Like I said before... Probably wrong. But that was my first impression as an avid, uneducated young grasshopper rocket enthusiast.Given the conditions at the time the camera became clouded, what do you surmise was the major contributor, heat? Pressure? Condensation/icing? I defer to the experts here
Or maybe the crush zone is in the leg cylinders and the stage is fine.
From DShadelz on the SpaceX reddit: I'm being told by an intern that "The landing legs have a crush core of aluminium honeycomb that compresses on massive impact." https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4l9uou/rspacex_thaicom_8_official_launch_discussion/d3mbwy6
Quote from: tleski on 05/27/2016 10:18 pmelonmusk: 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/736320322996076548Does this explain what looks like a list to F9 on the barge ??
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
Sorry if this is a duplicate question, but I've noticed the S1 landing very close to some white object on the deck that I can't recall from earlier attempts/landings. What is that?
Crush core is aluminum honeycomb for energy absorption in the telescoping actuator. Easy to replace (if Falcon makes it back to port).
A few fun facts:- F9 FT ties F91.0 for the second-most flown variant of F9; now a perfect 5 for 5- 6th successful flight since loss of CRS-7- 5th flight of calendar 2016- 4th successful landing out of 6 attempts (4th out of 5 for F9 FT) since first successful landing (Orbcomm OG-2)
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/736328917317910528QuoteCrush core is aluminum honeycomb for energy absorption in the telescoping actuator. Easy to replace (if Falcon makes it back to port).
From the update thread: (people, read the thread titles!)Quote from: Jeff Lerner on 05/27/2016 10:35 pmQuote from: tleski on 05/27/2016 10:18 pmelonmusk: 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/736320322996076548Does this explain what looks like a list to F9 on the barge ??No, that is because of the wide angle lens.
Quote from: Ohsin on 05/27/2016 10:52 pmhttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/736328917317910528QuoteCrush core is aluminum honeycomb for energy absorption in the telescoping actuator. Easy to replace (if Falcon makes it back to port).How will the crew be able to work on it if there is a chance that it could fall over? This will be interesting.
How will the crew be able to work on it if there is a chance that it could fall over? This will be interesting.
Did SpaceX have strips of materials in the grid fins to indicate interaction with the atmosphere by flaring up?