SpaceX Tuesday...

[MartG]

Flooble said:

RobDickinson said:

yes thats right, the super draco engines used for the emergency escape could also propulsive land, but SpaceX plan had legs extending out of the heat shield and NASA didnt like that at all. Might have eventually worked out but ditching into the sea was much faster to certify

Which I find rather ironic when you think about all the risks of plunging into the ocean and then bobbing around waiting for recovery. Still, I suppose NASA's attitude was that to risk sinking, you must first survive re-entry ...

It would not be unprecedented though - back in the '60 they cut a hatch through the heatshield of a Gemini for the MOL test flight, and it survived just fine.

[eharding]

RobDickinson said:

yes thats right, the super draco engines used for the emergency escape could also propulsive land, but SpaceX plan had legs extending out of the heat shield and NASA didnt like that at all. Might have eventually worked out but ditching into the sea was much faster to certify

I do wonder why they couldn't design something like the articulated legs on the Falcon 9, stowed on the outside of the capsule and hence clear of the heat shield. Obviously, a weight and complexity penalty to be had though, and if their focus is Starship then probably not worth the effort.

[anonymous-user]

eharding said:

RobDickinson said:

yes thats right, the super draco engines used for the emergency escape could also propulsive land, but SpaceX plan had legs extending out of the heat shield and NASA didnt like that at all. Might have eventually worked out but ditching into the sea was much faster to certify

I do wonder why they couldn't design something like the articulated legs on the Falcon 9, stowed on the outside of the capsule and hence clear of the heat shield. Obviously, a weight and complexity penalty to be had though, and if their focus is Starship then probably not worth the effort.

Probably can’t guarantee their deployment after the heat of re-entry?

[Flooble]

Doesn't the parachute deploy out the side or something odd, I seem to remember after the IFA it looked like Godzilla had clawed the capsule?

[Beati Dogu]

Yes, the 4 parachutes come out of the side of the capsule.So the capsule enters the water with the edge of the heatshield first.

As seen here on the unmanned Demo-1 flight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cy68OoNHF0

RobDickinson said:

Space Dads have left the ISS and will be splashing down in about 15 hours.

also look at this monster base...

Some clever person estimated it to be about 70 feet (21 meters) across by extrapolating the size of the plastic stair treads to the side.

https://twitter.com/MarcClintDion/status/128962331...

[Beati Dogu]

We may be getting a Starship 150 m hop as an encore today. Which is nice.

[benjipeg]

spacex returning astros splashdown due just after half 6 tonight,

Edited by benjipeg on Sunday 2nd August 17:41

[MiniMan64]

benjipeg said:

spacex returning astros splashdown due just after half 6 tonight,

Edited by benjipeg on Sunday 2nd August 17:41

Bit later than it isn’t it?

[C2Red]

MiniMan64 said:

benjipeg said:

spacex returning astros splashdown due just after half 6 tonight,

Edited by benjipeg on Sunday 2nd August 17:41

Bit later than it isn’t it?

2:48 EST I think

[MiniMan64]

C2Red said:

MiniMan64 said:

benjipeg said:

spacex returning astros splashdown due just after half 6 tonight,

Edited by benjipeg on Sunday 2nd August 17:41

Bit later than it isn’t it?

2:48 EST I think

There’s no a separate thread running for some reason...

[Stan the Bat]

Think it's about 1945 here.

[Baron Greenback]

Watching on twitch currenty presume it's on YouTube.

[Easternlight]

De orbit burn now done, so coming home now!
Looking at 19:50 ish

[annodomini2]

Atmosphere entry around 19.30

[red_slr]

Live feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJIQftoxeU

[Baron Greenback]

Hope they dont touch down in galapagos islands, just hearing Dragon Endeavour here we have touch down but being attacked by dragons.

[Baron Greenback]

Shame there is a black out but I hope they do release what it is like on going through the atmosphere!

[jonny142]

Nasa Canberra hanging around

[Beati Dogu]

They’ve both flown before on the Shuttle. The windows will glow pink as they renter.

[Stan the Bat]

Baron Greenback said:

Hope they dont touch down in galapagos islands, just hearing Dragon Endeavour here we have touch down but being attacked by dragons.

Quite a way from there.