Seriously, is that thing actually okay?
I find it interesting listening in to the off-camera audible responses of the SpaceXers in the company cafeteria.
was this a planned "push the envelope" reentry? If so, that the stage is worse for wear and tear isn't necessarily bad.
My guess is they saw the fire suppression activate.
I find it fascinating how people stress over a bit of flame on the booster when the reentry environment it just went through was likely much worse, both in thermal and dynamic pressure respects.
Quote from: ugordan on 10/30/2017 06:52 pmI find it fascinating how people stress over a bit of flame on the booster when the reentry environment it just went through was likely much worse, both in thermal and dynamic pressure respects.*Huge* difference between controlled and uncontrolled heating.
Question: before the second ignition of the second stage engine the feed shows what seems to be a lot of particles flying around. What is this?