Grover
Saturn V Misfire
ive been pondering with a thought for a few days, and ive decided its worthy to earn a place here:
if you eject both auxillary fuel tanks (main fuel) after launch, the XR2 weighs over 700Kg less, so it reduces fuel cost in later burns [considerably (?)]. i usually find that after i launch, and set my ApA to up to 500Km i am still greatly suborbital, and the path the tanks take would land them a few hundred miles west of Australia (launching from Wideawake, but should also work from KSC). this means we wouldnt have to worry about people being hit in the streets by falling space debris, and even in the exceptional circumstance that the tanks go further than expected, they would never make it to land.
my question is: in the event that similar craft are invented, would this be acceptable for astronauts to do, or are there more risks than i am aware of?
i understand a few flaws, such as a northern/southern launch, launching north lands the tanks west of Australia, but a southern launch could land it in indonesia (or maybe the other way around, i forget
). and from KSC it only works with a launch azimuth of 42* (otherwise Africa gets the ET, not the indian ocean)
other than that, its a simple method of fuel conservation on long flights. my own launch routine emptys the first tank and 1/2 the second on the ascent to 25Km and drains the last tank almost exactly raising the ApA to 500Km.
thanks guys
-=Grover=-
if you eject both auxillary fuel tanks (main fuel) after launch, the XR2 weighs over 700Kg less, so it reduces fuel cost in later burns [considerably (?)]. i usually find that after i launch, and set my ApA to up to 500Km i am still greatly suborbital, and the path the tanks take would land them a few hundred miles west of Australia (launching from Wideawake, but should also work from KSC). this means we wouldnt have to worry about people being hit in the streets by falling space debris, and even in the exceptional circumstance that the tanks go further than expected, they would never make it to land.
my question is: in the event that similar craft are invented, would this be acceptable for astronauts to do, or are there more risks than i am aware of?
i understand a few flaws, such as a northern/southern launch, launching north lands the tanks west of Australia, but a southern launch could land it in indonesia (or maybe the other way around, i forget
). and from KSC it only works with a launch azimuth of 42* (otherwise Africa gets the ET, not the indian ocean)other than that, its a simple method of fuel conservation on long flights. my own launch routine emptys the first tank and 1/2 the second on the ascent to 25Km and drains the last tank almost exactly raising the ApA to 500Km.
thanks guys
-=Grover=-
Want to do an aerial launch sequence video.
