Quote from: mvpel on 08/17/2016 09:08 pmQuote from: Barrie on 08/17/2016 08:53 pmLooks like the crack and dent is in a very thin foil wrapped around the leg. You can see a lapped seam running along the leg member.Maybe there's insulation under it and that was the anti-icing remedy?The icing problem was stopping the deployment piston from latching. I think we are looking at an arm of the A-frame here. The member seems to get wider at the crack, so I think it may just be a tear or crease in the wrapping - which may well be insulation - to accommodate an irregularity in the contours of whatever is underneath. There is a similar feature in the bottom right corner of the the picture, which seems more like a crease.
Quote from: Barrie on 08/17/2016 08:53 pmLooks like the crack and dent is in a very thin foil wrapped around the leg. You can see a lapped seam running along the leg member.Maybe there's insulation under it and that was the anti-icing remedy?
Looks like the crack and dent is in a very thin foil wrapped around the leg. You can see a lapped seam running along the leg member.
To mark this stage's arrival into port (and other SpaceX things), and remember we'll be going to the dedicated thread for this stage in this section for port ops.https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/08/by-sea-land-space-spacex-hardware/
remember we'll be going to the dedicated thread for this stage in this section for port ops.
There is a dedicated thread for that
If indeed the F9 Return to Flight takes several months, any ideas how SpaceX might take advantage of the downtime in regards to the ASDSs? I'm thinking that any inspections that need doing will be done, and also any planned-for-the-future upgrades/changes. Both ASDSs could be sent back to the yard if needed (Though with JRTI, that'd mean a trip through the Panama Canal, but at least the wings wouldn't have to come off now).
Man it was quiet in here....SpaceX could perhaps use the time to start work on a third ASDS.
Man it was quiet in here....
A large crocodile appeared to be ready gobble OCISLY as the sun set.