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Offline UberNobody

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #520 on: 05/27/2016 10:18 pm »
So now that the thread is fully and rapidly reusable, it's time for the rocket to do the same ;)

Go, SpaceX go!

Four more cores?  We need to extend term limits...

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #521 on: 05/27/2016 10:20 pm »
That S1 camera footage was a nice surprise. got to see the waffle iron pre-heat and everything. 8)

And I forgot the blueberries and sausage. Could've been a breakfast for the ages at transonic speeds.
The sausages keep rolling off the grid on entry.. :(. Need a work-around.... ???
« Last Edit: 05/27/2016 10:21 pm by Rocket Science »
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #522 on: 05/27/2016 10:21 pm »
That S1 camera footage was a nice surprise. got to see the waffle iron pre-heat and everything. 8)

There are going to be a lot of hot, smoking "grid fins" operating over BBQ's this weekend, also. ;)

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #523 on: 05/27/2016 10:22 pm »


Amazing  :)
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #524 on: 05/27/2016 10:23 pm »
Just waiting for a full shot of the landed core, and I can update this...

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #525 on: 05/27/2016 10:24 pm »
Just waiting for a full shot of the landed core, and I can update this...

I was about to create the same image, good work! Maybe add an Elon face too?
Any day with a rocket landing is a fantastic day.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #526 on: 05/27/2016 10:29 pm »
elonmusk: Rocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion. Prob ok, but some risk of tipping.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/736320322996076548

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #527 on: 05/27/2016 10:29 pm »
elonmusk: Rocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion. Prob ok, but some risk of tipping.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/736320322996076548

Go home, Thaicom first stage. You're drunk.

Don't blame the stage, the designated driver is the one that's a bit tipsy.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #528 on: 05/27/2016 10:30 pm »
elonmusk: Rocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion. Prob ok, but some risk of tipping.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/736320322996076548

Go home, Thaicom first stage. You're drunk.

Leave it alone it's high on life :D

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #529 on: 05/27/2016 10:32 pm »
Send that wasp over to the port camera to polish-up the lens... :)
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #530 on: 05/27/2016 10:35 pm »
Launch replay muted:
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #531 on: 05/27/2016 10:42 pm »
The latest in summer BBQ utensils...just in time for Memorial day

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #532 on: 05/27/2016 10:51 pm »
Send that wasp over to the port camera to polish-up the lens... :)

It will see the grid fins and get mad.  ;D

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #533 on: 05/27/2016 11:27 pm »
Congrats SpaceX, Orbcomm, Thaicom...

Sure.  Why not?  Congrats Orbcomm.  I'm not totally clear on exactly what you did today, but we're all in such good spirits after watching that.  So, bravo.   ;D
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #534 on: 05/27/2016 11:35 pm »
I think we are forgetting about the big loser of all these rocket recovery and reusability developments:

The beachcombers.

Right now we still get stories every few months about someone finding a piece of a rocket here or there. But if every rocket goes to its assigned recovery station in one piece, this fine sport will soon be extinct.
Any day with a rocket landing is a fantastic day.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #535 on: 05/28/2016 12:04 am »
I've long been puzzled by SpaceX's development and use of the F9 first stage as an Anti-ASDS-Missile-System (AAMS).  The terminal approach sequence is decidedly sub-optimal (the final burn should take place with the engines orientated upward, in order to increase, not decrease, impact velocity.)

However... it does make sense in cases where very precise maneuvering in order to hit a small moving target is the goal. Therefor, I'm wondering if the real goal of the AAMS is not sinking ASDSs, but rather going after the infamous wayward boats that often scrub launches? Landing an F9 on a wayward sailboat or two would, after all, be a useful deterrent to future exclusion-area-intruders.

The reason you've been puzzled is because it isn't an anti-ship weapon.  It's really only been designed as an anti-person weapon.  The goal isn't to destroy the ships; ships are valuable.  The goal is just to kill the captain and then capture/commandeer the ship.  So, they are practicing a sneak attack where they fall out of the sky and land right on top of the captain while he is unsuspectingly walking the deck.  Once the captain is crushed, the F9 turns to the rest of the crew and says, "Hey, look at me.  I'm the captain now!"
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #536 on: 05/28/2016 12:59 am »
So, they are practicing a sneak attack where they fall out of the sky and land right on top of the captain while he is unsuspectingly walking the deck.

Ahh, the classic Mario Strategem.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #537 on: 05/28/2016 01:01 am »
I've long been puzzled by SpaceX's development and use of the F9 first stage as an Anti-ASDS-Missile-System (AAMS).  The terminal approach sequence is decidedly sub-optimal (the final burn should take place with the engines orientated upward, in order to increase, not decrease, impact velocity.)

However... it does make sense in cases where very precise maneuvering in order to hit a small moving target is the goal. Therefor, I'm wondering if the real goal of the AAMS is not sinking ASDSs, but rather going after the infamous wayward boats that often scrub launches? Landing an F9 on a wayward sailboat or two would, after all, be a useful deterrent to future exclusion-area-intruders.

The reason you've been puzzled is because it isn't an anti-ship weapon.  It's really only been designed as an anti-person weapon.  The goal isn't to destroy the ships; ships are valuable.  The goal is just to kill the captain and then capture/commandeer the ship.  So, they are practicing a sneak attack where they fall out of the sky and land right on top of the captain while he is unsuspectingly walking the deck.  Once the captain is crushed, the F9 turns to the rest of the crew and says, "Hey, look at me.  I'm the captain now!"

Ahhh... That would explain much, including why the SpaceX flag looks so much like the Jolly Roger.

Hrmmm... I wonder if that could explain the mission where the F9 missed missed the ASDS by 5 miles: A contingency in case the captain preemptively abandons ship?
 

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #538 on: 05/28/2016 01:23 am »
You guys are on to something....

... or just on something.

I'm not sure which.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #539 on: 05/28/2016 01:51 am »
You all missed the important message in the webcast.  The ghost of Ian M. Banks wished to remind us that he also wrote mainstream novels (published as Ian Banks), and, in fact, his first published book was...wait for it..."The Wasp Factory".  It's about a psychopathic teenager in Scotland.
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