@jeff_foust 12 min.Jurvetson said the video had been shot from aircraft, though a glitch caused the vehicle to go out of frame around touchdown. #smallsat2014
Looks like this is the PG-13 version - the camera fades out before the shocking and graphic RUD.
Talk about coming in hot! She's really moving.
As for the question of whether or not this particular video cameraman simply messed up and missed the final result, that I think is beside the point. SpaceX, surely, has better engineering video of the entire event. Perhaps it will release the original of this one that conveniently misses the end. Perhaps not. But I doubt it will release the fully detailed video or videos that show everything.
Ed, they've released segments or stills from a video of this quality twice, both times stated to be from a plane in the area. My suspicion is that this is the engineering video from the plane, just as CASSIOPE was, and that they simply mis-timed some camera motion, not some conspiracy to "hide" the end of the video. I mean...we've seen what the reception did to the video from CRS-3, and the ice on OrbComm. Even people who can bring a rocket down from orbit are occasionally limited by the systems they have set up to document it.
Quote from: e of pi on 08/07/2014 02:35 amEd, they've released segments or stills from a video of this quality twice, both times stated to be from a plane in the area. My suspicion is that this is the engineering video from the plane, just as CASSIOPE was, and that they simply mis-timed some camera motion, not some conspiracy to "hide" the end of the video. I mean...we've seen what the reception did to the video from CRS-3, and the ice on OrbComm. Even people who can bring a rocket down from orbit are occasionally limited by the systems they have set up to document it. The future path of this entire company depends on the results of this breakthrough testing - testing that costs a good bit of money. Do you really believe that SpaceX is depending on only one hand-held camera to capture the results? - Ed Kyle
Well, the good news is that we're likely to see a barge landing in less than 2 months. Imagine the video from an observation boat moored nearby, or even from land if the barge is just offshore. THAT will be impressive.
The future path of this entire company depends on the results of this breakthrough testing - testing that costs a good bit of money. Do you really believe that SpaceX is depending on only one hand-held camera to capture the results?
Do you really believe that SpaceX is depending on only one hand-held camera to capture the results?
Quote from: edkyle99 on 08/07/2014 03:43 pmDo you really believe that SpaceX is depending on only one hand-held camera to capture the results?As a matter of fact, yes, I *can* believe that.
If so, you are willing to believe that this company is just a bunch of amateurs. I am certain that it is not.
Engineering video during launch vehicle R&D is standard stuff. Engineers put recoverable film video cameras on board Redstone and Atlas and Thor and Titan and Saturn, etc., during the 1950s and 60s to capture key information, even with masses of telemetry available.
Maybe you want to believe that SpaceX has experienced nothing but perfection, that there is no detailed record of the "interesting" hiccups.
SpaceX has recorded those moments, including, I believe, the sudden dis-assembly of the Orbcomm first stage after its successful landing. The company has not shown those moments in their finest detail to the public. That is fine, but lets not pretend that the records do not exist or that the hiccups never happened.
We're getting firmly into tin-foil hat land here.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 08/07/2014 08:19 pmHeh, is that a picture of your good self + cat?