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Video of the Falcon Heavy’s core stage ploughing into the sea has emerged.
It didn’t miss the landing ship by much:
https://gfycat.com/NewThornyCockerspaniel
Taken from SpaceX’s own video:
https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw
It didn’t miss the landing ship by much:
https://gfycat.com/NewThornyCockerspaniel
Taken from SpaceX’s own video:
https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw
Edited by Beati Dogu on Sunday 11th March 01:50
Beati Dogu said:
Video of the Falcon Heavy’s core stage ploughing into the sea has emerged.
It didn’t miss the landing ship by much:
https://gfycat.com/NewThornyCockerspaniel
Taken from SpaceX’s own video:
https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw
With that approach speed, it's a bloody good job it did miss.It didn’t miss the landing ship by much:
https://gfycat.com/NewThornyCockerspaniel
Taken from SpaceX’s own video:
https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw
Edited by Beati Dogu on Sunday 11th March 01:50
Crazy the last coms sat spacex launched contained a secondary launch system deployed a small darpa military sat..
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/03/12/spacexs-most...
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/03/12/spacexs-most...
NASA have produced the accident report for CRS7.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/fil...
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/fil...
Tut tut SpaceX for using an industrial grade cast part instead of aerospace grade. Especially in a tank of liquid oxygen.
Interesting these crash reports; I used to get to see RAF ones now & then. I actually got to see one of aircraft that was subject of a report: A Tornado that had done a belly flop landing at Akrotiri IIRC. They'd got it back to the UK somehow, put it up on jacks and were rebuilding it.
Interesting these crash reports; I used to get to see RAF ones now & then. I actually got to see one of aircraft that was subject of a report: A Tornado that had done a belly flop landing at Akrotiri IIRC. They'd got it back to the UK somehow, put it up on jacks and were rebuilding it.
Beati Dogu said:
Tut tut SpaceX for using an industrial grade cast part instead of aerospace grade. Especially in a tank of liquid oxygen.
What would the difference in embrittlement have been?The report looks "good" but if you read into the recommendations it's a bit of a piss take.
"Need more telemetry channels "
Uhuh, remember how they zeroed down the area using accelerometers to triangulate location.....
....https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1650663...
Just more NASA/ULA aligned pish.
Edited by Kccv23highliftcam on Tuesday 13th March 10:28
Kccv23highliftcam said:
What would the difference in embrittlement have been?
The report looks "good" but if you read into the recommendations it's a bit of a piss take.
"Need more telemetry channels "
Uhuh, remember how they zeroed down the area using accelerometers to triangulate location.....
....https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1650663...
Just more NASA/ULA aligned pish.
At circa −220 °C, I'm guessing embrittlement is (or should have been) a significant design consideration. Add in that the part was holding down a naturally buoyant tank of liquid Helium, plus the shock loading of launch and the constant vibration. The report looks "good" but if you read into the recommendations it's a bit of a piss take.
"Need more telemetry channels "
Uhuh, remember how they zeroed down the area using accelerometers to triangulate location.....
....https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1650663...
Just more NASA/ULA aligned pish.
I'm frankly amazed that NASA agreed to use pre-flown boosters for ISS resupply missions at all. They're doing it again in a couple of weeks in fact.
MartG said:
So in mid 2020-2021 then! 
We all know Musk's target dates are rarely achieved.
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