March 3, 20214 yr For reference: it took them 23 attempts with Falcon 9 before they landed a core with some of the same problems today, crushed landing leg etc. Their rate of developing new tech and rapidly improving it is remarkable. Just incredible stuff. Edited March 3, 20214 yr by Captainant
March 3, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said: Just put her down on the frame wherever Yeah about that... Guess a tank finally popped lol
March 3, 20214 yr Damn big fireball, here's another angle complete with live reacs from a youtuber lol
March 3, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: So mark an X at “vehicle Safing” I guess They updated the ticker lmao Is that a header tank intact on the right end of the debris?
March 4, 20214 yr It seemed like they stayed on three engines during the landing for a longer time than I expected, didn’t really spend any time on two engines. Went more or less from three to one.
March 4, 20214 yr Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Rocket.
March 4, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Restinmybones said: Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Dong
March 4, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Restinmybones said: Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Rocket. Chesley Bonestell holla
March 4, 20214 yr there's a good Scott Manley breakdown of the asplosion Notable notes from the video: the rocket didn't decelerate on one engine, it maintained a pretty constant 15mph on the single-engine descent before landing the landing legs failed to fully deploy, the above vid has a nice clip where you can clearly see three of the legs just dangling, not having locked in place the ship visibly bounced on landing, which is what probably damaged the pressure tanks leading to the RUSH the RUSH (rapid unplanned second hop) appears to be mainly from the extremely pressurized tanks losing integrity and venting all at once. The fireball was just a side-effect Overall, still an incredibly successful mission to demonstrate every stage of the flight profile, including recovering from translating too far due to the 3 engine ignition to start the swing maneuver before landing Edited March 4, 20214 yr by Captainant
April 8, 20223 yr SpaceX crew dragon flight to the ISS from the Cape, pad 39A. Launch in T-minus 2 hours ish
October 5, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Captainant said: Crew 5's flight to the ISS for a 6 month stay in orbit I read that as ISIS and saw the close out crew all in black…. looks like 11am CST
October 5, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: Are they having problems closing the hatch. Yep. FOD discovered on the hatch seal, so they are going to reopen it, check the hatch lining and then close it back out. Have 12 minutes to get it done. One or two astronauts asleep. Edited October 5, 20223 yr by atomheartbevo
October 5, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: So is this when we kick the Russians off our space station? We just recently sent an astronaut up via a roscosmos launch, and there's actually an active Cosmonaut on Crew 5. If anything, the space partnership has strengthened, which is strange.
October 5, 20223 yr 12 minutes ago, Captainant said: We just recently sent an astronaut up via a roscosmos launch, and there's actually an active Cosmonaut on Crew 5. If anything, the space partnership has strengthened, which is strange. The Russians announced that they were withdrawing from the ISS. But I have no idea what the timetable for that is.
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