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I wonder what sort of plan SpaceX is hatching to recover the stage?...  ???

Where are the Liberty Star and Freedom Star these days anyway?
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Freedom star is in reserve with the USDOT, Liberty Star is now TV Kings Pointer with the USMMA.

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Freedom star is in reserve with the USDOT, Liberty Star is now TV Kings Pointer with the USMMA.
All shuttle specific hardware was removed after SRB recovery was dropped from SLS.

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It will be a difficult task to tow that booster if they attempt it at all. Not as simple as attaching a cable. I doubt it has any cathodic protection either. Those are the sacrificial blocks of metal that corrode in lieu of the hull. In this case the hull is very thin aluminum. If it makes it back, it will look like moths have been chewing on it. Another first for SpaceX. First flown booster done in by electrolysis.
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Have there been any more pictures of Floaty McFloatface, apart from the original one from Elon?

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Could they use a cargo crane helicopter to fly it to shore?

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Could they use a cargo crane helicopter to fly it to shore?
Nope, way too heavy.
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Could they use a cargo crane helicopter to fly it to shore?
Nope, way too heavy.

If by "they" you mean SpaceX or the US, no.

If your "they" includes the russian military, sure. The Mi-26 can carry 20 tons easy, with a range of more than 800km.
Fishing something out of the water might be a bit more of a challenge, of course.
And one would presume that SpaceX, the US navy, and many others would have something to say about such an attempt, so...no.

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Could they use a cargo crane helicopter to fly it to shore?
Nope, way too heavy.

Agreed... not even close... if still in one piece...  I cited sources...
F9 Stage 1 dry [1] is over weight for even the mighty Mi-26 [4] to budge...  ;)
And the CH-47 [2] and CH-53 [3]?... no way...  :P

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust#Vehicle_specifications
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook#Specifications_(CH-47F)
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion#Specifications_(CH-53E)
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26#Specifications_(Mi-26)
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It will be a difficult task to tow that booster if they attempt it at all. Not as simple as attaching a cable. I doubt it has any cathodic protection either. Those are the sacrificial blocks of metal that corrode in lieu of the hull. In this case the hull is very thin aluminum. If it makes it back, it will look like moths have been chewing on it. Another first for SpaceX. First flown booster done in by electrolysis.


Just to be pedantic, it's anodic protection that is required. And aluminium is actually reasonably tolerant of corrosion. It depends on the exact alloy used, but bare aluminium hulls can last for decades in seawater (I use such a vessel everyday at work).
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Could they use a cargo crane helicopter to fly it to shore?
Nope, way too heavy.

Agreed... not even close... if still in one piece...  I cited sources...
F9 Stage 1 dry [1] is over weight for even the mighty Mi-26 [4] to budge...  ;)
And the CH-47 [2] and CH-53 [3]?... no way...  :P

[Not that it is in any way realistic to use that (and probably straying offtopic) but ..] The world record for helicopters is 40000 kg (@ a height of more than 2km) ... too bad only prototypes were ever built ... and are by now probably rusted all up .. I am talking about the older cousin of the Mi-26 .. the Mil V-12 ...
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Has anyone else noticed that SpaceX still hasn't posted the launch webcast on their youtube page?

Maybe they're just busy right now... can't imagine what that might be... but it still seems a little odd.

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And still sitting there.  So no role in FH, apparently.  I guess not terribly surprising there's no fairing recovery attempt this mission.
Elon tweeted out a graphic timeline for the FH flight which included fairing recovery, but it turns out it was an NSF-created graphic. I'm going to stick with "no fairing recovery on FH".

So Go Searcher is done, I guess. I wonder what's going on in the Bahamas?

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It will be a difficult task to tow that booster if they attempt it at all. Not as simple as attaching a cable. I doubt it has any cathodic protection either. Those are the sacrificial blocks of metal that corrode in lieu of the hull. In this case the hull is very thin aluminum. If it makes it back, it will look like moths have been chewing on it. Another first for SpaceX. First flown booster done in by electrolysis.


Just to be pedantic, it's anodic protection that is required. And aluminium is actually reasonably tolerant of corrosion. It depends on the exact alloy used, but bare aluminium hulls can last for decades in seawater (I use such a vessel everyday at work).

Unless you have an electrical error in which case it can corrode over night... :)
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Has anyone else noticed that SpaceX still hasn't posted the launch webcast on their youtube page?

Maybe they're just busy right now... can't imagine what that might be... but it still seems a little odd.
it is there, just unlisted as all livestreams are after they conclude. that is so copyrighted music can be removed before making it public again.

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it is there, just unlisted as all livestreams are after they conclude. that is so copyrighted music can be removed before making it public again.
Right, usually they make it public within an hour or so of mission completion, so it's just a little weird.

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it is there, just unlisted as all livestreams are after they conclude. that is so copyrighted music can be removed before making it public again.
Right, usually they make it public within an hour or so of mission completion, so it's just a little weird.
It is still viewable in unlisted mode with the edits made but they forgot to relist after the edit.

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So what's the news with the hauling backing of the splashdowned core?
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Allegedly, it's been sunk by Uncle Sam!

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Whatever the case, trusted anonymous sources have confirmed to AmericaSpace that the U.S. Air Force carried out an air strike to blow up the floating booster.

http://www.americaspace.com/2018/02/08/air-force-strike-takes-out-spacexs-floating-govsat-booster/

The term 'trusted anonymous source' always makes me twitch. Personally, I'll wait until someone is willing to go officially on the record about this.

IMHO, it would be more reasonable for divers working for private salvage engineers to blow holes in the tanks with small charges to flood them and cause the core to sink, if that's the direction that SpaceX chose to go.
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