SpaceX recovery attempt not successful: water landing instead of land
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Re: SpaceX recovery attempt not successful: water landing instead of land
#2Although it didn't land as they wanted, primary mission is still success. Also the booster is in the sea and still transmitting and will be recovered, but only be used for internal spaceX missions. Unfortunately the live spaceX webcast tuned away from the failing booster. But Elon has given his word it was wrong to tune away.
The issue is apparently with the hydraulics system of the grid fins that had a problem. It was nice to see that the gimballing engines recovered the spin before the sea landing.
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#3This is the best video of the failed landing attempt I've seen so far. Elon tweeted a grid fin hydraulic pump stalled.
I understand for "marketing" reasons why they stopped the video feed from the first stage but since there wasn't any danger to humans here I was disappointed that they cut away from that and pretty much went into the damage control speak of "the primary mission is going well."
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#4This 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: https://twitter.com/flying_briann/status/1070392207696453632
And Elon's tweet with SpaceX's video from the booster itself: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1070399755526656000
Re: SpaceX recovery attempt not successful: water landing instead of land
#5This is the best video of the failed landing attempt I've seen so far. Elon tweeted a grid fin hydraulic pump stalled. I understand for "marketing" reasons why they stopped the video feed from the first stage but since there wasn't any danger to humans here I was disappointed that they cut away from that and pretty much went into the damage control speak of "the primary mission is going well."
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.
Re: SpaceX recovery attempt not successful: water landing instead of land
#6This is the best video of the failed landing attempt I've seen so far. Elon tweeted a grid fin hydraulic pump stalled. I understand for "marketing" reasons why they stopped the video feed from the first stage but since there wasn't any danger to humans here I was disappointed that they cut away from that and pretty much went into the damage control speak of "the primary mission is going well."
Elon's saying they shouldn't have cut away from it. He just posted the rocket-eye view of the water landing:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1070399755526656000
Engines stabilized rocket spin just in time, enabling an intact landing in water! Ships en route to rescue Falcon.
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#7ElonMusk just posted a video of the actual landing - including the fall.
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#8It'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.
Re: SpaceX recovery attempt not successful: water landing instead of land
#9This is the best video of the failed landing attempt I've seen so far. Elon tweeted a grid fin hydraulic pump stalled. I understand for "marketing" reasons why they stopped the video feed from the first stage but since there wasn't any danger to humans here I was disappointed that they cut away from that and pretty much went into the damage control speak of "the primary mission is going well."
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.
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#10> SpaceX recovery attempty not successfull: water landing instead of land
Perhaps some mod can fix the typos in the title?