Quote from: sunbingfa on 05/27/2016 10:18 pm@elonmuskRocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion. Prob ok, but some risk of tippingMeaning?Meaning that the first stage ...
@elonmuskRocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion. Prob ok, but some risk of tippingMeaning?
This thing is so tall, if they can't secure it, I wonder they will have to shove it overboard before entering the shipping lanes and the port itself.Anyone know?
Is the 91,000 km apogee a record for SpaceX? I don't recall hearing of one that high before.If so, it's all the more impressive that they could do that and still land the first stage.
I think this is a slightly different angle clearer shot (from SpaceX Twitter). I'll leave it to others to have opinions on leg position.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cjfpe5NVAAE35KP.jpg[image snipped]Tweet:https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/736313781907685376
This makes landing bingo so much easier to figure out the winner !!!https://www.instagram.com/p/BF7wQGkF8ZJ/?taken-by=spacex
Quote from: RocketGoBoom on 05/28/2016 02:17 amThis makes landing bingo so much easier to figure out the winner !!!https://www.instagram.com/p/BF7wQGkF8ZJ/?taken-by=spacexWOW! Amazing video! Here's hoping they release that at normal speed!
I wonder if the "sped up" nature is due to itar and/or protecting their "special sauce". They might be able to insert just enough frame rate jitter to obscure the exact duration of various key events.Or maybe they just thought it looked cooler this way.
Also, looks like they aim for a near miss off the edge of the barge until braking burn engine starts. Then the redirect to the center of the barge.