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Devil's advocate, here. Am I the only one that find it quite disturbing that a private corporation taking over more public space? In the long run this stuff will bite humanity at large in the butt.
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Have you seen an approximate price for those fins anywhere. I saw the interviews, but I want to know how expensive is expensive.
Platinum is USD$32K per KG, so if the platinum grid fins are 100KG, then they would cost > $300K each just for materials. With 4 per booster that might be a million dollar price tag for the grid fins.
Devil's advocate, here. Am I the only one that find it quite disturbing that a private corporation taking over more public space? In the long run this stuff will bite humanity at large in the butt.
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There's another ship nearby which tows it, it doesn't go all the way in and out of port on its own power. And the ship has taken far bigger poundings in the past, one of them blew a huge hole in the deck.
Oh ok, cool. I guess I thought it was more autonomous than that by the name. Watching the other boosters land was really impressive.
Devil's advocate, here. Am I the only one that find it quite disturbing that a private corporation taking over more public space? In the long run this stuff will bite humanity at large in the butt.
Suggest spending taxes on this to the average joe and they’ll grumble “sort out the problems on earth first” or similar instead
It was awesome. The synchronized landing of both boosters was emotional . Might be a naive thought, but for a few minutes, you forget everything else. There were millions of people from every nation live-watching the broadcast and everyone was cheering and hoping for the best. The world seemed at peace during that moment and this is what I love about space exploration and all these great human achievements.
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The damage to the ASDS might be more of a problem. Depending on how badly it was damaged, it might not be available to catch other cores that could have landed otherwise
It look cool to have them land on their own, but wouldn't it be much cheaper to use parachutes and drop them in the ocean !? Either way they are going to take them apart down to each bolt and then reassemble again to make sure there are no faults. You don't simply fill it up and relaunch.
This has been gone ove many times, but:
Parachutes aren't cheap or easy. Saltwater is horrible for precision parts. They are trying to gas and go, or at least move, gas and full power test.
Devil's advocate, here. Am I the only one that find it quite disturbing that a private corporation taking over more public space? In the long run this stuff will bite humanity at large in the butt.
You can bet that when and if a lunar, astroid, or any other colony burgeons beyond a sizable hotel that a local government will form and begin to assert its own regulations, not unlike towns of the American west or trading posts operating underneath a larger national trading company. Under what form that occurs has yet to be seen.
There was something doubly awesome about the two falcons landing at the same time right next to each other!
It feels like the human race is starting to master space travel. It's probably just an illusion, but I feel like we're entering a new era.