Author Topic: LIVE: ASDS OCISLY - with CRS-8 S1 - Return Coverage - April 12, 2016 (Read 1114489 times)

Lars-J · « **Reply #460 on:** 04/12/2016 06:46 am »

Quote from: savuporo on 04/12/2016 06:45 am

Quote from: Lars-J on 04/12/2016 06:42 am
Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 04/12/2016 06:40 am
SpaceX just tweeted it...

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They didnt weld shoes on the legs, looks like tie down hooks attaching to the base

You can't tell that from that image, the deck is not visible at all, nor are the feet.

Looked like both in a previous webcam zoom-in. There was something around the feet, it looked like.

Smallbeck · « **Reply #461 on:** 04/12/2016 06:47 am »

Can't wait until later this year when we see this same stage pulling into port again after becoming the first stage to land twice!

Or maybe it'll take the easy road and just land back on land and save the long sail home.

meekGee · « **Reply #462 on:** 04/12/2016 06:47 am »

Quote from: Lars-J on 04/12/2016 06:42 am

Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 04/12/2016 06:40 am
SpaceX just tweeted it...

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The tiny people by the feet again.... And this entire thing just fell from the sky and gently plopped onto a swaying deck not much bigger than itself.

And to think that in a year, nobody will bother watching this.

WBY1984 · « **Reply #463 on:** 04/12/2016 06:47 am »

McGregor has rocket cows, Port Canaveral has the rocket cat.

Love this, looking forward to seeing a few more come in to port this year

CameronD · « **Reply #464 on:** 04/12/2016 06:47 am »

"Tell me again. How the heck do we untie these shoes?!?"

SpaceX Photo.

geza · « **Reply #465 on:** 04/12/2016 06:50 am »

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They didnt weld shoes on the legs, looks like tie down hooks attaching to the base

What is the brigth horizontal bar at the lower end of the left leg? It seems to be something fixing the leg.

jwillis84 · « **Reply #466 on:** 04/12/2016 06:56 am »

Could have been they wanted to measure the moments of a safed rocket and used some type of strain gauge tie downs to collect more data.

If the swells had been worse they might have welded shoes to the deck for safe keeping, but I'd guess their data was telling them they had a comfortable margin for error -- that.. and given the "nasty habit of rapid unplanned dissassembly" they didn't want to "risk" disassembling a few humans attempting to weld iron overshoes next to whatever was left of the rocket fuel in the tanks... at least not this time.

I see a few Iron Giants in SpaceX's future.. autonomous non-human welder bots.. scurrying about the deck. Sentinels .. like in that X-Men movie?

Ohsin · « **Reply #467 on:** 04/12/2016 06:59 am »

That load bearing cap has green lights on it! For camera possibly.

Edit: They are lowering it down.

Lars-J · « **Reply #468 on:** 04/12/2016 07:00 am »

Quote from: jwillis84 on 04/12/2016 06:56 am

but I'd guess their data was telling them they had a comfortable margin for error -- that.. and given the "nasty habit of rapid unplanned dissassembly" they didn't want to "risk" disassembling a few humans attempting to weld iron overshoes next to whatever was left of the rocket fuel in the tanks... at least not this time.

How are you coming to the conclusion that there are no welded shoes? We simply cannot see the deck surface.

And as far as not risking people... Do you think the jacks and tie-downs installed themselves?

dorkmo · « **Reply #469 on:** 04/12/2016 07:05 am »

elsbeth "good night lades and genltmen thank you for a nice evening"

windowless · « **Reply #470 on:** 04/12/2016 07:07 am »

Youtube video of Port Canaveral webcam footage. 58mins.

catdlr · « **Reply #471 on:** 04/12/2016 07:09 am »

a different view taken by someone on a boat in 4K

SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-8 Rocket Returns to Port Canaveral 4k UHD Video

by: Cocoa Beach 365

Published on Apr 12, 2016
The historic Falcon 9 rocket booster from their first successful at sea barge landing arrives back at Port Canaveral aboard the autonomous drone ship Of Course I Still Love You after the CRS-8 mission.

johnkrausphotos · « **Reply #472 on:** 04/12/2016 07:11 am »

think it'll still be vertical at sunrise?

xtc · « **Reply #473 on:** 04/12/2016 07:12 am »

Elsbeth III just docked

dorkmo · « **Reply #474 on:** 04/12/2016 07:14 am »

Quote from: johnkrausphotos on 04/12/2016 07:11 am

think it'll still be vertical at sunrise?

id guess yes

Ohsin · « **Reply #475 on:** 04/12/2016 07:17 am »

Load bearing cap is back up and well lit.

http://www.portcanaveralwebcam.com/

dorkmo · « **Reply #476 on:** 04/12/2016 07:25 am »

you on there rusty?

you guys have had them before though right?

gotcha well work on it
have a good night

dorkmo · « **Reply #477 on:** 04/12/2016 07:38 am »

they keep teasing us with the crane, just hoisted up a bit more

Semmel · « **Reply #478 on:** 04/12/2016 07:41 am »

Thank you for covering this in such a quality! Couldn't watch it life.. had some important work to do today morning, so sleep deprivation was not an option. So got to read this thread on my way to work.. took the entire 45 minutes to catch up. Fantastic coverage all, highly appreciated!

dorkmo · « **Reply #479 on:** 04/12/2016 07:42 am »

looked like they might have just had a meeting or group photo