Kryten Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Is rocket fuel so clear that you can actually see that view? That's LOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho." - Elon Musk's Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLestat Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 uff, I dont know how elon musk resist this pressure in each launch.Well mission sucessful, now we need to wait to hear something about the first stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Was I the only one who couldn't help but think of Kent Brockman's infamous ants upon seeing those fuel droplets in zero g? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think in about 20 minutes the 1st stage landed or not. We'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 SpaceX is waiting for an update from recovery team. More info at press conference later. Privately, i think it's a bit of PR bovine metabolic product. In the era of sat phones i bet someone already phoned with "We got it!", or "Sorry, it sank." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Tramalot Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 1st stage made it to ship, but landed hard apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aningaaq Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho." - Elon Musk's Twitterconfirmed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Tramalot Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 They are saying on twitter 'Close but no cigar' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggysanTH Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceXray Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 [h=3]Landing Update[/h]Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future though.via SpaceX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDreamer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I wish we can see a record of the landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPilot573 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Landed hard on the barge. Thats gonna leave mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "Landed hard"That doest sound healthy, if it crashed with terminal velocity the droneship will be heavy damaged... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 RIP SpaceX SpaceBarge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDreamer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Well, the important thing is that it hits the mark. That is quite difficult to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced..." - Elon Musk's Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggysanTH Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced...From Elon Musk's twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert VDS Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 RIP SpaceX SpaceBarge.Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced... Elon MuskGreat launch SpaceX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Well, they successfully hit their target and apparently the rocket itself survived. Any landing you can walk away from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirtualCLD Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Sounds like a potential crash on the barge, but at least they hit their mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLestat Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 wow those are good newsI will call that sucessful from my kerbal point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDreamer Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Imagine doing that in KSP.I think a lot of explosions will be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Tramalot Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces." - Elon Musk's Twitter*EDIT* Ninja'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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