Ignath Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Beautiful splashdown, news conference @ 11:30 Eastern time. Congrats SpaceX teams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ignath said: Sure looked like if they didn't LTS that booster that it may have been able to make it... It would be awesome But... it might be artifact of transmission, but the top of the booster looked... bent... after the separation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, MinimumSky5 said: What is it with these tests and the camera operators? Do they deliberately turn the camera away during the most important stages of flight? Those shots were from a jet (WB-57), amazed they were as good as they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 That went excellently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nicely done, SpaceX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardboardGuy Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 GG SPACEX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 That was spectacular! I hope we get more shots of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, .50calBMG said: I think the booster actually survived that flip, that was too fast an explosion to be an aerodynamic breakup. It was no flip it was far to early for it, if they tried to reuse it. they would have to relight the rocket to climb higher, drop the second stage and do an boostback. However the abort will push more stress on the rocket than standard so they would need to scarp it anyway, they could reuse engines and avionic however. Now it might be an termination or it could be atmospheric breakup. They had telemetry after the fireball who indicate breakup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 With the success of this test we're coming up fast on the first astronaut flight on Dragon! I'm very excited! And might I add, that was a very nice firework from the booster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khesperus Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 The second stage explosion was clearly blue, so if that means what Scott Manley hinted it might mean, then I guess it's a boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) There's no way that booster would have survived a supersonic flip. The upper stage looked like it was losing some liquid (iirc water?) after the separation. It probably triggered autodestruction when it sensed it was about to flip/upper stage started leaking. Edit: Okay, I rewatched it and I don't know why I got the impression the upper stage was leaking, but if I was to guess I would say it was the first thing to happen. There was some sort of white trail. Edited January 19, 2020 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Overlapping threads have been merged. Also, spectacular show! Quietly awaiting "SPACEX ROCKET EXPLODES IN FLIGHT" clickbait articles.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 This was much more satisfying than the Orion abort test that just dropped the capsule into the drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGuyWithALongUsername Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Farewell B1046 2018-2020 First Block 5 booster First Block 5 booster to fly twice First booster of any kind to fly 3 times First booster to fly from all 3 SpaceX launch pads Launched first Bangladeshi satellite Last test of the Crew Dragon capsule before crew 4 flights... 100% successful That was quite the show. Edited January 19, 2020 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) It's Kerbal. Spoiler Edited January 19, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space_Coyote Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 And now, the news: Kerbal Newscaster: "No Kerbals were lost during this flight.. and what is were the kerbals response ?" Jebidian: "Now that is an E-ticket Ride!" Bill: Kerman "WHEE!EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bob:Kerman "Uh, Is this thing safe? .. Yeah, Guess it is!!!! (Chuckles) Gene Kerman: Pak it in boys, we're back in business! Elon Kerman: "See told you the Game would say it would work... and it did!" Me: "Oooooh pretty explosion, Rocket Go BOOMSKI! and look it lloks fine to me YAAAAAYYYY!" Space_Coyote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Brotoro said: This was much more satisfying than the Orion abort test that just dropped the capsule into the drink. That was an drop test not an abort, Dragon has also done them. then lots of parachute tests but then they used an box rather than an capsule since it could be designed to land on ground and was cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silavite Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Some takeaways from the post-flight press conference. Hardware for DM-2 will probably be ready sometime in February, but the flight itself won't happen until a bit later due to necessary checks/scheduling. This test doesn't really have applications outside of commercial crew. Whether DM-2 will be short duration or long duration is TBD. NASA is still planning to purchase another Soyuz seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Wjolcz said: Very nice, it looks like the rocket started leaking shortly after separation. Or is this an drag effect like contrails? It increases until the explosion and you have something moving ahead from the dying fireball, at first I thought this was the capsule but that was already out of frame. Everyday astronaut saw the fireball in his side vision and was not sure what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, magnemoe said: Very nice, it looks like the rocket started leaking shortly after separation. Or is this an drag effect like contrails? It increases until the explosion and you have something moving ahead from the dying fireball, at first I thought this was the capsule but that was already out of frame. Everyday astronaut saw the fireball in his side vision and was not sure what was going on. Someone upthread mentioned the rocket looking “bent,” I think what happened is the joint between the first and second stages partially failed, and the upper first stage tank (LOX?) began venting. The “bent” bit is the intact second stage still hanging on, which survives the first stage explosion and is seen emerging from the fireball. Was there ever any concrete word on whether it broke up itself or the FTS fired? Like someone else said, that sure looked like an FTS event... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 48 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Someone upthread mentioned the rocket looking “bent,” I think what happened is the joint between the first and second stages partially failed, and the upper first stage tank (LOX?) began venting. The “bent” bit is the intact second stage still hanging on, which survives the first stage explosion and is seen emerging from the fireball. Was there ever any concrete word on whether it broke up itself or the FTS fired? Like someone else said, that sure looked like an FTS event... Suspect It could be the top of upper stage like the top of starship pressurization, second stage is significantly weaker than first as it only has to hold the payload and fairing. Some suggestion that current second stage can not handle an full falcon heavy maximum payload of 60 tons. First stage has to hold the weight of second stage and payload during max acceleration. They commented on loosing telemetry with first stage some time after explosion, I don't think they comment on that if it was terminated, trajectory also looked nominal. This also indicates that the engine compartment survived the explosion. Makes some sense as the rear bulkhead is the most sturdy part of the rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Oh! The second stage did actually leak! My gut feeling was right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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