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#257 |
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The guys in the SpaceX control room look like they are still in high school. Sheesh. Most of them can't be older than 25.
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#258 |
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#259 |
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Came in on target but too hard. Broke a leg. Is not upright.
Might have caught the barge on an ocean swell. Looked choppy out there. |
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#261 |
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Well, damn. Apparently they need to build islands in the ocean to land on in the future.
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#262 |
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Interesting idea DaFace.... What about an deep sea oil rig like set up?
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#263 |
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#264 |
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On a side note, SpaceXStats has launched with a new web site with all sorts of info about past/future missions, as well as the most informative "live" feed I've seen:
https://spacexstats.com/ |
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#266 |
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On a side note, why are they testing from California? You lose delta-v on a westward burn as opposed to burning east like they do in Florida. Taking advantage of the earths rotation helps a lot.
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#267 | |
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Looks like a successful deployment, so primary mission success! I'm starting to think that the barge may be the issue rather than the rocket, so we'll see what happens in the future as they try and get the water landing figured out. Next launch is in 3 weeks on February 6th! |
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#268 |
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Interesting - it sounds like it wasn't the waves after all. Hopefully they can keep working out these little bugs. On the plus side, they wouldn't have been able to actually reuse this one anyway since it was the old-style body (1.1) and wouldn't have been compatible with the full-thrust anyway. |
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#269 |
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Man. It was right on.
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#270 |
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This is a failure, but it may be my favorite video yet. Great shot of it coming down and landing, but the leg just didn't lock. Bonus awesome explosion. FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> 000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Falcon lands on droneship, but the lockout collet doesn't latch on one the four legs, causing it to tip over post landing. Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation from heavy fog at liftoff. c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A video posted by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on |
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