Topic: SpaceX - human off Earth
1. Discovery - How was science applied to address a specific problem?
Share what problem or question existed that implored scientists to investigate
Making life multiplanetary; Is it possible let human exist on other planets?
Share what the investigation was and how it changed our understanding
Investigation: BFR
With BFR in fully reusable configuration, without any orbital refueling, we expect to have a payload capability of 150 tons to low Earth orbit.
Really makes a tremendous difference is in the cost
This is essentially combining the upper stage of the rocket with Dragon - it is as if the Falcon 9 upper stage and Dragon were combined.
Design of delta wing at the back of the rocket expands the mission envelop
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Timeline - When did your discovery occur and how did it change our understanding of space?
Share where our current understanding was before the discovery
Current understanding: humans can’t live on other planets yet.
Discuss when the discovery occurred and over what timeframe it developed
Their discovery occured in 2008, starts with Falcon 1.
Up until now, they have made 14 different rockets for this discovery, some of their big achievements are:
9/28/2008 - Falcon 1 Flight 4 - first time Falcon 1 reached orbit
12/8/2010 - Dragon spacecraft successfully Re-Enters from orbit - a commercial company has successfully recovered a spacecraft reentering from Earth orbit
5/22/2012 - Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon spacecraft - the first commercial company in history to attempt to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station
2017 - Elon Musk introduced design of BFR - a fully reusable rocket
3. Evaluation - How valuable or important was this discovery in our understanding of space?
Discuss and evaluate how big of an impact this discovery made
The mission and the design of the updated rocket BFR impacts human technology and future. The design of BFR give humans the possibility of living on other planets. Although it will take a long time to achieve, it must be a huge part of the future of