Post by rubl on Mar 1, 2018 16:26:06 GMT 7
Amazing the amount of work which goes into this. SpaceX does similar but as private company doesn't have the 'openness' requirement NASA has.
Nice photos, immense building blocks. Imagine a flimsy tank which needs to handle more than 400F in temperature differences, need to cope with tons of more weight on it and needs to be as light as possible. Now that's a piece of engineering.
"NASA, Boeing rewriting the book on building the SLS Core Stage
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are making progress building their first vehicle, learning how to put it together and rewriting the assembly instructions on the fly.
The major elements of Core Stage-1 (CS-1) and its companion structural test articles (STA) are being built up in work areas at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Not far from each other, work to cover the outside of the flight propellant tanks with their thermal protection system (TPS) is going on in parallel with efforts to outfit the inside of the other multi-story tall structures with all the parts, plumbing, and wiring needed prior to being connected together."
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/nasa-boeing-rewriting-book-building-sls-core-stage/
Nice photos, immense building blocks. Imagine a flimsy tank which needs to handle more than 400F in temperature differences, need to cope with tons of more weight on it and needs to be as light as possible. Now that's a piece of engineering.
"NASA, Boeing rewriting the book on building the SLS Core Stage
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are making progress building their first vehicle, learning how to put it together and rewriting the assembly instructions on the fly.
The major elements of Core Stage-1 (CS-1) and its companion structural test articles (STA) are being built up in work areas at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Not far from each other, work to cover the outside of the flight propellant tanks with their thermal protection system (TPS) is going on in parallel with efforts to outfit the inside of the other multi-story tall structures with all the parts, plumbing, and wiring needed prior to being connected together."
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/nasa-boeing-rewriting-book-building-sls-core-stage/
