SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
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Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#2The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer.
I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc
Edit: it was 8000km/h at MECO, not 3000km/h.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#3The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
It is incredible, but makes to wonder how many things are possible that we don't do.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#4The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
It is incredible, but makes to wonder how many things are possible that we don't do.
I'd say the answer to that is all the things. Excepting, of course, the impossible ones.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#5The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
It is incredible, but makes to wonder how many things are possible that we don't do.
At the end of the day everything is just putting atoms in the correct positions so given enough energy anything is possible.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#6The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
Note that the video has been sped up.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#7The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
Amazing, they cut that angle on the live feed, switching to the barge view which doesn't give you much. I'd love the normal speed version too.
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#8Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#9The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'. They placed a boat 600km away in the ocean, and the rocket moving at 3000+km/h from 80-ish km up landed on it using some grid fins to steer. I get how it works, how you can do it, but it's still kind of incredible that they actually have 3 times in a row. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEz03Z8azc Edit: it…
I saw the video some hours ago and I have been wondering since: how did the camera survive the re-entry? And how did the lens stay so clean?
Re: SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time
#10Is HN now the SpaceX PR RSS feed? Are we going to have to see this same article and talk about how amazing SpaceX is every time they do anything?
I look forward to the breathless comments on "SpaceX successfully lands rocket for 38th time!"