SpaceX Tuesday...
Discussion
Eric Mc said:
They also mentioned that the gimbal limits of the rocket motors would have been exceeded i.e. the rocket motors would not have been able to cope with the deviations in flight path caused by wind shear.
It would have been difficult to explain how they had launched a rocket into space and "missed".... ;-)The launch is on again for tonight, but no barge landing due to heavy seas and problems with one of the barge's 4 engines.
They'll try to 'land' it in the sea instead.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
They'll try to 'land' it in the sea instead.
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
The recovery part of the mission has been cancelled - the sea's too rough to land the rocket on the barge
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/spacexs-rocket-re...
Better luck next time spacex. Gonna be very cool when you get this right!
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/spacexs-rocket-re...
Better luck next time spacex. Gonna be very cool when you get this right!
Another tweet from Elon Musk:
"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
Beati Dogu said:
Another tweet from Elon Musk:
"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
With the ULA sabotaging the downrange radar every time they've got good weather, they may never get one. </tinfoilhat>"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
Beati Dogu said:
Another tweet from Elon Musk:
"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
Isnt there enough open space around to just land it somewhere that isnt close to anything else? Surely there is? Or is it just incase it misses by a mile or two?"Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather."
Well that's good to hear. Pity about the bad weather scupppering the barge landing attempt though. I wonder how many more barge landings they'll need to do before they trust the rocket enough to land back at Cape Canaveral.
vescaegg said:
Isnt there enough open space around to just land it somewhere that isnt close to anything else? Surely there is? Or is it just incase it misses by a mile or two?
They've also got to consider an abort or breakup somewhere else in the flight, which would scatter debris for miles downrange. That's why they launch from the coast - even then a boat downrange can prevent a launch as per the last Orion test.Eric Mc said:
Way to early to allow a landing on land.
I suppose so.... but there are alot of really empty flat places around, but some aren't suitable launching from Florida.Either that or an uninhabited island somewhere? Surely Mr Musk owns a Tracy Island like bond villain lair given his wealth? ;-)
The trajectory of the rocket is determined by where in space it is headed. There isn't a huge variation in how the ascent flightpath can be changed - in that there is virtually none. This will be the major determinant as to where they can try and land a 1st stage as it falls back from 30-40 miles up.
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