Whoever it was that was guessing toward the $50k end of the spectrum that money looks to have been spent. I'm not going back to Elon to ask for the rest of the money we need to get this hole filled. You go ask him.
Quote from: Kabloona on 03/22/2016 02:18 amQuote from: CyndyC on 03/22/2016 01:50 amThe bow bubble is gone. I'm lost.It's the "original" hole in the stern, port side. They cut away all around it to make a big rectangular hole so the edges are straight.Hahaha, I know I've been on the confused side lately, but not that confused. I meant it like "who moved my cheese?" Could be a problem for me if they don't put it back though, when the deck isn't visible, or worse, if someone gets tricky and moves it to the stern.
Quote from: CyndyC on 03/22/2016 01:50 amThe bow bubble is gone. I'm lost.It's the "original" hole in the stern, port side. They cut away all around it to make a big rectangular hole so the edges are straight.
The bow bubble is gone. I'm lost.
New images and drone video from EverydayAstronauts imageshttp://i.imgur.com/E8T9pEj.jpg (same as attachment)posted on reddit.Looks like the hull was breached after all, just below the wing. Makes sense to keep that side of the OCISLY out of the water in that case. Any speculation if the engine section went right through or if it got stuck inside? I cant see it.
I watched the vid a couple times and I'm not quite clear how you drew that conclusion... there is never an overhead view that lets us see into the hole, plus there is blue(teal??) material covering a lot of it.
Looks like the hull was breached after all, just below the wing. Makes sense to keep that side of the OCISLY out of the water in that case. Any speculation if the engine section went right through or if it got stuck inside? I cant see it.
look at the picture.. its not visible in the video I beleave.edit: Part of the yellow/orange background is missing where the wing attaches to the body of the barge. It looks like a section is cut out.
Quote from: Lar on 03/22/2016 11:09 amI watched the vid a couple times and I'm not quite clear how you drew that conclusion... there is never an overhead view that lets us see into the hole, plus there is blue(teal??) material covering a lot of it.look at the picture.. its not visible in the video I beleave.edit: Part of the yellow/orange background is missing where the wing attaches to the body of the barge. It looks like a section is cut out.
...... I see more portable fencing with blue tarp near the plastic outhouses, and interestingly, a section of it blocking the view that someone might have under the wing area.
Part of the yellow/orange background is missing where the wing attaches to the body of the barge. It looks like a section is cut out.
Still not seeing a hull breach. Still surprised how much damage was allegedly done (difficult to tell from these pictures anyway), would not have expected that at all, 1/2" steel plate reinforced by some pretty big stringers is a very strong surface, even for something travelling at 200mph. I doubt that once past the deck and the stringers there was enough energy left in the octoweb/engines to puncture the hull as well.
Quote from: Semmel on 03/22/2016 11:10 amPart of the yellow/orange background is missing where the wing attaches to the body of the barge. It looks like a section is cut out.Looking at that blown up enlarged, I believe what you're seeing is an inset "bollard box" (to use the convenient, if not exactly canonical, term).
I agree with other posters - that's quite an impact...
Quote from: meekGee on 03/22/2016 01:45 pmI agree with other posters - that's quite an impact...Indeed. Someone do the math - what's the kinetic energy of a returning, nearly empty S1 at 90 mph? Now, snark aside, people routinely misunderstand impact forces and the amount of damage done by even relatively low speed impacts between massive objects. And frankly, 90 mph isn't slow, and the octoweb and engine powerbeads are both strong and relatively dense.
Cyndy's antenna bubble is immediately on shore next to the bow. Its strapped to a pallet for shipment, either coming or going or maybe just that way to lift it off the ASDS.
CyndyC, there's your (new?) white bubble (VSAT antenna dome) dockside on a pallet, by the bow.
Any speculation if the engine section went right through or if it got stuck inside? I cant see it.
Can we get the drone inside the hull?
So the days of us getting new drone footage of OCISLY may be numbered...