sevenperforce Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, JIMMY_the_DOG said: Really..? Yeah, you can barely make them out in one of the other feeds. It looked like the engine didn’t quite manage to zero out all velocity. This stuff is tricky. And those legs don’t have much of a crumple zone. Not like Falcon 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY_the_DOG Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Catching up on the Everyday Astronaut feed I'm pretty sure the landing legs deployed, it was just a hard landing. No way- they did deploy! I see them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Yeah, watching the replay, definitely saw a bounce on the landing there. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On the Nerdle cam you can see the landing legs flopping about and not locking into place, and you also get a good perspective on the bounce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Valiant effort little leggos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Yeah, looks like leg deploy on Dodd's feed. I wasn't watching that. 4 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: It looked like the engine didn’t quite manage to zero out all velocity. This stuff is tricky. And those legs don’t have much of a crumple zone. Not like Falcon 9. Yeah, the legs are the weak point, and have been. The idea of those on a rough surface... That said, I'm sorta amazed it was still standing. I realize it's bottom heavy, but it's still sorta non-intuitive to see, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Good shot here: Legs deployed but not all locked. Good find Ultimate Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Watching a replay, they descend down through the super-heated exhaust plume of their landing engine. There is quite a bit of orange flame that flared up just as they are settling. I'm thinking all that heat (and clearly *something* combusting) may be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 What is the heat profile in the skirt during spaceflight, I wonder. Would any in skirt legs survive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 That was possibly the most exciting flight you could have. Was watching it with a roommate when it landed, and was in a discord server when it blew up. Both of those events were loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I wonder what the touchdown speed was. 5m/s? Or perhaps closer to 10.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GuessingEveryDay Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 35 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Thank you! I had to leave for an activity, and came back and saw the news. Thank you for showing me that! RIP SN10... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 If the plan to snatch one of these out of the air by the grid fins is real, then those anemic looking legs ought to be enough. That was a pretty high landing velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryKerman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Just now, ExtremeSquared said: If the plan to snatch one of these out of the air by the grid fins is real, then those anemic looking legs ought to be enough. That was a pretty high landing velocity. They're planning to catch SH by its grid fins, not Starship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Yeah, floppy, floppy legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, tater said: Yeah, floppy, floppy legs. Deadpool babylegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Live in 4 hours: There's another shot 2 hours after that if it scrubs. Edited March 4, 2021 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Ah, man - what insanity And i missed it due to this pesky need to sleep Anyways, that explosion looked very energetic. There was that much methane leftover in the tank after the flight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, tater said: Yeah, floppy, floppy legs. Even if the legs were perfectly deployed I don't think the landing would've been soft enough to stop the kablooie. She came down too fast for that. I wonder if that was just the landing software not being quite tuned right (understandable, given the changes since the last successful landing), or if a Raptor was acting up yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, RyanRising said: Even if the legs were perfectly deployed I don't think the landing would've been soft enough to stop the kablooie. She came down too fast for that. I wonder if that was just the landing software not being quite tuned right (understandable, given the changes since the last successful landing), or if a Raptor was acting up yet again. The crush cores might well have dealt with it had the legs deployed and locked. It stayed upright and intact, the legs jamming up the skirt could have damaged any number of things in there. As for Raptor, the color change of the exhaust on the way up was concerning to me, I texted a couple friends (we were going back and forth the whole flight) and said that looked less than nominal (some orange, and some green). That was on ascent, though. Also: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 If make the rocket spherical, it couldn't fall. Only roll. But SN10 didn't fall, it recalled that it's reusable and decided to restart right here, right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 3 hours ago, OrdinaryKerman said: They're planning to catch SH by its grid fins, not Starship. My point is that these similar systems have a rather low expected landing velocity. There's no reason to think the goal shouldn't be right around zero, depending on good software. Falcon plops down on a gyrating barge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Sigh.. the media in my country is making this look bad again.. and since pretty much anyone i know knows i'm very much interested in SpaceX, i'll probably have to defend this test all Day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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