SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
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Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#2Interesting. It had quite the lean, And close to zero vertical velocity. Then it looks like it accelerated at the last second in an attempt to move sideways back the center of the barge.
I wonder if the top of the rocket was at or very near the center?
Also you can clearly see the landing legs deployed, jeez they look tiny.
Must just tweeted "Next rocket landing on drone ship in 2 to 3 weeks w way more hydraulic fluid. At least it shd explode for a diff reason."
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#3Interesting. It had quite the lean, And close to zero vertical velocity. Then it looks like it accelerated at the last second in an attempt to move sideways back the center of the barge. I wonder if the top of the rocket was at or very near the center? Also you can clearly see the landing legs deployed, jeez they look tiny. Must just tweeted "Next rocket landing on drone ship in 2 to 3 weeks w way more hydraulic flui…
Was probably the engine gimbaling and thrusting up to attempt to correct but was just unable to due to the fins not being around the whole descent.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#4Cool video! Just what we've been waiting to see.
I wonder what actually exploded there? Part of the argument for why the landing was supposed to be relatively safe was that the stage would be mostly empty of fuel by the time that it landed, so there wouldn't be much to explode if something went wrong. So is that an explosion of the remaining fuel in the rocket, or something on deck?
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Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#6Wow, they struck a glancing blow to that barge! From space!
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#7Interesting. It had quite the lean, And close to zero vertical velocity. Then it looks like it accelerated at the last second in an attempt to move sideways back the center of the barge. I wonder if the top of the rocket was at or very near the center? Also you can clearly see the landing legs deployed, jeez they look tiny. Must just tweeted "Next rocket landing on drone ship in 2 to 3 weeks w way more hydraulic flui…
I really appreciate his matter of factness in these sorts of tweets.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#8Looks like it did not come down vertically but at a slant, but they got the positioning better than I thought they would on this try. One thing to note is that it is from now on officially a very bad idea to piss off Elon Musk if he knows where you live, being able to hit stuff with this kind of accuracy using rockets from space is normally enough to get you placed on the 'axis of evil' list. Incredible precision.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#9Is that in realtime?
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#10Cool video! Just what we've been waiting to see. I wonder what actually exploded there? Part of the argument for why the landing was supposed to be relatively safe was that the stage would be mostly empty of fuel by the time that it landed, so there wouldn't be much to explode if something went wrong. So is that an explosion of the remaining fuel in the rocket, or something on deck?
I figured it was just the automatic aperture on the camera causing the flame to simply appear bigger. I'd point out that the sound didn't change (no boom) but then maybe the mic was already clipping. Still, I'd like more detail to be certain whether something exploded.
Edit: no, you're right. I just mis-remembered. When I reviewed the video, it looks like the thing breaks open and I'd suspect the last remnants of fuel are spilling out.