Mitchz95 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, The Yellow Dart said: p.s. How do you post the fancy tweet thing like people did above? Just hit enter after pasting the link, then backspace. I think that's what cues it into recognizing it's a tweet and updates itself accordingly. Kind of like the emoticons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 24 minutes ago, EladDv said: both are plausible we'll have to see the landing footage to be sure (or verbal confirmation) I'm basing that on the tweet from Musk that said speed was OK, but it tipped over due to the leg not being locked. That's textual confirmation, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EladDv Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, tater said: I'm basing that on the tweet from Musk that said speed was OK, but it tipped over due to the leg not being locked. That's textual confirmation, right? well it could have fell on impact and not after stabilization and that's much harder, the confirmation sounds good but it could have toppled even with an intact leg, i guess they'll need some more time to crunch the data before we get a clear cut answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 If the landing leg didn't lock then I guess it would have failed even if it was a land landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EladDv Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) sounds like they have nailed the landing, the leg not locking all the way was the cause for the landing failure, very promising i dont want to say "mostly intact" but it is much better than i anticipated to go after a RUD Edited January 17, 2016 by EladDv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Frybert said: I'm predicting a landing but it'll tip over. I'll be pleasantly surprised to be wrong, but I just don't think the barge landings are going to work as well as they are hoping. 1 hour ago, EladDv said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688837706005131264 The pieces were bigger this time:D 21 minutes ago, EladDv said: sounds like they have nailed the landing, the leg not locking all the way was the cause for the landing failure, very promising i dont want to say "mostly intact" but it is much better than i anticipated to go after a RUD You beat me to It! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EladDv Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Frybert said: I'm predicting a landing but it'll tip over. I'll be pleasantly surprised to be wrong, but I just don't think the barge landings are going to work as well as they are hoping. actually it landed softly the only problem was a leg malfunction not a landing procedure malfunction, a hardware failure not connected to the barge landing and a cause that would have compromised any landing attempt even on land 2 minutes ago, Spaceception said: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688837706005131264 The pieces were bigger this time:D You beat me to It! as it says on my sig- i am here there and everywhere Edited January 17, 2016 by EladDv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukaszenko Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 The landing leg didn't lock? Really? Out of all the things that could go wrong with launching things into space, a lock on a damn leg failed? My mind is blown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Oh wow. That is a lot more rocket than I expected left in one piece. Last two barge crashes were just tiny fragments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuBisCO Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 well maybe they need to redesign the locking system to reduce the chance of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, EladDv said: actually it landed softly the only problem was a leg malfunction not a landing procedure malfunction, a hardware failure not connected to the barge landing and a cause that would have compromised any landing attempt even on land We'll have to see when they release video (if they do) how stable it was when it landed to see if it wouldn't have tipped anyway. With the barge moving underneath its going to exaggerate any errors or failures and what might have been a recovery on land is turned into a failure at sea. Not saying its never going to work, just that its going to be much less reliable than doing it on land. Either way I predicted a landing followed by a tip over and it landed and tipped over (which was the primary point I was trying to make). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLestat Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, tater said: No, I think it means it landed much like the land-landing last launch, but then one of the landing gear folded up. This happen to me in ksp with the leg part from spacex mod... that part is too weak! I mean.. too accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_8930 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Maybe that's a v1.1 problem. F9FT dosen't have this problem (as shown last time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuBisCO Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, Delta_8930 said: Maybe that's a v1.1 problem. F9FT dosen't have this problem (as shown last time) Is that really what they are calling it now the F9FT? The name sounds ... ah ... dirty to me. I hope they go back to calling it v1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredinno Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 4 hours ago, Latcarf said: What if the drone ship was fitted with rockets on the four corners -- so that it could make contact above the waves and compensate for the wind in the same way the landing rocket does? ^^^ this is the best idea I've ever had. That would be pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 So ... who's next on the manifest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuBisCO Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 33 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said: So ... who's next on the manifest? well: http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 CRS-8 on February 7 I think. Tentative, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojourner Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 SES-9 is next with CRS-8 to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothalogh Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Frida Space said: permission to fly over a wildlife preserve area near launch site. This is why we can't have nice things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n.b.z. Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 6 hours ago, Latcarf said: What if the drone ship was fitted with rockets on the four corners -- so that it could make contact above the waves and compensate for the wind in the same way the landing rocket does? ^^^ this is the best idea I've ever had. A great idea, but it probably won't happen - mainly because SpaceX just couldn't afford to hire Whackjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I'm not sure rockets are feasible, but maybe something like a SWATH design for the barge would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujuman Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 video of landing from barge https://www.instagram.com/p/BAqirNbwEc0/?taken-by=elonmusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerBlammo Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Looks like it landed perfectly, and then the unlocked landing leg just folded and, well, kerblammo! edit: ninja'd Edited January 18, 2016 by KerBlammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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