when are they going to perform a launch with a recycled booster?
SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
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Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, wrong. It took as much damage as any returning stage could be expected to, but is still reusable.
> Nope, wrong. It took as much damage as any returning stage could be expected to, but is still reusable. Edited my comment with source tweet from Elon. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/731984739012251648 It's very likely not going to fly again. Edit 2: per user mikeash, it's definitely flyable (i.e. I'm wrong), but it'll still be grounded to aid with testing efforts. Thanks for the kind correction, Mike! https://…
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697...
Check your sources. Max damage meant upper limit of the range of expected damage.
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#33I've watched the SpaceX launches with my 4-year-old and 2-year-old. Exciting for me, but they really get into it as well. Indoctrination at it's finest. I was born in the 80s and missed the moon race, so it's nice to have this new space race.
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Edit: disregard per Mike's comment below. I would think if damage was within tolerances (even at the maximum of such), they'd be willing to relaunch. Implications from the tweet and subsequent conversations are that the damage exceeded thresholds to guarantee safe future flight, which is why they'd use it for testing on the ground. I'd still read his tweet as meaning it's "too busted" to fly, but I suppose it's up to…
No need look for implications, there was a clear statement that it's flyable: https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697... It's being recruited as the testing leader because it represents the extreme, not because it's grounded.
Nice catch; I went digging through his tweets and must've missed it. Thanks!
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Nope, wrong. It took as much damage as any returning stage could be expected to, but is still reusable. Edited my comment with source tweet from Elon. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/731984739012251648 It's very likely not going to fly again. Edit 2: per user mikeash, it's definitely flyable (i.e. I'm wrong), but it'll still be grounded to aid with testing efforts. Thanks for the kind correction, Mike! https://…
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697... Check your sources. Max damage meant upper limit of the range of expected damage.
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Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Nope, wrong. It took as much damage as any returning stage could be expected to, but is still reusable. Edited my comment with source tweet from Elon. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/731984739012251648 It's very likely not going to fly again. Edit 2: per user mikeash, it's definitely flyable (i.e. I'm wrong), but it'll still be grounded to aid with testing efforts. Thanks for the kind correction, Mike! https://…
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697... Check your sources. Max damage meant upper limit of the range of expected damage.
Yup, user mikeash linked this soon after and clarified it for me, so I expressed my gratitude for his far more graceful and generally polite correction of the error in my comment. heh
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
No need look for implications, there was a clear statement that it's flyable: https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697... It's being recruited as the testing leader because it represents the extreme, not because it's grounded.
Nice catch; I went digging through his tweets and must've missed it. Thanks!
Some of this info can be hard to dig up, for sure. Of course, most companies are much tighter with their information, so I can't really complain!
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#38I'm reminded of my early 20s when I played Everquest hardcore. My guild was one of the top among all servers. As soon as a new expansion came out we would quickly get to the endgame content and then spend weeks wiping over and over until we finally beat it all. Then we'd beat it again. And again. After a few times no one cared anymore and we went back to "farm-mode" until the next expansion was released. I guess the "next expansion" for SpaceX would be Mars.
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hope the next SpaceX technological breakthrough is cameras that don't fog up on reentry.
In all seriousness I hope they release the full feed from that camera. It's got to be a hell of a view to see it bearing down on the drone ship from above.
Re: SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again)
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/73427436058892697... Check your sources. Max damage meant upper limit of the range of expected damage.
Yup, user mikeash linked this soon after and clarified it for me, so I expressed my gratitude for his far more graceful and generally polite correction of the error in my comment. heh
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