They're saying one of the landing legs failed to lock in place; possibly
due to ice. Elon Musk said "they" think ice came from moisture that
built up due to the launch taking place during a heavy fog.
I don't think it was where they were attempting to land, so much as
where they launched from.
S
I think one of SpaceX's issues is the attempt to land at Sea. Though
given their launch site that may be their only option.
On 1/17/2016 5:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
SpaceX had another successful launch & satellite deployment today, but
had a leg lock failure when trying to make the 1st Stage's
On 1/17/2016 5:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
SpaceX had another successful launch & satellite deployment today, but
had a leg lock failure when trying to make the 1st Stage's upright
landing on a drone ship in the ocean. They have yet to pull that one
off. If you want to get a glimpse at the optomist
SpaceX had another successful launch & satellite deployment today, but
had a leg lock failure when trying to make the 1st Stage's upright
landing on a drone ship in the ocean. They have yet to pull that one
off. If you want to get a glimpse at the optomistic entrepreneur
attitude, look no farther t
On 12/22/2015 1:20 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:11 PM, P.J. Alling
wrote:
The sad thing is that the DC-X was doing something like that 20 years ago.
NASA proved to be incompetent at producing a rocket that took off and landed
on it's tail, just as Heinlein, intended, and we
6:10 PM
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Subject: OT: SpaceX last night was simply awesome
I watched this live online last night and it was so impressive. It's
rare to get "goose-pimple moments" in life, but this was one of them:
This jumps to the return of the first stage to the land
Russian engines are no longer an option, thanks to Congress, unless
one procures a waiver.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/without-russian-rocket-engines-america-will-rely-even-more-on-spacex
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-ula-spacex-idUSKCN0S22Y920151008
Interestingly, SpaceX doesn't e
Actually their issue seems to have been with their engines, and that
technology hasn't changed all that much in 20 years, we're still using
designs from the 50's and 60's in most cases, manufactured in Russia...
On 12/22/2015 1:20 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:11 PM, P.J. A
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:11 PM, P.J. Alling
wrote:
> The sad thing is that the DC-X was doing something like that 20 years ago.
> NASA proved to be incompetent at producing a rocket that took off and landed
> on it's tail, just as Heinlein, intended, and we lost 20 years.
I wouldn't be too hard
While Blue Origins' accomplishment was also impressive, it is nowhere
near as ambitious a project as the one SpaceX is doing.
Blue Origin wants to take people (not payloads) to the edge of space
(not orbit itself).
More...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/24/9793220/blue-origin-vs-spacex-rocket-land
The sad thing is that the DC-X was doing something like that 20 years
ago. NASA proved to be incompetent at producing a rocket that took off
and landed on it's tail, just as Heinlein, intended, and we lost 20 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X
On 12/22/2015 12:50 PM,
Darren, you just sabotaged my work! ;-)
Thank you!
Just last week I saw this earlier launch:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28539-watch-blue-origins-surprise-rocket-launch-and-safe-landing/
Igor
Darren Addy Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:27:22 -0800 wrote:
If you didn't see it on the news, I
I watched this live online last night and it was so impressive. It's
rare to get "goose-pimple moments" in life, but this was one of them:
This jumps to the return of the first stage to the landing pad:
https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4?t=32m24s
And a shot of it landing taken from a helicopter:
https:
If you didn't see it on the news, I watched this live online last
night and it was so impressive. It's rare to get "goosepimple moments"
in life, but this was certainly one of them:
This jumps to the return of the first stage to the landing pad:
https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4?t=32m24s
And a shot of
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