SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight

Post by varjag » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 12:15 AM UTC

huehehue wrote: post #13

rsj_hn wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's interesting. I always assumed that most of the damage happened on re-entry and not the splashdown. Can you elaborate on why the splashdown kills re-use?

"Although water retrieval has been attempted, it is not recommended due to the adverse effect that salt water has on avionics, electronics, and structures. This approach was abandoned due to the elevated cost associated with refurbishing salt water damaged components. By avoiding water retrieval, the engines would avoid maintenance that would have resulted from the corrosive nature of the salt water and thereby exped…

Post by lostapathy » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 12:17 AM UTC

sandworm101 wrote: post #12

ChuckMcM wrote: post #4

This is a better article on the recovery than the one I linked from TechCrunch. I would like to reiterate the point made before which is that SpaceX is on the verge of being in a place that no company has ever been before with regard to space. The are on the cusp of having a capsule that they can send into orbit for days and then return to Earth. They already have rockets capable of putting tons of material into ever…

SpaceX is breaking new ground, but it isn't the first corporation to launch large rockets. The Saturn 5 wasn't built by the air force, nor was shuttle constructed by Nasa. These objects were built by contractors, corporations working under government contracts. The differences between SpaceX today and the corporations that built, and largely launched, the big rockets of the past is largely a legal distinction. Space…

Post by pageandrew » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 12:20 AM UTC

Post by based2 » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 12:33 AM UTC

huehehue wrote: post #13

rsj_hn wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's interesting. I always assumed that most of the damage happened on re-entry and not the splashdown. Can you elaborate on why the splashdown kills re-use?

"Although water retrieval has been attempted, it is not recommended due to the adverse effect that salt water has on avionics, electronics, and structures. This approach was abandoned due to the elevated cost associated with refurbishing salt water damaged components. By avoiding water retrieval, the engines would avoid maintenance that would have resulted from the corrosive nature of the salt water and thereby exped…

Post by JulianMorrison » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 12:37 AM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #4

This is a better article on the recovery than the one I linked from TechCrunch. I would like to reiterate the point made before which is that SpaceX is on the verge of being in a place that no company has ever been before with regard to space. The are on the cusp of having a capsule that they can send into orbit for days and then return to Earth. They already have rockets capable of putting tons of material into ever…