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#220
by
CorvusCorax
on 06 May, 2016 06:05
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Big congrats to SpaceX, that landing was "hot" !!!! :-)
Big congrats to SpaceX and JCSAT to get that bird up into transpher orbit, now its up to the sat itself.
Just love the strobe lights on the legs :-) That's such a nice little detail of how an experiment now turns into professional procedure. Who knows, maybe not too far out they're gonna stick a general aviation transponder on the stage
"This is Cape Canaveral Airfoce Base. SX179 cleared for departure and landing, use squawk 0179..."
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#221
by
northenarc
on 06 May, 2016 06:05
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Congratulations to SpaceX on another successful mission, with two in the barn (almost) I'm sure we'll be seeing a stage refly soon(ish).
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#222
by
rcoppola
on 06 May, 2016 06:05
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#223
by
Shanuson
on 06 May, 2016 06:07
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I also thought in the far shot of the landing that it exploded, was fist bumping the air when they showed the stage relaxing on OCISLY almost dead centre.
With landings we now have twice the excitement compared to other launches. Still not a feeling of routine for that on my end.
Congratulations on a really successful mission. See you in a few weeks for the next one.
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#224
by
Poole Amateur
on 06 May, 2016 06:07
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Breathtaking flight: launch at first attempt, successful payload delivery and a pin point high entry landing on a drone ship out in the Atlantic. Simply amazing. Congratulations SpaceX and thank you Steven and all for your fine coverage.
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#225
by
Zed_Noir
on 06 May, 2016 06:07
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Congrats to SpaceX for a boring launch & spacecraft deployment.
Of course where to build the rocket barn at CCAFS/KSC will be interesting.
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#226
by
llanitedave
on 06 May, 2016 06:08
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I am so psyched I don't think I'll sleep much tonight. One more milestone in a world-changing adventure! Congratulations SpaceX!
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#227
by
ppb
on 06 May, 2016 06:11
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Congratulations to SpaceX on a difficult achievement. I salute their indomitable spirit of experimentation and dedication to engineering progress in spaceflight. If Elon says he's going to do it, I tend to believe him.
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#228
by
Lar
on 06 May, 2016 06:11
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Congratulations to SpaceX for a flawless launch, what appears to be a perfect delivery of JCSAT-14 to GTO, and for a knucklebiting, hair raising, ZOMG I can't believe they just did it, landing...
only problem: Now no one will believe Elon when he says the chances are not good for a recovery.
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#229
by
plank
on 06 May, 2016 06:11
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For all those oohs and aahs congratulations SpaceX.
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#230
by
Jimmy_C
on 06 May, 2016 06:12
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Congrats to everyone at SpaceX! Nailed it!
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#231
by
WBY1984
on 06 May, 2016 06:14
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Congrats to SpaceX!
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#232
by
marshal
on 06 May, 2016 06:15
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Congrats to SpaceX!
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#233
by
Brovane
on 06 May, 2016 06:15
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Congrats SpaceX.
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#234
by
rubtest
on 06 May, 2016 06:15
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Nice Landing !
I ask myself if there is any manual guidance or control in the last phase of the landing or is everything runs autonomous. ( actually I want to give Kudos to the guy who landed the huge piece or at least to the group who developed the landing algorithm )
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#235
by
Elmar Moelzer
on 06 May, 2016 06:15
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@elonmusk:
Yeah, this was a three engine landing burn, so triple deceleration of last flight. That's important to minimize gravity losses.
Three engine landing burn?!
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#236
by
rickl
on 06 May, 2016 06:16
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I was watching the technical webcast, and had trouble getting it to HD before launch. I finally had to settle for 480p and it was probably a couple of minutes behind real time. So I watched the launch and didn't check on the update thread so as to avoid "spoilers".
After awhile I looked in and saw "TOUCHDOWN!". I then looked at the hosted webcast that I had open in another tab with the sound muted, and saw the stage standing on the deck.
Congratulations, SpaceX! This is not in any way, shape, or form "boring".
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#237
by
PerW
on 06 May, 2016 06:20
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Fantastic!
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#238
by
sanman
on 06 May, 2016 06:21
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@elonmusk:
Yeah, this was a three engine landing burn, so triple deceleration of last flight. That's important to minimize gravity losses.
Three engine landing burn?!
So 3-engine landing burn is the improvement over previous landing burns?
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#239
by
darkenfast
on 06 May, 2016 06:21
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Wow! Congratulations to SpaceX for a launch on first attempt (excluding a weather postponement), a much more difficult landing, and a customer's satellite on its way.
A big "THANK YOU!" to NSF for the best spaceflight coverage!
