Quote from: cartman on 04/22/2017 05:25 pmQuoteSpaceX Verified account @SpaceX 16m16 minutes agoView from the fairing during SES-10 mission. #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/zPYQRQ3BkRReally cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered?
QuoteSpaceX Verified account @SpaceX 16m16 minutes agoView from the fairing during SES-10 mission. #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/zPYQRQ3BkR
SpaceX Verified account @SpaceX 16m16 minutes agoView from the fairing during SES-10 mission. #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/zPYQRQ3BkR
Quote from: CharlieWildman on 04/22/2017 08:48 pmQuote from: cartman on 04/22/2017 05:25 pmQuoteSpaceX Verified account @SpaceX 16m16 minutes agoView from the fairing during SES-10 mission. #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/zPYQRQ3BkRReally cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered? That's probably a safe assumption. It's also probably a safe assumption that SpaceX has the complete video footage that this frame was taken from.
Can someone enlighten us what we see? My guess: 3 light tubes in the middle carry compressed gas/liquid to 2 pushers (sticking up from the edges), while black wires carry current to electric latches.The batteries and gas tank should be at the fairing tip... together with recovery hardware.Or may be those 3 light "tubes" are actually the paraglider strings attached to fairing aft?
Quote from: CharlieWildman on 04/22/2017 08:48 pmReally cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered? I don't know but since they can't broadcast from a fairing half and we know from past recoveries that SpaceX mounts GoPros in fairings, this must be from the recovered half.
Really cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered?
Quote from: Comga on 04/23/2017 03:44 amQuote from: CharlieWildman on 04/22/2017 08:48 pmReally cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered? I don't know but since they can't broadcast from a fairing half and we know from past recoveries that SpaceX mounts GoPros in fairings, this must be from the recovered half.I was ready to fire off a similar post (saying it had to be from the recovered half) when I remembered that vid (that the comparision still came from). Wasn't that transmitted from an unrecovered fairing? If so we can't be sure this still is from the recovered half.(if it isn't then it's possible not all the equipment is present on this half making our sleuthing harder, LOL)
It's feasible that the Go-Pros are mounted in pods that allow them a decent chance of survival. I mean, I know the standard Go-Pro is pretty tough, but not that tough.
Quote from: Lar on 04/23/2017 12:15 pmQuote from: Comga on 04/23/2017 03:44 amQuote from: CharlieWildman on 04/22/2017 08:48 pmReally cool. Probably dumb question... Do we know if this is the half that was recovered? I don't know but since they can't broadcast from a fairing half and we know from past recoveries that SpaceX mounts GoPros in fairings, this must be from the recovered half.I was ready to fire off a similar post (saying it had to be from the recovered half) when I remembered that vid (that the comparision still came from). Wasn't that transmitted from an unrecovered fairing? If so we can't be sure this still is from the recovered half.(if it isn't then it's possible not all the equipment is present on this half making our sleuthing harder, LOL)IIRC the previous video came from an "unrecovered" fairing that happened to wash up on a beach with camera housing intact.
4 miles is far too much for a bouncy castle... would it be close enough for an air recovery? Perhaps fixed-wing?
Quote from: cscott on 05/01/2017 06:14 pm4 miles is far too much for a bouncy castle... would it be close enough for an air recovery? Perhaps fixed-wing?Or refine the parafoil's software.