EPTNASA and the Private Sector - Page 62
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iHirO
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misirlou
Portugal3319 Posts
On June 28 2015 10:35 oBlade wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if they waited for a first stage return so they could fly and return it again in the in-flight abort test. As much as I'd like that too, I don't think it will happen. If they did that, it would be a double test (testing the reused f9 and dragon) and increase the chances of something going wrong. They shouldn't take the risk, just test the dragon system to keep on track for commercial crew. | ||
micronesia
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iHirO
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misirlou
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micronesia
United States24813 Posts
C'mon guys this isn't rocket science. | ||
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iHirO
United Kingdom1381 Posts
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/nsvPQbE.jpg) | ||
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iHirO
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Here's the video replay: | ||
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oBlade
United States6678 Posts
On June 28 2015 23:31 iHirO wrote: I saw something cone shaped fly away from the rocket a few seconds before it exploded. Your screenshot is terrible^^ but I saw what you meant while replaying in HD. I'm no expert but it looks like some kind of leak. you can see the engine plume is normal at 3:19 and then turns white around 3:21 at the same time the rocket steers up in the frame, it doesn't stay where the tracking camera expected it to be, and that could also be a factor since you don't want to steer wildly at max Q. Then you can see at 3:23 the orange color around the engines gets brighter like it's burning like an afterburner. Then until 3:26 it steers back down in the frame. At 3:27-3:28 you can see it ejects a bunch of of gas, it has that ethereal cloud look to it, I don't know if that's RP-1 or oxygen. And 3:28 is also the last I see any engines burning. Whatever fell didn't seem like it was from the base of the first stage, anyway. At 3:23 right? It's kind of illuminated when the orange glow brightens. And the telemetry freezes at 3:24. | ||
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iHirO
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micronesia
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
What concerns me is that NASA is already losing a bunch of its funding and now they're doing business with the private sector and if it doesn't work out maybe it'll further turn Washington away from space exploration. Hell if we're having trouble sending supplies to the ISS, why would we bother looking farther than Earth's orbit... | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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Sad day, can't wait for the next one though! | ||
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Yurie
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On June 29 2015 02:16 Djzapz wrote: Space is hard indeed. What concerns me is that NASA is already losing a bunch of its funding and now they're doing business with the private sector and if it doesn't work out maybe it'll further turn Washington away from space exploration. Hell if we're having trouble sending supplies to the ISS, why would we bother looking farther than Earth's orbit... Not to worry, worst case just start drumming up what China is doing and NASA gets funding again. | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On June 28 2015 16:10 sc14s wrote: So stoked for this. Though there is no way im getting up at 7am. I wanna see that rocket land this time!! 3rd time is the charm! I really jinxed this | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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iHirO
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misirlou
Portugal3319 Posts
On June 29 2015 10:00 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Apparently NASA knew about the crack now the question is who suggested the fix was it SpaceX or NASA. If this is a case of go fever... https://twitter.com/AmericaSpace/status/615225804029603841 according to another post on r/spacex, AmericaSpace is pretty biased against SpaceX | ||
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iHirO
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{CC}StealthBlue
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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/615431934345216001 | ||
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