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SpaceX soft landing fails
January 10, 2015 at 6:59 am
Better luck next time
The company CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the booster hit the platform hard.
"Close, but no cigar," he added. "Bodes well for the future tho'. Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced." And he continued: "Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and... actual pieces."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30752515
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 12:53 am
Better a hard landing than a crash!
*waves around his Go Elon Musk! pompoms*
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 12:56 am
Oops.
Shit happens.
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 1:06 am
Reminds me of.....
Quote:An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a, "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, did we land or were we shot down?"
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 1:14 am
(January 11, 2015 at 1:06 am)Minimalist Wrote: Reminds me of.....
Reminds me of a particularly hard landing coming into Anchorage - reminiscent of a hard landing on a carrier deck. On exiting the cabin, I commented to the crewman at the door: "Navy pilot, eh?"
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 11:43 am
Apparently the stage ran out of hydraulic power just before touch down. Next flight already had an increase in the works, so considering we are talking rockets here, a fairly benign failure.
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2015 at 11:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
So, not quite lithobraking...what should we call this new method that SpaceX is pioneering "navibraking" perhaps?
(jokes aside, it's good shit - hand me those pompoms)
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 2:14 pm
(January 11, 2015 at 11:45 am)Rhythm Wrote: So, not quite lithobraking...what should we call this new method that SpaceX is pioneering "navibraking" perhaps?
(jokes aside, it's good shit - hand me those pompoms)
Good thing I always bring a spare pair!
Or twenty...
Also I give out tesla-coil-shaped cupcakes, too...
And the grab bags have model Tesla S' in them, too.
I might be a bit of a fanboy.
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 11, 2015 at 2:29 pm
(January 11, 2015 at 1:14 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (January 11, 2015 at 1:06 am)Minimalist Wrote: Reminds me of.....
Reminds me of a particularly hard landing coming into Anchorage - reminiscent of a hard landing on a carrier deck. On exiting the cabin, I commented to the crewman at the door: "Navy pilot, eh?"
If it was an airforce pilot, you'd be asking in the morgue.
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RE: SpaceX soft landing fails
January 12, 2015 at 11:45 am
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(January 11, 2015 at 2:14 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote: Good thing I always bring a spare pair!
Or twenty...
Also I give out tesla-coil-shaped cupcakes, too...
And the grab bags have model Tesla S' in them, too.
I might be a bit of a fanboy.
You have a shocking disregard for my diet... 
I'll just take... the lot, yeah? I'd like the lot.
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