Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD10 - EOM - UNBERTH, ENTRY, SPLASHDOWN (Read 290197 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #180 on:** 05/31/2012 03:41 pm »

Splashdown in 180 seconds! Elon on the front row.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #181 on:** 05/31/2012 03:42 pm »

560 miles off the coast is still predicted for the splashdown.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #182 on:** 05/31/2012 03:43 pm »

Splashdown!!!

brodo · « **Reply #183 on:** 05/31/2012 03:43 pm »

splashdown, now determining the exact location

Chris-A · « **Reply #184 on:** 05/31/2012 03:43 pm »

CNN went live for a minute.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #185 on:** 05/31/2012 03:43 pm »

Splashdown already! 42 mins past the hour!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #186 on:** 05/31/2012 03:44 pm »

No mass celebrations at MCC-X. Clearly want to get eyes on.

Chris-A · « **Reply #187 on:** 05/31/2012 03:45 pm »

Splashdown! Welcome home ‪#Dragon‬!

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Splashdown! Welcome home ‪#Dragon‬!

http://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/208222170491535361

meekGee · « **Reply #188 on:** 05/31/2012 03:45 pm »

Two minutes early - does that speak to the reentry accuracy or is this attributable to the parachute deployment altitude?

Two minutes is quite a lot in the first case.

Lobo · « **Reply #189 on:** 05/31/2012 03:45 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/31/2012 03:43 pm

Splashdown already! 42 mins past the hour!

Splashdown about a miniute early. Still pretty close to the estimate!

JimO · « **Reply #190 on:** 05/31/2012 03:46 pm »

Quote from: meekGee on 05/31/2012 03:45 pm

Two minutes early - does that speak to the reentry accuracy or is this attributable to the parachute deployment altitude?

Two minutes is quite a lot in the first case.

I second the premonition. Do we have an MA-7 50th anniversary replay?

We'll know shortly -- with today's comm and nav support, it's very different from 1962.

LATER: Happy to eat my words!!

Lee Jay · « **Reply #191 on:** 05/31/2012 03:46 pm »

Doesn't it have floatation air bags? Was there a call-out for those that I missed?

lbiderman · « **Reply #192 on:** 05/31/2012 03:47 pm »

And THAT is how you change the World. Congrats SpaceX! How long til we get pictures of the Dragon in the water?

Chris-A · « **Reply #193 on:** 05/31/2012 03:47 pm »

I think that has to be Elon in the front row.

robertross · « **Reply #194 on:** 05/31/2012 03:48 pm »

Quote from: Chris-A on 05/31/2012 03:47 pm

That has to be Elon.

Yup, front and center in black

brodo · « **Reply #195 on:** 05/31/2012 03:48 pm »

clouds in the area give planes a challage to spot dragon.

Are these really clouds, or is the dragon alive and hiding in its fumes?

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #196 on:** 05/31/2012 03:49 pm »

Re.: early splashdown

That will obviously have to be something that will need to be discussed. No one is going to like an autosequence being out like that. However, I don't think that should detract from getting the capsule back to altitude=0

Lee Jay: I don't think that there are floatation bags; I don't remember any on C1