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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/09/video-press-conference-following-falcon-launch-and-landing/ | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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KwarK
United States43221 Posts
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oBlade
United States5765 Posts
On April 09 2016 10:47 nikj wrote: Awesome to see after they have come so close in the past. I'm wondering though where is Jimmy? Or does he only show up for failed landings? Watching the video I was intuitively waiting for it to tip over and kaboom again. And good observation.  | ||
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misirlou
Portugal3241 Posts
On April 09 2016 10:47 nikj wrote: Awesome to see after they have come so close in the past. I'm wondering though where is Jimmy? Or does he only show up for failed landings? shh, he was a pain in the ass after the first land landing. | ||
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puerk
Germany855 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On April 11 2016 13:29 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://youtu.be/gJfeFsDICMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYmQQn_ZSys the landing is about 100000% better with the cheering from Space x headquarters lol | ||
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m4ini
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On April 12 2016 09:13 m4ini wrote: As an addendum to oBlade who was wondering, i just heard that for transport back to port they weld down the booster. A support ship arrived shortly after the landing (i assume they have a certain safety-waiting time), and welded down the shoes of the landing gear. Seems kinda dangerous. You would think you could automate that fairly easily, its already an automated barge and rocket xD | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On April 10 2016 22:07 puerk wrote: well he also went on a rant how general relativity is wrong (especially regarding the equivalence principle) and his own understanding of newtonian physics was the be all end all to gravity. so taking him serious about anything to do with space is futile. sounds about like arkazon when it comes to chinese dota. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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m4ini
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On April 12 2016 09:48 sc14s wrote: Seems kinda dangerous. You would think you could automate that fairly easily, its already an automated barge and rocket xD I assume that professionals can "judge" things better. I can't really tell why they're doing it the way they're doing it - i just know that they're welding the rocket onto the ship (rather, they weld clamps on the shoes of the landing gear). Also, i don't really see why it'd be dangerous. There's not much fuel left in the booster (if any), and the rocket flopping over isn't more dangerous than a falling tree. That's my judgement though, didn't really think too much about it. edit: @above, that's not news. Falcon Heavy fairing is 13,1m by 5,2m, BA-330 is 13,7m long. Already was in 2005. Did i miss something? | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
On April 12 2016 10:48 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Oh shit... https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/719658820902002689 Yay, new space race. | ||
iHirO
United Kingdom1381 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Pretty cool what's being done here, I guess. | ||
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Yrr
Germany804 Posts
On April 12 2016 20:52 Incognoto wrote: So what exactly is the incentive to go to space, precisely? Just for tourism or ? Satellites do all sorts of things like communication, GPS, maps etc. Most other stuff is for science. Ressources is an upcoming topic. | ||
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Yrr
Germany804 Posts
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