Brotoro

I do love me a nice booster landing.

Looked like the fairing tumbling through stage 1 view. Or may be just stuff coming off stage 1 Entry burn Video from stage one seems spottier than usual. Landed!

Liftoff!

Here we go!

The NERVA shutdown was supposed to take about 45 seconds. Afterward there would be a cooldown phase that would span many hours (or a few days) where there would be thrust pulses (something like a dozen or a hundred-something, depending on how long the main burn was) as liquid hydrogen was run through the engine to carry off heat. The thrust of these pulses would be accounted for when planning the orbital maneuver. The specific impulse during these pulses would be a measly 400 seconds.

Such a smooth moon.

Or, the extendable parts of the legs retract after landing.

I liked the chunk of ice that fell off at restart of the second stage... with the chunk breaking apart when it hit the rim of the nozzle, and then vaporizing in the exhaust.

Payload released into correct transfer orbit. Another job well done, SpaceX.

Interesting. The drone ship camera looked like it was tilted up to show the first stage coming down, then tilted its view down before landing.

With Photoshop?

One meter seems excessive.

I would think they could build a set of clamps on a separate landing pad to practice landing the BFR away from the launch pad. I would do that, anyway.

I would certainly not purchase a ride on SpaceShipTwo if it didn't fly above 100 km. If I blow that much dough, I'd want to get into 'space' by anybody's definition.

Stage 1 has landed!

Immediate shift to the onboard camera. interesting.

I guess there's a rocket in there somewhere.

Yawn. Foggy! and nasty weather at the drone ship.

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You see, SpaceX shows the future trajectory with a thick line and the past trajectory with a thin line. This is how it should be done, KSP. Love to watch the orbit shift!

Booster? Booster? booster!

Is Mr Steven on the job?

All right! I'm ready to be impressed. Such hissing noises it makes!

Pretty 'chutes.

Sag!