Blue Origin Thread (merged)

[Moon Goddess]

Not sure what's going on did I miss it already? I see it in the water

[Agent86]

That was loud as balls.

[Umlüx]

That was loud as balls.

and equally beautiful

[Albert VDS]

Not sure what's going on did I miss it already? I see it in the water

It was a successful test.

And yeah those Dracos were loud.

[lajoswinkler]

Wow. Noice.

[hugix]

That was FAST!

[Albert VDS]

Here's the video of the webcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpH684lNUB8?t=15m50s

T-10 at 15:50s.

[sgt_flyer]

Now, they'll need to exploit the data (notably those from the crash dummy they put inside)

The capsule turning upside down just after the separation and the capsule jerking around after paracute deployement were... Violent, to say the least

[Moon Goddess]

Wow I missed it by seconds, rewatching it I see that I came in just after separation.

And yeah that was more violent than I'd want to be in, however if that's just what happens in abort I'd rather have that happen than explode.

[FishInferno]

Now, they'll need to exploit the data (notably those from the crash dummy they put inside)

The capsule turning upside down just after the separation and the capsule jerking around after paracute deployement were... Violent, to say the least

aborts are meant to be life-saving, not comfortable

[Meithan]

It looks like the downrange distance was not as big as planned. It did splashdown closer to shore than I thought it would. Non-nominal burn maybe? The duration was as planned, so maybe lower thrust than expected? Or GNC problem? We'll have to wait and see.

Still, a successful test in that Dragon complete all flight phases and they gathered a lot of data.

[Scotius]

Beautiful. And that roar...those SuperDracos are LOUD!

[Airlock]

I heard "slightly below nominal" shortly after the SDs finished their burn. Also, "downrange distance" was cut off and then "hang-tight everyone!" Looks like a fun ride.

[Albert VDS]

It looks like the downrange distance was not as big as planned.

According to a guesstimate done with Google Earth, it's right on target.

[magnemoe]

aborts are meant to be life-saving, not comfortable

Also this happened at low speed, Ap was 1500 meter or something, it was not time to wait for it to stabilize,

[Meithan]

According to a guesstimate done with Google Earth, it's right on target.

Yes, I just checked and 2 km from the pad is indeed pretty close to shore, I think you're right. The trunk deployment did come a bit early though (at 15 s instead of the announced 21 s).

[sgt_flyer]

aborts are meant to be life-saving, not comfortable

That's why i said they need to exploit the crash dummy data it's the dummy's data that will say if it was survivable without generating life threatening injuries

[Albert VDS]

Other view from launch, showing parachutes deploying. Video from NASA webcast:

[Agent86]

There is a very loud bang at T -30 seconds. Does anyone know what this is?

[Albert VDS]

The bang might be the explosive bolts releasing the Dragon 2 and trunk, which would normally be attached to the F9 2nd stage.

[magnemoe]

The bang might be the explosive bolts releasing the Dragon 2 and trunk, which would normally be attached to the F9 2nd stage.

However the bang at 30 seconds might be parashute ejection+ speed of sound.

[Frybert]

However the bang at 30 seconds might be parashute ejection+ speed of sound.

T-30 Actually its at about T-28.

[Frida Space]

The Dragon spacecraft landed 8 seconds before scheduled splashdown, and very likely well within the 2.2 km range that had been scheduled. It has been described as a below-nominal performance.

The likely cause is that the engines propelled the spacecraft to a top speed of 150 m/s instead of 180.

[Wingman703]

From an engineering standpoint, how big an issue is this? Are the engines not performing as expected? Is there an issue/design flaw that wasn't addressed?

[Albert VDS]