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Re: SES-10 Mission

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

History made, their biggest public accomplishment since the first landing!

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

hwillis wrote: post #20

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.

You could see the flicker of the rocket exhaust reflecting on the panel at the back of the drone ship in the split feed so it was at least extremely close when it cut off. Probably the rocket exhaust interfering with the transmission as well as the blast simply pushing the platform out of alignment.

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by stephenitis » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #18

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

only that they cut to him as they were counting down... it seemed genuinely teary

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by david-given » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

aidos wrote: post #13

They've landed it too! Amazing!

Although when the technical webcast went black just at the moment when I'd expect the vehicle to come into sight, I was sure that something had gone wrong and they'd pulled the plug.

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by chapati23 » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

YES!!!

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Post by lazaroclapp » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 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.

Wonder if they will be able to launch it a third time, though, since it seemed it did get a bit more damage on entry this time around. Either way, impressive.

Btw, does anyone know how reusable these things are expected to be in the near term? As in, would a perfected Stage 1 be expected to be able to fly 10 missions? 100? 1000?

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Post by andrewwhartion » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #18

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

No. If it was pre-recorded, I'd be surprised if he was "lost for words".

Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

mpetrovich wrote: post #19

birken wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And they caught it again. Truly amazing.

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

They warned that would happen, the real time coverage is a good show of confidence.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

vtange wrote: post #4

Does SpaceX have any real competitors in the private sector? Would be a bummer if people decided they were a monopoly of some sort and demanded a break up.

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Re: SES-10 Mission

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Post by Strom » Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #18

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

Yeah, everything about that seemed pre-recorded, especially considering how calm everyone in the background was. Understandable though considering how busy Elon is.