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Really hoping all those improvements make that landing work. I'm getting tired of telling my coworkers "yeah, they launched. Yeah, it blew up again"

Have we heard anything regarding propellant? I would think if they were to stay with electric pumps, switching to methalox would be a trivial thing. Deal with different propellant densities by adjusting the rpm of the pumps, maybe a slight change in diameter. I only assume methalox because it's close to kerolox in density, and everyone and their brother seems to be using it now.

Can't wait to see what happened there, almost looked like an off-nominal shutdown during the entry burn.

Well, that's a new background... It will last until Mary posts the sunrise version.

Any word on if they got TFRs for another hop attempt today?

I wonder if they are still going to push for a 2024 landing in the media? That was definitely the nail in the coffin for that happening. What does that mean for the boosters that had to launch within a year?

SLS was required by law to launch in 2016. If there is a deadline, it will find a way to push it back.

If memory serves correctly, it wasn't even a full SRB stack either. It was a left over 4 segment with a dummy fifth segment added on top, and maybe a different nozzle. Added on top of all this that the total impulse of the SLS is greater than STS, but somehow can't launch near as much to orbit (in the currently only funded version) and is more expensive and wasteful per launch is mind boggling.

It really is amazing how close they got on the first try, way better than the early F9 attempts. I was guessing that the flip would be mistimed and they would pancake, but it was about as close to perfect as it could have gotten. I was telling my coworkers that it would probably be 5-6 flights before they landed one, now I think its probably closer to 2-3. once again, SpaceX is really good at doing the impossible. o7

There is also some elasticity to the cable used, so it's not a jerk so much a a gentle pull.

Man, 2020 just keeps going. There's gotta be an off button for it somewhere.

"Norminal insertion" -John I.

Do you have any sense as to how much sample you were able retain after the tag? Is there a way to measure that in the return capsule?

So, they learned from OFT-1 then?

Also wouldn't be getting a 1G constant acceleration, not worth doing.