EPTNASA and the Private Sector - Page 80
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{CC}StealthBlue
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arbiter_md
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iHirO
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m4ini
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Here in a bit better quality (will be 1080p, yt still processing). And more excitement.  edit: hm, timestamp not working.. 35:50 is where the landing starts. | ||
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oBlade
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m4ini
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On April 09 2016 06:31 oBlade wrote: Will it topple over when a wave hits now? "Of course i still love you" can take 15000 cubic meters of water in ballast tanks. I don't think that "oops, we forgot that there's water in the ocean" has occured, it'll be stable enough to get to land. | ||
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oBlade
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m4ini
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On April 09 2016 06:41 oBlade wrote: I wasn't deriding their operation, I just don't know shit about boats. I know it's supposed to hold a really stable position for the landing, but I didn't know whether a rocky sea on the way back to port could put the booster at risk. Because I want to see this one fly again. And i didn't take it that way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship Apart from the rather weird names ("Of course i still love you" and "Just read the instructions"), they're actually quite sophisticated. Of course, rough sea will still shake them, but "normal sea" won't due to the ballast tanks. They work a bit like a drilling station (they float as well, just anchored whereas this is gps controlled - they can hold position within 3 meters even in storms due to four azimuth thrusters, which are basically four fully rotatable engine pods). It's down to mission planning: they simply won't go through rough sea, the same way they wouldn't launch a rocket into a thunder cloud. | ||
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Yurie
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m4ini
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On April 09 2016 07:07 Yurie wrote: Can they re-use it at all or is it just a proof of concept for the next generation? They're still in the experimental stage. It wasn't actually clear if this booster would survive (the lady in the webhost made that clear, by saying "we might see either a nice landing or a nice fireball, something like that). I don't really see why that one wouldn't be refurbished, depending obviously on how it survived. This was just a bonus now. edit: and no, it's not proof of concept (Grasshopper), that's already done a while back. They know/knew it works. | ||
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Jopz
United States262 Posts
On April 09 2016 06:47 m4ini wrote: Apart from the rather weird names ("Of course i still love you" and "Just read the instructions"), they're actually quite sophisticated. They're named after Culture ships from Iain Banks' books. My personal favorite is "Unfortunate Conflict of Evidence". | ||
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Yrr
Germany804 Posts
Sadly I missed it live but it is still a great achievement. | ||
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m4ini
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On April 09 2016 08:10 Jopz wrote: They're named after Culture ships from Iain Banks' books. My personal favorite is "Unfortunate Conflict of Evidence". Yeah i know where the names come from, even though i've never read those books. They're still weird.  | ||
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iHirO
United Kingdom1381 Posts
On April 09 2016 07:21 m4ini wrote: They're still in the experimental stage. It wasn't actually clear if this booster would survive (the lady in the webhost made that clear, by saying "we might see either a nice landing or a nice fireball, something like that). I don't really see why that one wouldn't be refurbished, depending obviously on how it survived. This was just a bonus now. edit: and no, it's not proof of concept (Grasshopper), that's already done a while back. They know/knew it works. Elon just gave a post launch conference, where he said they're gonna ship the stage back to pad 39A, fire its engines 10 times in a row and then relaunch the rocket in June (with a paying customer). | ||
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m4ini
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Elon just gave a post launch conference, where he said they're gonna ship the stage back to pad 39A, fire its engines 10 times in a row and then relaunch the rocket in June (with a paying customer). All the more amazing. I really am excited for that. | ||
KwarK
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Edit: The 16th is when it's scheduled to be inflated. | ||
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iHirO
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
I'm wondering though where is Jimmy? Or does he only show up for failed landings? | ||
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iHirO
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