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#1520
by
Wonger
on 22 Dec, 2015 03:48
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#1521
by
edkyle99
on 22 Dec, 2015 03:56
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Did anyone report hearing a sonic boom from the returning stage?
Yup, very many people. Many thought it was the stage blowing up!
I can imagine. The sonic boom seems to have arrived for most observers just moments after the landing.
- Ed Kyle
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#1522
by
the_other_Doug
on 22 Dec, 2015 03:59
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Now we just need to wait patiently to see all of the various high-quality close-up videos of the stage landing SpaceX will leak out over the next few days. The one shot, apparently from a camera drone, that shows the stage descending towards the center of the pad would seem to be a single frame from an HD video.
I really, really want to see that video, as well as the others I am sure were recorded this evening -- like, for example, the rocket cam video of the landing. But they'll be coming along in due time...
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#1523
by
somepitch
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:04
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#1524
by
the_other_Doug
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:11
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Hey, ask and ye shall receive!
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#1525
by
bunker9603
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:13
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Now we just need to wait patiently to see all of the various high-quality close-up videos of the stage landing SpaceX will leak out over the next few days.
Great timing! It took about 5 minutes
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#1526
by
Antilope7724
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:14
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Wow, imagine a Falcon Heavy launch when 3 stages come flying home, (2 at once and 1 a little later).
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#1527
by
meekGee
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:22
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Those legs finish deploying maybe 2 seconds before it touches down...
The helicopter must have been used one of those stabilized super-telephoto systems. My guess is that for whatever reason, the hexacopter was not allowed nearby.
One guy flies the helicopter, another operates the cam, and a third is peering very intently into the sky...
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#1528
by
leetdan
on 22 Dec, 2015 04:25
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Having witnessed many launches over the years, this was by far the most "lofted", in fact we could still faintly hear the engines at MECO. There was a layer of clouds, but it was thin enough to still clearly see a few minutes of second stage flight, as well as all boost-back and landing burns. We were on SR-3 just south of the Visitor's Center, maybe 8 miles from LZ-1, and the booms arrived within seconds of landing.
(apparently my 4 year old is a Blue Origin fan)
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#1529
by
Lars-J
on 22 Dec, 2015 05:17
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Wow, what a great night.
And I suppose this will finally silence the naysayers with their "SpaceX doesn't do anything new" or "SpaceX doesn't innovate or brak new ground" mantra. Well... I can't recall seeing this before. Nor did DC-X ever do anything close to *this*.
The future looks bright, and SpaceX and Blue Origin and pushing us into a brave new world.
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#1530
by
meekGee
on 22 Dec, 2015 05:20
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Wow, what a great night.
And I suppose this will finally silence the naysayers with their "SpaceX doesn't do anything new" or "SpaceX doesn't innovate or brak new ground" mantra. Well... I can't recall seeing this before. Nor did DC-X ever do anything close to *this*.
The future looks bright!
"proving them wrong" will never happen...
Instead, just kick back and enjoy having been proved right
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#1531
by
Comga
on 22 Dec, 2015 06:20
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Wow
Just Wow
Earlier today I was reading the National Research Council report on Sustainable Enhanced Land Imaging, which ends saying how new LandSats should be built small to rideshare as secondary payloads to save money. I think this landing is a big step to making that concept passe'. With reusable rockets, for which this is the first giant step, you will build your payload to the capacity of the Falcon 9, (or some future competitor who is now WAY behind) get your orbit on your schedule, and be done. How will anything beat that?
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#1532
by
dorkmo
on 22 Dec, 2015 06:28
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spotted one of the yellow aircraft jacks in the short video clip. got a little too excited about it, considering.
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#1533
by
tyrred
on 22 Dec, 2015 06:55
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Anybody know the approximate altitude of S1 passing back to trans-sonic on the return? Those sonic booms got me thinking, how low was she before the boom passed her?
Most folks (like myself) rarely if ever get to hear them booms.
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#1534
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:22
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There was a lot of information in the SpaceX broadcast that I didn't catch live. Here are screen grabs of what I thought were the interesting points.
Mission Control Hawthorn. There about 14 different screens on the huge main wall.
Video screens showing what I believe to be are the Helium pressure tanks.
Video screens showing propellant tanks on the left.
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#1535
by
Maestro19
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:25
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What I love is going back to that old press club speech on youtube, which finishes on reusability with the words -
".. I'm not saying we're certain of success here, but we're going to try to do it"
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#1536
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:26
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Eight Merlin 1D engines lined up with "Do Not Touch. Flight Hardware" signs in front.
Octoweb with engines installed. Falcon Heavy signs are in front.
Octoweb installed on stage (enhanced).
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#1537
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:29
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Spacecraft Cleanroom where Dragon is assembled.
Workers in cleanroom.
Dragon being assembled. Might be SpX-8.
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#1538
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:31
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Four cores under assembly.
3D printing shop.
Some of the 3D printed parts on display.
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#1539
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 22 Dec, 2015 07:33
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Assembling an engine.
Falcon 9 Full Thrust updates.
Liquid oxygen farm.
Liquid oxygen tank.
