Was that the first time ever that three engines were fired in flight in the atmosphere?
The characters yelling "a tin can hitting a steel deck - nothing to worry about!" obviously had never heard of a space shuttle named Columbia: "Piece of foam hitting an RCC panel - nothing to worry about!".
For those arguing they will not be releasing the video, I most definitely don't see any reason why they wouldn't !
Have my doubts about if we'll be graced by a video. Think it'll be at most pics and a few tweets.
We have it on good authority what the terminal velocity is near seal level. I have a number in mind but I'm not sure and I don't recall if its L2 or not. I came across the authoritative post again ~2 weeks ago but didn't think to make a good mental note or bookmark of it. Since it is relevant to the situation here does anyone have it?
That's some pretty solid work. But wasn't there also a statement from SpaceX or Elon on terminal velocity?
Just happened to arrive in Cocoa today and took the attached pic from across the harbor. I talked with a woman who had been staking out the barge most of the afternoon - she reported that they had been pumping water from both left and right sides earlier - now just left.She said there were lots of folks on deck but a lot of talking and standing around. One nicely dressed person shaking hands.Not much removal or cleanup activity that she could see.
Just happened to arrive in Cocoa today and took the attached pic from across the harbor.
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Hey, did anyone think of this scenario - the stage was coming down at terminal velocity and the multiple engine burn was commanded but the engines were so damaged (for instance, cooling jackets burned through by re-entry) that all they got was an open fire at the bottom but no appreciable thrust / deceleration. That unlikely scenario would give the bright ball of light we saw in the video along with a hard hit. Counter argument - unless at least one engine were burning properly it would be unlikely that the video link would have been interrupted.
Good stuff, Cindy.That's more ASDS than I think I've ever seen. It would be nice if someone could get a pic of the draft marks on the sides. IIRC, it drafts 3 feet with no ballast (?). So I conclude there is a hole in the bottom. Could be that large areas of bottom plate need to be removed and replaced. Could be that there's only a small hole and much of the raising is to help (initially at least) in retriving the scrap metal in the compartment. There would seem to be no reasonable way to raise that area out of the water for servicing so either they weld it underwater style or they go to a drydock (where?) or (extreme) they do some crazy ballasting maneuver that sinks or depresses the other end and projects the troubled end into the air. The latter seems very improbable given that the equipment at the bow would need to be removed for that. Hmm, or maybe if it needs to be raised they sink some barges under it and then raise it on them.Looking back at Marek's super resolution pictures and the Ken Burns slowmo video you can see a green trailer mounted pump on the deck.
But if it's the octaweb that made that hole, why were they so far off-target?