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Dammit. They stopped the countdown at 2:06 left

Pack it up, back to California.  

Little bit less than two hour launch window remaining. 

Could have been a range violation that caused the hold. 

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New launch time tentative for 4:40pm CST

Kinda cool. It looks like a comic space rocket. I haven't felt this way in a long time. Thanks for the heads up.

SpaceX Stream: GO

Everyday Astronaut Stream: GO

Redbull: GO

Big Screen: GO

 

We are go for launch...

 

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Well it looks like we have a fire

edit; not really a fire. just flames up near the engines

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I don't think one of the engines stopping was on purpose. But it hasn't exploded yet

 

Edit: maybe that was on purpose. Coming down now

Edited by Neonmoon

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Holy shit. This is pretty cool. On it's belly and heading down

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It tried to land but exploded 

Not enough anti-thrust

That’s gonna leave a mark.

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Now that I think about it. Did they plan that? It didn't look like they had any landing stabilizers or legs. So I guess it was supposed to explode?

Somebody liked it. Looks like the command module survived in some form or another. 

 

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So it looks like they lost one or two engines.  Would they have stuck the landing if the engines hadn't failed?  Or were the engines supposed to cut off when they did?

I have a neurosurgery conference to race to, but I'll indulge my other area of expertise, rocket design.

I feel like the size of the explosion indicates unused fuel was present which could be related to the nozzles shutting down prematurely. Earlier someone noted that there was a compression problem in the middle of the spacecraft. I noted condensation forming in that area during the ascent and wondered if it was worrisome.

It appeared a second nozzles shut down. I was impressed that the rocket could be controlled to return to the designated spot for landing and execute everything perfectly execept for the speed of descent. The rocket seemed to be correcting for the imbalance of thrust, as well.

I would have been proud to get blowed up on that test. 

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Lastly, it was a fun watch. Nobody got hurt and something blew up after doing something I wasn't expecting. Now off to operate on brains!!

Talking heads on nerd sites say they were expecting to land on 2 engines. ... Unfortunately one of the 2 engines used was one that cut out 1:56 into the flight. Nobody is sure if that was expected or not....

The belly flop landing approach actually looked more controlled than the high speed landing the Falcon 9 does. 

 

Pretty damn awesome to be able to watch this from the front lawn. I’ll need to catch up with my neighbor to see how the reaction was at the site after everything took place and when their next launch is planned.

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25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is that a green flame?  What’s the fuel?

fuel rich combustion. low pressure in the tank. 

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In some sense of the word perfect, this was a perfect mission. Because they lost it to a crash and explosion (early in the process = less expensive), they will make huge advances in safety technology to solve the problem. Musk was worried about the data from the crash and explosion, first. 

 I am interested to see how the place (where humans would have been) survived the crash plus explosion. Have to think the tanks were heavier than expected at landing with the rich fuel burn. But that's within the realm of possibilities for this craft. 

Time is speeding up. That was nice step forward.

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24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is that a green flame?  What’s the fuel?

The green flame is from their hypergolic igniter system for the engine, you see it with the falcon 9 landings as well. 

From the amateur footage, an engine cut out and the vehicle attempted to relight before its rapid unplanned disassembly

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