SpaceX Jason-3 Mission & Live Stream - With info. about landing

[Guest]

 

 

And of course;

 

[https://twitter.com/SpaceX]

Edited January 17, 2016 by Guest

[Spaceception]

Stupid, dumb landing leg But they didn't say it exploded, so.... could we reuse it?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Spaceception said:

Stupid, dumb landing leg But they didn't say it exploded, so.... could we reuse it?

Probably.

[EladDv]

 

 

 

[cubinator]

Damn, seems like every time there's this ONE thing that screws it up, and it's always *this* close to making it. I'm confident that they'll do it next time though! Go SpaceX!

[Frozen_Heart]

At least that's an easily solvable problem.

[Mitchz95]

51 minutes ago, Spaceception said:

Stupid, dumb landing leg But they didn't say it exploded, so.... could we reuse it?

If it fell in the water, the salt probably damaged the integrity of the rocket body. So no, it wouldn't be reusable. They might be able to salvage some, debris, though.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said:

If it fell in the water, the salt probably damaged the integrity of the rocket body. So no, it wouldn't be reusable. They might be able to salvage some, debris, though.

Exactly.  They can get a lot of money in scrap metal...

[Spaceception]

39 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said:

If it fell in the water, the salt probably damaged the integrity of the rocket body. So no, it wouldn't be reusable. They might be able to salvage some, debris, though.

Maybe they can examine it, so it doesn't happen again.

[Spaceception]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688837706005131264

Edited January 17, 2016 by Spaceception

[Rune]

What the? I swear I clicked once!

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[Rune]

1 hour ago, Mitchz95 said:

If it fell in the water, the salt probably damaged the integrity of the rocket body. So no, it wouldn't be reusable. They might be able to salvage some, debris, though.

If a fifteen story aluminum can filled with oxidizer and fuel residuals fell sideways, I think the least of their problems would be salt water corrosion.

 

Rune. It's hard to put these things in perspective.

Edited January 17, 2016 by Rune

[Delta_8930]

Well, at least it didn't blow up. The primary structure of the rocket is still visible. 

[KerBlammo]

"Well, at least the pieces were bigger this time!"

 

[fredinno]

2 hours ago, CliftonM said:

Exactly.  They can get a lot of money in scrap metal...

Or just sell it to a museum. Hopefully there's space for it somewhere...

If the rocket body is fine overall..

Edited January 17, 2016 by fredinno

[n.b.z.]

5 hours ago, cubinator said:

Damn, seems like every time there's this ONE thing that screws it up, and it's always *this* close to making it.

Yep... that was a very kerbal way for a rocket to fail.

"Yeah, that looks spot-on, velocity is fine, now I just need to.... erm... what... no... REALLY??"

[KerBlammo]

Video of a perfect landing, engine shut off, landing leg folding up, booster falling over, and a RUD

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, KerBlammo said:

Video of a perfect landing, engine shut off, landing leg folding up, booster falling over, and a RUD

 

 

Stupid leg.

[Endersmens]

Technically they still landed just fine, I'd call it a successful landing. It just failed the "maintain stability for ten seconds" part of the contract.  

But seriously, it touchdowned with no velocity and stood fine till the leg finally collapsed. (is touchdowned a word?  )

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Endersmens said:

Technically they still landed just fine, I'd call it a successful landing. It just failed the "maintain stability for ten seconds" part of the contract.  

But seriously, it touchdowned with no velocity and stood fine till the leg finally collapsed. (is touchdowned a word?  )

Exactly my point.  The only failure was that stupid leg.  They should get a new leg manufacturer like what they did with struts.  BTW, it's touched down, not touchdowned.

[Mitchz95]

Just wondering, why does this have a separate thread? The Recovery/Reusability thread covers all of this already.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Mitchz95 said:

Just wondering, why does this have a separate thread? The Recovery/Reusability thread covers all of this already.

I was covering the live stream as it happened so it was easier to just get the basic information on the status of the entire mission.  It wasn't meant to just be about the landing.

[StrandedonEarth]

Moar boo-, Er, moar heaters!

[wumpus]

15 hours ago, CliftonM said:

Exactly my point.  The only failure was that stupid leg.  They should get a new leg manufacturer like what they did with struts.  BTW, it's touched down, not touchdowned.

Don't listen to NFL announcers: "touchdowned" would be the least of their crimes against English.

I can see Elon Musk having the same issue with Kerbal lawyers as Scott Manley's recent "space ships are serious business" youtube run ("what do you mean I had to maintain it for 10 seconds").