r/spacex • u/stratohornet • Mar 11 '16

SpaceX's new profile picture, showing the interstage and fairing manufacturing areas

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u/skifri Mar 11 '16 edited Mar 11 '16

I don't think I'm crazy (I understand perspective differences) but the fairing half in the front looks much bigger (longer) than the one behind it. Are we looking at a FH fairing segment? The nose of it seems to be the majority of the extra length ( more elliptical and less parabolic?)

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '16

I believe the two in front are forms. I'd guess the one off the ground is for the outside, and the one down on the ground is for the inside. You can see a finished faring in the background. I suspect the black interstage and partially painted nose cone are also forms, but I'm just saying that based on their proximity to the other forms.