Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : CRS SpX-17 : May 4, 2019 - DISCUSSION (Read 76903 times)

Vettedrmr · « **Reply #160 on:** 05/08/2019 12:15 pm »

Quote from: Rondaz on 05/08/2019 12:20 am

With SpaceX scrub, NASA again demonstrates commitment to innovation..

"The agency is investing in keeping the United States on the leading edge."

ERIC BERGER - 5/7/2019, 6:54 AM

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/with-spacex-scrub-nasa-again-demonstrates-commitment-to-innovation/?comments=1

Add to that the question in the CRS-17 pre-launch press conference about why NASA/SpaceX were using a new booster as opposed to a flown booster, and you can see the normative paradigm changing rapidly in NASA. Already getting into the mindset that flown hardware is at least as reliable as new hardware. In another few (maybe very few) years new hardware may require higher insurance premiums than flown hardware.

Have a good one,
Mike

FlattestEarth · « **Reply #161 on:** 05/08/2019 01:21 pm »

Quote from: eeergo on 05/07/2019 11:02 pm

I still don't think it's something on the ground

It could be a shadow of landmass plus shadows of clouds.

https://zoom.earth/#-20.924446,34.058176,9z,sat,pm,2019-03-25

Bananas_on_Mars · « **Reply #162 on:** 06/04/2019 08:05 pm »

Quote from: Olaf on 06/04/2019 07:32 pm

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1135984202678120448

Judging from the picture, I guess they lost the ripped off umbilical before the hottest phase of reentry. Would have been visible right in the middle of the picture, right?

srcln · « **Reply #163 on:** 06/04/2019 08:10 pm »

Quote from: Bananas_on_Mars on 06/04/2019 08:05 pm

Judging from the picture, I guess they lost the ripped off umbilical before the hottest phase of reentry. Would have been visible right in the middle of the picture, right?

I think the tail end of it still is visible in the picture.