What are the environmental remediation steps and timeline in the case that a few tens or hundreds of gallons of kerosene and hydraulic fluid gets scattered about the sandy vegetation?
What are the chances that SpaceX has some strategy of intentionally depleting any remaining high pressure N, He, and the TEA/B just before landing?
Quote from: DatUser14 on 12/07/2015 02:45 pmDo you think landing pads will get names from the culture series? My suggestion is "Flexible demeanor" from Consider Phleblas. I wouldn't think so.. The issue is that, unlike Star Wars, no-one outside the science fiction community has ever heard of the Culture series, so whilst they could get away with it for an ASDS or two as some kind of obscure insider joke, writing ""Flexible Demeanor" in large letters across a permanent landing pad would have the watching world thinking SpX has gone nuts.EDIT: At least writing something like "No Naked Flames" might be seen for the joke it is..
Do you think landing pads will get names from the culture series? My suggestion is "Flexible demeanor" from Consider Phleblas.
So -- no clue either way as to whether or not a big circle-X has been painted onto the main landing pad at Landing Complex 1, in preparation for tomorrow's landing attempt?
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Congrats @SpaceX on landing Falcon's suborbital booster stage. Welcome to the club!
Was I the only one cheering at home like I was watching a football game? LOL. I even had a few tears in my eyes when she touched down, was simply amazing. Cant wait for daylight pictures tomorrow to see how exact in the middle the touch down was.