Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
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Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
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Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#2I kind of figured that happened when they lost the video. Still a really amazing accomplishment--the video of the boosters landing was like something out of a sci-fi movie. It's the best space launch since the first Space Shuttle in 1981.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#3I kind of figured that happened when they lost the video. Still a really amazing accomplishment--the video of the boosters landing was like something out of a sci-fi movie. It's the best space launch since the first Space Shuttle in 1981.
The video feed drops like that on every droneship landing.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#4I'm still impressed beyond words that they were able to glue basically 2 reused rockets onto a 3rd rocket and then not only have a successful test flight but return 2 of the 3 boosters.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#5And the article does not say / make apparent where this information is from.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#6And the article does not say / make apparent where this information is from.
There was just a press conference where he went into some detail, with the caveat that it's all still very early information.
Basically he said that 2 of the 3 engines didn't start up correctly, and caused the booster to hit the water at a few hundred miles per hour.
I'm guessing the dive into the water was purposely missing the barge when it detected the problem, as they have spoken about this capability in the past when they were first making attempts at landing the rockets.
He also said that as long as they have the footage, and it's cool looking, they will post it somewhere!
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#7And the article does not say / make apparent where this information is from.
Musk elaborated this during the press conference. Said the core booster hit 100m from the barge at almost 500kph.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#8I kind of figured that happened when they lost the video. Still a really amazing accomplishment--the video of the boosters landing was like something out of a sci-fi movie. It's the best space launch since the first Space Shuttle in 1981.
The video feed drops like that on every droneship landing.
Do you know why that happens? This is the first time I've seen it live.
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The video feed drops like that on every droneship landing.
Do you know why that happens? This is the first time I've seen it live.
According to the SpaceX media commentary folks that were talking as it was happening, it's because "intense vibrations are interfering with the antenna".
Re: Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
#10And the article does not say / make apparent where this information is from.
Musk elaborated this during the press conference. Said the core booster hit 100m from the barge at almost 500kph.
That's actually a good time to miss the barge. Fortunately the booster didn't score a barge hit at 500kph!