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Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by themgt » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:36 PM UTC

It looked like one of the grid fins got toasted. Will they still be able to stick the landing? fingers crossed

edit: and they did it! I was pessimistic for a minute there!

Re: SES-10 Mission

#12

Post by birken » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:36 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #8

History was being made today. Super, congratulations to all of SpaceX. Now let's see the landing :) STUCK THE LANDING :) :) :) Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up. Hah :) Incredible! Now, will they fly this one again?

And they caught it again. Truly amazing.

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by aidos » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:36 PM UTC

They've landed it too! Amazing!

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by wolfram74 » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:36 PM UTC

And they stick the landing!

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:37 PM UTC

birken wrote: post #12

jacquesm wrote: post #8

History was being made today. Super, congratulations to all of SpaceX. Now let's see the landing :) STUCK THE LANDING :) :) :) Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up. Hah :) Incredible! Now, will they fly this one again?

And they caught it again. Truly amazing.

Sitting here smiling ear to ear :) Also interesting how many references there were to the Mars mission in the lead up to the launch.

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by cmsimike » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:37 PM UTC

themgt wrote: post #11

It looked like one of the grid fins got toasted. Will they still be able to stick the landing? fingers crossed edit: and they did it! I was pessimistic for a minute there!

I saw that! I wonder if it was from the entry burn. I was worried because as I saw the fin get toasted, the video cut out, but that was because stage 1 went trans-sonic.

Re: SES-10 Mission

#17

Post by SubiculumCode » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:38 PM UTC

CONGRATULATIONS SPACE X!

Re: SES-10 Mission

#18

Post by madamelic » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:39 PM UTC

That "live" Elon interview seemed really pre-recorded... Did anyone else get that feeling?

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by mpetrovich » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:39 PM UTC

birken wrote: post #12

jacquesm wrote: post #8

History was being made today. Super, congratulations to all of SpaceX. Now let's see the landing :) STUCK THE LANDING :) :) :) Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up. Hah :) Incredible! Now, will they fly this one again?

And they caught it again. Truly amazing.

Amazing. But the video seemed to cut out right before landing.

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by hwillis » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:39 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #8

History was being made today. Super, congratulations to all of SpaceX. Now let's see the landing :) STUCK THE LANDING :) :) :) Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up. Hah :) Incredible! Now, will they fly this one again?

That cut to black nearly gave me a damn heart attack haha. Satellite connection lost because rocket exhaust is basically a giant ionized cloud of noise.

Elon looks like he hasn't been getting enough sleep or showers, and like he's about to back flip and start happy crying.