Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : CRS-16 (Dragon SpX-16) : December 5, 2018 - DISCUSSION (Read 227941 times)

Halidon · « **Reply #80 on:** 12/05/2018 05:24 pm »

uh oh, losing stage 1

ellindsey · « **Reply #81 on:** 12/05/2018 05:24 pm »

Some pretty wild gyrations there. I don't think they're getting this Stage 1 back.

Prettz · « **Reply #82 on:** 12/05/2018 05:25 pm »

Holy moley, what happened? Looked like the grid fins weren't moving

Tass · « **Reply #83 on:** 12/05/2018 05:26 pm »

Made a "water landing"

jak Kennedy · « **Reply #84 on:** 12/05/2018 05:26 pm »

In the drink

toruonu · « **Reply #85 on:** 12/05/2018 05:27 pm »

But why cut the feed?

matthewkantar · « **Reply #86 on:** 12/05/2018 05:27 pm »

In one piece?

Norm38 · « **Reply #87 on:** 12/05/2018 05:28 pm »

Crazy, that's the first failed landing since June of 2016.

Tass · « **Reply #88 on:** 12/05/2018 05:28 pm »

Quote from: matthewkantar on 12/05/2018 05:27 pm

In one piece?

Apparently so.

meekGee · « **Reply #89 on:** 12/05/2018 05:28 pm »

how does a stage recover from such gyrations even?

suppose one control surface failed, and then the system recognized and adapted and .. still... the starting conditions were insane...

chrisking0997 · « **Reply #90 on:** 12/05/2018 05:29 pm »

bet theres gonna be some good footage of that

OnWithTheShow · « **Reply #91 on:** 12/05/2018 05:29 pm »

Am I the only one envisioning this....

matthewkantar · « **Reply #92 on:** 12/05/2018 05:29 pm »

Will be lots of video of the crash, stage was very close to the Cape. Cheering was because the stage didn't take out anything on land.

AC in NC · « **Reply #93 on:** 12/05/2018 05:29 pm »

That didn't look like ice that came off during descent. It looked like some kind of seal was lost from a grid fin.

kevinof · « **Reply #94 on:** 12/05/2018 05:30 pm »

Never saw the fins move once deployed.

OxCartMark · « **Reply #95 on:** 12/05/2018 05:30 pm »

I noticed on this and the previous flight that the N2 thrusters seem more active after the grid fins come out than on previous flights. I wonder if this is related to the "water landing" (AKA, kaboom).

Whether SpaceX chooses to release it or not there should be plenty of video coming out.

jaredgalen · « **Reply #96 on:** 12/05/2018 05:30 pm »

In a way a failure is good, something to improve upon... 🤔

rower2000 · « **Reply #97 on:** 12/05/2018 05:30 pm »

Quote from: Prettz on 12/05/2018 05:25 pm

Holy moley, what happened? Looked like the grid fins weren't moving

Stuck fin or stuck thruster? Looked like the fins did nothing for one or two seconds, and then wild and intense corrections...

But leave it to SpaceX. They did not have a crash, but a water landing, so with that wording I suppose it was soft and upright. If that's true, I'm amazed they could pull it out of that roll...

matthewkantar · « **Reply #98 on:** 12/05/2018 05:31 pm »

I thought the grid fins were working pretty hard.

AnnK · « **Reply #99 on:** 12/05/2018 05:31 pm »

Quote from: toruonu on 12/05/2018 05:27 pm

But why cut the feed?

Quote from: toruonu on 12/05/2018 05:27 pm

But why cut the feed?

Am sure the 1st stage went out of control and crashed. Space X does not share bad news