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#1426 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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So...this seems a little crazy to say, but the next launch on the calendar is...
Falcon Heavy. (Though it's certainly possible that another launch will leap frog it if it gets delayed.) |
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#1427 |
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#1428 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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It didn't seem to add up, honestly. After the re-entry burn ended, the speed was decreasing rapidly. Why? I get the atmosphere is getting thicker but it was sloughing off speed like crazy well beyond the landing burn.
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#1429 |
Mahomes Fanboi
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#1430 |
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#1431 |
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#1432 |
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#1433 |
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: The Gates of Delirium
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I'm really looking forward to that one. I can watch these launches from my front yard.
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#1434 |
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#1435 |
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#1436 |
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#1437 | |
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#1438 |
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Actually, now that I think about the velocity thing, it's both a vertical and horizontal velocity, so conceivably it's already basically falling at terminal velocity, but it's losing horizontal velocity?
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#1439 |
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#1440 |
"Think BOOM!"
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The graphic showed "speed" and "altitude." But yes, maybe? Love it.
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