sojourner Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Spaceception said: Hopefully soon. I've read this booster won't fly again. SES wants part of it to put on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKraken Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 the next 2-3 years are going to be a bonanza for rocket geeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) CircularizationSecond burn started. ... and finished. Edited March 31, 2017 by HebaruSan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, CoreI said: Woot woot!! SpaceX has done it again! Anyone else hear unconfirmed rumors of a planned attempted fairing recovery for today's launch? This is what I find on that. Didn't hear anything during the 'cast, though. 5 minutes ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? Oh yeah, I saw that. It was glowing just like in KSP (imagine that!) Then the camera lens got all speckled and the feed stopped. It was time to worry. Frankly, my dear, I can't give a like! Edited March 30, 2017 by StrandedonEarth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? That had me worried. They didn't even do a boostback burn so this flight must have stressed the booster a lot. Edited March 30, 2017 by Frozen_Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreI Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? Yeah, I got a little scared there. I don't remember ever seeing that happen there. Although, if that left (from the webcast PoV) grid fin had given way and fallen off, would the rocket have been able to land? This may be the case considering that the Falcon 9 was built from the ground up with redundancy in mind. SpaceX has claimed that one engine can go out and the mission could be fine. But does the same apply for grid fins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSE Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Frozen_Heart said: That had be worried. They didn't even do a boostback burn so this flight must have stressed the booster a lot. Are they planning to re-reuse this booster, or is it destined to become a museum piece or similar fate? Perhaps it's a conscious decision to push the limits if it's the last flight, gather more data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Frozen_Heart said: That had me worried. They didn't even do a boostback burn so this flight must have stressed the booster a lot. I thought they did though. Nvm. It was only the entry burn. But since the customer wants a piece of it on display then meh. It won't fly again. Besides, thanks to this they probably had an opportunity to gather extra data for much more agressive landing profile. Edit: ninja'd by @CSE Edited March 30, 2017 by Veeltch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Wotansen Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just now, CoreI said: Yeah, I got a little scared there. I don't remember ever seeing that happen there. Although, if that left (from the webcast PoV) grid fin had given way and fallen off, would the rocket have been able to land? This may be the case considering that the Falcon 9 was built from the ground up with redundancy in mind. SpaceX has claimed that one engine can go out and the mission could be fine. But does the same apply for grid fins? That was just the aint on the gridfin, I think the structure was designed with that sort of stress in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just now, CSE said: Are they planning to re-reuse this booster, or is it destined to become a museum piece or similar fate? Perhaps it's a conscious decision to push the limits if it's the last flight, gather more data. I think it is planned to be donated. Just now, Veeltch said: I thought they did though. They only did re-entry burn and landing burn. No boostback at all from what i saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Payload deployed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just now, Frozen_Heart said: I think it is planned to be donated. They only did re-entry burn and landing burn. No boostback at all from what i saw. Isn't boostback just for on-land landing at the cape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemetal Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Great stuff SpaceX! I think a landing is now regular for the F9. Awesome launch once again. Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, CSE said: Are they planning to re-reuse this booster, or is it destined to become a museum piece or similar fate? Perhaps it's a conscious decision to push the limits if it's the last flight, gather more data. I think it was posted farther up that it will be donated for SES to display. It was hard to hear parts of the hosted webcast over all that cheering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Industries Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 At the risk of sounding dramatic, it's possible that historians will mark today as the beginning of a new age in spaceflight. If you have any champagne, now's the time to open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Rex33 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 minute ago, KerbalSaver said: At the risk of sounding dramatic, it's possible that historians will mark today as the beginning of a new age in spaceflight. If you have any champagne, now's the time to open it. I certainly hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 At the risk of sounding pessimistic (and also to play devil's advocate), I think historians will more likely mark today as the day SpaceX finally made good on promises it has been making for the best part of a decade now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Steel said: At the risk of sounding pessimistic (and also to play devil's advocate), I think historians will more likely mark today as the day SpaceX finally made good on promises it has been making for the best part of a decade now In Elon's little speech, he said they'd been working on it for 15 years. This day has been a long time coming! Edit: Oops, quoted the wrong person. Fixed Edited March 30, 2017 by StrandedonEarth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Whatever the historians decide to do about this day doesn't matter because there are more awesome things coming and I'm excited about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 42 minutes ago, hugix said: Woohoo! This is so cool! Just slap on a new coat of paint and she's ready to fly again! It takes 11 months to slap on a coat of paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKraken Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Waiting for the congratulations tweets from Tory and Jeff. Golden PR opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 38 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: This thread has used up my allotment of likes for today. The Age of Re-flight has begun! (Ok, Shuttle did reflight too, but with an much, much more expensive turnaround) I'm curious ... do you know how expensive this turnaround actually was? 33 minutes ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? Looked like it was getting pretty toasty, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: I'm curious ... do you know how expensive this turnaround actually was? As far as I know, estimates put it somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion dollars. That's counting refurbishing the Shuttle, recovering and refurbishing the boosters, and rebuilding the exterior tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 41 minutes ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Did anyone else see the grid fin burning up? That seems to happen more often. 49 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: (Ok, Shuttle did reflight too, but with an much, much more expensive turnaround) It is not really a reflight if half the craft is new. The Shuttle was neat, but the reusability was more of a sales pitch than it was reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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