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It's been just 3 years since the first rocket landing, and we're so used to it to the point that today's mishap will get more coverage than yesterday's achievement. Seeing the renewed speed of the space launch industry puts a huge smile on me.
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I'm sure they'll release video of it sooner or later. They not long ago release that montage of all their rocket failures. I'm a little disappointed too, but it was probably the right call by them to cut the feed.
For those whose day it is to hear about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ Can't say they don't have a sense of humor about it.
This twitch video appears to be shot from Jetty Park, so there's a hill in the way. The people talking in the video can't see that the booster is out over the water. This is actually what's supposed to happen if the rocket thinks it has a problem: it's pointed offshore until the middle of the final landing burn. If it's unhappy, it stays pointed at the ocean. This video from a plane shows how far offshore it was: htt…
I seem to recall that the Block 5 is targeting >10 reuses so even if they flub 1 in 20 landings going forward that's far from the end of the world in ROI terms.
This twitch video appears to be shot from Jetty Park, so there's a hill in the way. The people talking in the video can't see that the booster is out over the water. This is actually what's supposed to happen if the rocket thinks it has a problem: it's pointed offshore until the middle of the final landing burn. If it's unhappy, it stays pointed at the ocean. This video from a plane shows how far offshore it was: htt…
Surprised but glad it didn't explode after it fell over. Apparently they plan to use it for internal projects, which I took to mean the in-flight abort test of the Dragon. I seem to recall that the Block 5 is targeting >10 reuses so even if they flub 1 in 20 landings going forward that's far from the end of the world in ROI terms.
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Surprised but glad it didn't explode after it fell over. Apparently they plan to use it for internal projects, which I took to mean the in-flight abort test of the Dragon. I seem to recall that the Block 5 is targeting >10 reuses so even if they flub 1 in 20 landings going forward that's far from the end of the world in ROI terms.
It’s pretty much out of fuel by then, so an explosion isn’t very likely.
It may not meet the technical definition of an "explosion", but the fact that it's still intact here is a testament to how "soft" this hard landing was.
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Surprised but glad it didn't explode after it fell over. Apparently they plan to use it for internal projects, which I took to mean the in-flight abort test of the Dragon. I seem to recall that the Block 5 is targeting >10 reuses so even if they flub 1 in 20 landings going forward that's far from the end of the world in ROI terms.
It’s pretty much out of fuel by then, so an explosion isn’t very likely.
The most dangerous time for a can of gasoline is when it's just been emptied- because it's actually full, just of air and gasoline vapor. It's a bomb at that point if you aren't careful. Rockets? Similar problems.
Watch what happened a few years ago when another Falcon 9 fell over because of a faulty landing leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr7GcpFGWd0
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Surprised but glad it didn't explode after it fell over. Apparently they plan to use it for internal projects, which I took to mean the in-flight abort test of the Dragon. I seem to recall that the Block 5 is targeting >10 reuses so even if they flub 1 in 20 landings going forward that's far from the end of the world in ROI terms.
It’s pretty much out of fuel by then, so an explosion isn’t very likely.
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It’s pretty much out of fuel by then, so an explosion isn’t very likely.
There's lots of great videos to prove you wrong on that one, actually. The most dangerous time for a can of gasoline is when it's just been emptied- because it's actually full, just of air and gasoline vapor. It's a bomb at that point if you aren't careful. Rockets? Similar problems. Watch what happened a few years ago when another Falcon 9 fell over because of a faulty landing leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr…
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There's lots of great videos to prove you wrong on that one, actually. The most dangerous time for a can of gasoline is when it's just been emptied- because it's actually full, just of air and gasoline vapor. It's a bomb at that point if you aren't careful. Rockets? Similar problems. Watch what happened a few years ago when another Falcon 9 fell over because of a faulty landing leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr…
Rockets contain both fuel and oxidiser, explosions when they are full are considerably worse than when empty. Compare the video you have linked to clips of Atlas or Soyuz blowing up on the pad.
Nonetheless, an empty rocket is still dangerous.
ElonMusk just posted a video of the actual landing - including the fall. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1070399755526656000