Dragon is their payload capsule while the Falcon is the launch vehicle (the rocket).
The slower the descent, the less useful the wings will be, correct? I can understand John Carmack's logic that little thrusters could be more stable.
How does one view the actual conversation between the two? All I see is one tweet from ELon to johns and a bunch of random people commenting on that tweet