SpaceX BFR will allow people to work and live in space and the hardest parts of engine development are done

SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell said most of the difficulty of designing and building BFR’s advanced Raptor engine was already behind SpaceX.

The new SpaceX BFR schedule is for short hop testing late next year and full orbital launches in 2021.

* BFR will basically allow people to work and live in space
* BFR can open its giant payload bay, bring a satellite back in, close it, pressurize it, work on it repair, upgrade, and redeploy it

55 thoughts on “SpaceX BFR will allow people to work and live in space and the hardest parts of engine development are done”

  1. BFR can open its giant payload bay, bring a satellite back in, close it, pressurize it, work on it repair, upgrade, and redeploy it. ” Someone’s screaming, “This is not the wet workshop I wanted!

  2. BFR can open its giant payload bay bring a satellite back in close it pressurize it work on it repair upgrade” and redeploy it. “”Someone’s screaming”””” “”””This is not the wet workshop I wanted!”””””””

  3. Have you seen the latest SpaceX promo for the first manned lunar trip (orbit only AFAIK)? ( twitter dot com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632 ) Seems to show a changed, more space-plane looking version of BFR. And Elon Musk confirms this how the latest version looks.

  4. hmmm I preferred the last one more…but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Definitely looking Shuttle 2.0.BTW is Elon going to do another BFR talk/update this September…like he did the last 2 years?

  5. Have you seen the latest SpaceX promo for the first manned lunar trip (orbit only AFAIK)?( twitter dot com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632 )Seems to show a changed more space-plane looking version of BFR. And Elon Musk confirms this how the latest version looks.

  6. Doing a specialized version for just the Moon would be contrary to their design philosophy, of conserving engineering resources by using the same vehicle for multiple purposes.

  7. There’s going to be a vidcast on Mon-Sep-17, talking about this new BFR lunar flight. Well, the new US Space Council said they want to see America return to the Moon, so it’s good that SpaceX is getting in on that action. If that’s the direction the govt money is blowing, then you want to run after it. But I wonder if this newly modified BFR design is specifically meant for lunar flights only?

  8. hmmm, I preferred the last one more…but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Definitely looking Shuttle 2.0. BTW, is Elon going to do another BFR talk/update this September…like he did the last 2 years?

  9. Doing a specialized version for just the Moon would be contrary to their design philosophy of conserving engineering resources by using the same vehicle for multiple purposes.

  10. There’s going to be a vidcast on Mon-Sep-17 talking about this new BFR lunar flight. Well the new US Space Council said they want to see America return to the Moon so it’s good that SpaceX is getting in on that action. If that’s the direction the govt money is blowing then you want to run after it.But I wonder if this newly modified BFR design is specifically meant for lunar flights only?

  11. There’s a bunch of guys in the 60s that went to the Moon and back and lived to a very advanced age. My take is that at least to the Moon, we can go.

  12. There’s a bunch of guys in the 60s that went to the Moon and back and lived to a very advanced age. My take is that at least to the Moon we can go.

  13. It’s really not that big of a deal. The transit to Mars won’t kill anyone or give anyone cancer, it’s comparable to a couple hundred days on the ISS. For long term Martian exposure, build some shielding. Hydrogen, water, whatever.

  14. Safe compared to what? LEO GCR radiation is exactly the same as deep space–the Earth provides no shielding to speak of outside the atmosphere to GCRs.

  15. It’s really not that big of a deal. The transit to Mars won’t kill anyone or give anyone cancer it’s comparable to a couple hundred days on the ISS. For long term Martian exposure build some shielding. Hydrogen water whatever.

  16. Safe compared to what? LEO GCR radiation is exactly the same as deep space–the Earth provides no shielding to speak of outside the atmosphere to GCRs.

  17. I’m not sure that for a trip to Mars, the cosmic ray exposure is the largest danger. Vs burning up on reentry, for instance. (Asked if he’d like to go to Mars, Elon said not on one of the early trips; He’d prefer to land, not impact!) Based on what I’ve read, you WOULD take a one time hit in terms of your IQ, just from brain cells being killed, but assuming that all the colonists are going to be much smarter than average people, they’ve got some to lose, and still be capable people. I would not, however, want to be doing regular trips between Earth and Mars without some kind of cosmic ray shielding. There’s a difference between volunteering to lose a few percent of your brain cells on one occasion, and agreeing to do it over and over. If they’re going to be doing round trips with the BFR, it should be unmanned on the return flight, unless some serious reason existed to return somebody from Mars.

  18. I’m not sure that for a trip to Mars the cosmic ray exposure is the largest danger. Vs burning up on reentry for instance. (Asked if he’d like to go to Mars Elon said not on one of the early trips; He’d prefer to land not impact!) Based on what I’ve read you WOULD take a one time hit in terms of your IQ just from brain cells being killed but assuming that all the colonists are going to be much smarter than average people they’ve got some to lose and still be capable people.I would not however want to be doing regular trips between Earth and Mars without some kind of cosmic ray shielding. There’s a difference between volunteering to lose a few percent of your brain cells on one occasion and agreeing to do it over and over.If they’re going to be doing round trips with the BFR it should be unmanned on the return flight unless some serious reason existed to return somebody from Mars.

  19. I’m not sure that for a trip to Mars, the cosmic ray exposure is the largest danger. Vs burning up on reentry, for instance. (Asked if he’d like to go to Mars, Elon said not on one of the early trips; He’d prefer to land, not impact!) Based on what I’ve read, you WOULD take a one time hit in terms of your IQ, just from brain cells being killed, but assuming that all the colonists are going to be much smarter than average people, they’ve got some to lose, and still be capable people. I would not, however, want to be doing regular trips between Earth and Mars without some kind of cosmic ray shielding. There’s a difference between volunteering to lose a few percent of your brain cells on one occasion, and agreeing to do it over and over. If they’re going to be doing round trips with the BFR, it should be unmanned on the return flight, unless some serious reason existed to return somebody from Mars.

  20. I’m not sure that for a trip to Mars the cosmic ray exposure is the largest danger. Vs burning up on reentry for instance. (Asked if he’d like to go to Mars Elon said not on one of the early trips; He’d prefer to land not impact!) Based on what I’ve read you WOULD take a one time hit in terms of your IQ just from brain cells being killed but assuming that all the colonists are going to be much smarter than average people they’ve got some to lose and still be capable people.I would not however want to be doing regular trips between Earth and Mars without some kind of cosmic ray shielding. There’s a difference between volunteering to lose a few percent of your brain cells on one occasion and agreeing to do it over and over.If they’re going to be doing round trips with the BFR it should be unmanned on the return flight unless some serious reason existed to return somebody from Mars.

  21. I’m not sure that for a trip to Mars, the cosmic ray exposure is the largest danger. Vs burning up on reentry, for instance. (Asked if he’d like to go to Mars, Elon said not on one of the early trips; He’d prefer to land, not impact!) Based on what I’ve read, you WOULD take a one time hit in terms of your IQ, just from brain cells being killed, but assuming that all the colonists are going to be much smarter than average people, they’ve got some to lose, and still be capable people.

    I would not, however, want to be doing regular trips between Earth and Mars without some kind of cosmic ray shielding. There’s a difference between volunteering to lose a few percent of your brain cells on one occasion, and agreeing to do it over and over.

    If they’re going to be doing round trips with the BFR, it should be unmanned on the return flight, unless some serious reason existed to return somebody from Mars.

  22. It’s really not that big of a deal. The transit to Mars won’t kill anyone or give anyone cancer, it’s comparable to a couple hundred days on the ISS. For long term Martian exposure, build some shielding. Hydrogen, water, whatever.

  23. It’s really not that big of a deal. The transit to Mars won’t kill anyone or give anyone cancer it’s comparable to a couple hundred days on the ISS. For long term Martian exposure build some shielding. Hydrogen water whatever.

  24. Safe compared to what? LEO GCR radiation is exactly the same as deep space–the Earth provides no shielding to speak of outside the atmosphere to GCRs.

  25. Safe compared to what? LEO GCR radiation is exactly the same as deep space–the Earth provides no shielding to speak of outside the atmosphere to GCRs.

  26. There’s a bunch of guys in the 60s that went to the Moon and back and lived to a very advanced age. My take is that at least to the Moon, we can go.

  27. There’s a bunch of guys in the 60s that went to the Moon and back and lived to a very advanced age. My take is that at least to the Moon we can go.

  28. It’s really not that big of a deal. The transit to Mars won’t kill anyone or give anyone cancer, it’s comparable to a couple hundred days on the ISS. For long term Martian exposure, build some shielding. Hydrogen, water, whatever.

  29. Doing a specialized version for just the Moon would be contrary to their design philosophy, of conserving engineering resources by using the same vehicle for multiple purposes.

  30. Doing a specialized version for just the Moon would be contrary to their design philosophy of conserving engineering resources by using the same vehicle for multiple purposes.

  31. There’s going to be a vidcast on Mon-Sep-17, talking about this new BFR lunar flight. Well, the new US Space Council said they want to see America return to the Moon, so it’s good that SpaceX is getting in on that action. If that’s the direction the govt money is blowing, then you want to run after it. But I wonder if this newly modified BFR design is specifically meant for lunar flights only?

  32. There’s going to be a vidcast on Mon-Sep-17 talking about this new BFR lunar flight. Well the new US Space Council said they want to see America return to the Moon so it’s good that SpaceX is getting in on that action. If that’s the direction the govt money is blowing then you want to run after it.But I wonder if this newly modified BFR design is specifically meant for lunar flights only?

  33. hmmm, I preferred the last one more…but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Definitely looking Shuttle 2.0. BTW, is Elon going to do another BFR talk/update this September…like he did the last 2 years?

  34. hmmm I preferred the last one more…but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Definitely looking Shuttle 2.0.BTW is Elon going to do another BFR talk/update this September…like he did the last 2 years?

  35. Have you seen the latest SpaceX promo for the first manned lunar trip (orbit only AFAIK)? ( twitter dot com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632 ) Seems to show a changed, more space-plane looking version of BFR. And Elon Musk confirms this how the latest version looks.

  36. Have you seen the latest SpaceX promo for the first manned lunar trip (orbit only AFAIK)?( twitter dot com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632 )Seems to show a changed more space-plane looking version of BFR. And Elon Musk confirms this how the latest version looks.

  37. BFR can open its giant payload bay, bring a satellite back in, close it, pressurize it, work on it repair, upgrade, and redeploy it. ” Someone’s screaming, “This is not the wet workshop I wanted!

  38. BFR can open its giant payload bay bring a satellite back in close it pressurize it work on it repair upgrade” and redeploy it. “”Someone’s screaming”””” “”””This is not the wet workshop I wanted!”””””””

  39. There’s going to be a vidcast on Mon-Sep-17, talking about this new BFR lunar flight. Well, the new US Space Council said they want to see America return to the Moon, so it’s good that SpaceX is getting in on that action. If that’s the direction the govt money is blowing, then you want to run after it.

    But I wonder if this newly modified BFR design is specifically meant for lunar flights only?

  40. hmmm, I preferred the last one more…but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Definitely looking Shuttle 2.0.

    BTW, is Elon going to do another BFR talk/update this September…like he did the last 2 years?

  41. Have you seen the latest SpaceX promo for the first manned lunar trip (orbit only AFAIK)?

    ( twitter dot com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632 )

    Seems to show a changed, more space-plane looking version of BFR. And Elon Musk confirms this how the latest version looks.

  42. ” BFR can open its giant payload bay, bring a satellite back in, close it, pressurize it, work on it repair,
    upgrade, and redeploy it. ”

    Someone’s screaming, “This is not the wet workshop I wanted!”

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