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He didn't invent it, but he's certainly popularised it. It's an old engineering term, especially in aerospace.
Latest Musk utterance:
"Landing video will be posted when we gain access to cameras on the droneship later today. Maybe hardest impact to date. Droneship still ok."
Latest Musk utterance:
"Landing video will be posted when we gain access to cameras on the droneship later today. Maybe hardest impact to date. Droneship still ok."
Edited by Beati Dogu on Wednesday 15th June 16:50
That too.
Just for interest, here's some footage from the other barge, "Just Read the Instructions", taken back in January.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhwGOVGWUs
Although it suffered some damage from the failed Falcon 9 landing back in January (the one where the leg collapsed), the damage shown here was caused by being smacked by big waves in the Pacific.
Just for interest, here's some footage from the other barge, "Just Read the Instructions", taken back in January.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhwGOVGWUs
Although it suffered some damage from the failed Falcon 9 landing back in January (the one where the leg collapsed), the damage shown here was caused by being smacked by big waves in the Pacific.
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/7436028...
Quite difficult to work it out even with Musks explaination
Quite difficult to work it out even with Musks explaination
Sylvaforever said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/7436028...
Quite difficult to work it out even with Musks explaination
It looks like it was almost OK. Whatever went wrong must have gone wrong in the last few seconds. Did it actually fall over and/or explode?Quite difficult to work it out even with Musks explaination
Eric Mc said:
It looks like it was almost OK. Whatever went wrong must have gone wrong in the last few seconds. Did it actually fall over and/or explode?
From what I can glean from other sites, fuel depletion caused its last 20-50 feet of descent to occur rather faster than was optimal. The legs concertinaed, as indeed, sadly, did the engines, this resulted in a fireball, presumably from split fuel lines, and it caught fire. Still seems to be vertical, what's left of it.
Here's an image stabilised version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0&fe...
It appears that it actually landed near-upright, but ruptured itself and burnt up on the deck. So close are the margins between success and failure.
It looks like someone stubbing out a giant cigarette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0&fe...
It appears that it actually landed near-upright, but ruptured itself and burnt up on the deck. So close are the margins between success and failure.
It looks like someone stubbing out a giant cigarette.
Beati Dogu said:
Here's an image stabilised version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0&fe...
It appears that it actually landed near-upright, but ruptured itself and burnt up on the deck. So close are the margins between success and failure.
It looks like someone stubbing out a giant cigarette.
Man, that was so close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0&fe...
It appears that it actually landed near-upright, but ruptured itself and burnt up on the deck. So close are the margins between success and failure.
It looks like someone stubbing out a giant cigarette.
But that video really does give a perspective on the landing sequence, thing comes rocketing in [ouch] slows at the very last second to a hover manouvers into position and lands.
great footage .
The foreshortening effects of the distant camera makes it look like it's hovering, but the Falcon 9 can't actually do that.
The landing flotilla and what's left of the rocket are back in port now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FdS4osHmn4&ab...
The landing flotilla and what's left of the rocket are back in port now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FdS4osHmn4&ab...
Looks like SpaceX may be facing an unforseen price hike from the Port of Canaveral for bringing their boosters into port there. The Authority is considering creating a new category of cargo for 'aerospace items' which will be charged a higher tariff than SpaceX are currently paying.
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/spa...
Seems a good way to p
s off a customer and force them to look elsewhere - like building their own dock on the lagoon right next to their assembly building at Pad 39A, using the navigable channel created for delivering Saturn V parts
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/spa...
Seems a good way to p
s off a customer and force them to look elsewhere - like building their own dock on the lagoon right next to their assembly building at Pad 39A, using the navigable channel created for delivering Saturn V partsGassing Station | Science! | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff