I thought they weren't going to land the boosters simultaneously?
It was awesome to watch, though.
It was my understanding that they wouldn't (so that they wouldn't interfere with each other acoustically, etc.) but apparently I was wrong, and that was awesome! :biggrin:
They always lose contact with the drone landings, so we'll know one way or another in a few minutes.
The cameras cut out but there are actual humans on ships right nearby. They know what happened right when it happens.
Which, welcome to the downside of private industry, this isn't reporting it's a PR event
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That synchronized landing with the boosters was a thing of beauty.
Watching this makes me want to quit Kerbal Space Program in shame because of the sheer amount of debris I've just left in the ocean/land/skies around my space center.
They always lose contact with the drone landings, so we'll know one way or another in a few minutes.
The cameras cut out but there are actual humans on ships right nearby. They know what happened right when it happens.
Which, welcome to the downside of private industry, this isn't reporting it's a PR event
This is also a company that makes highlight reels of their rockets blowing up. So dunno. We will find out but they might be in the "is it going to fall over?" stage.
They always lose contact with the drone landings, so we'll know one way or another in a few minutes.
The cameras cut out but there are actual humans on ships right nearby. They know what happened right when it happens.
Which, welcome to the downside of private industry, this isn't reporting it's a PR event
This is also a company that makes highlight reels of their rockets blowing up. So dunno. We will find out but they might be in the "is it going to fall over?" stage.
If it did blow up, I just hope Of Course I Still Love You/Just Read The Instructions are okay.
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I'm hearing (unofficially, so far) that they lost the center core.
But hey, launch went perfectly, the vehicle performed admirably, the boosters separated beautifully, landing simultaneously like some sort of futuristic space airport, there's a fake spaceman riding a car to Mars*. All in all, not a bad performance!
They always lose contact with the drone landings, so we'll know one way or another in a few minutes.
The cameras cut out but there are actual humans on ships right nearby. They know what happened right when it happens.
Which, welcome to the downside of private industry, this isn't reporting it's a PR event
This is also a company that makes highlight reels of their rockets blowing up. So dunno. We will find out but they might be in the "is it going to fall over?" stage.
If it did blow up, I just hope Of Course I Still Love You/Just Read The Instructions are okay.
Both drone ships (in this case, it's OCISLY) have had boosters full on blow up on them, they're pretty resilient
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Losing the center core isn't that big of a deal. It was the one that was most heavily modified, so getting telemetry and performance data on a failure of that is more important.
The boosters/center core are all just Falcon 9's basically right?
Yes, with some extra stuff bolted on. It's almost literally the Kerbal Solution - if it's not big enough, duplicate it twice and attach with radial decouplers and struts.
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They could basically take the nose cone and the attachment points back off the side boosters and fly them again as Falcon 9s, basically
They won't, if they do fly again it will be as side boosters again 'cause why not, but they COULD, in theory :P
Edit: Oh, and put an interstage back on, of course
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I'm more and more convinced that the center core didn't make it, which is too bad
But! During last week's Falcon 9 flight, they flew the rocket in expendable mode and did an experimental water landing where they expected the core to explode ... except it didn't. They towed it back to the Cape.
So on balance, we're all good! :P
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Everything I've heard is that they aren't going to be flying a ton of Falcon Heavys in this configuration anyways, waiting for the Block 5 versions and the Big F****(alcon) Rocket. But all the same. I'll take what we did get any day of the week.
That was incredible.
Also, putting a sweet ass car and spaceman mascot in orbit is a great way to make future engineers.
Just inspiring as Fuck!
Keeping an eye on all the small junk in space was getting tedious, I'm glad they mixed it up.
Not actually a problem here, as the core is not in orbit around the earth, its heading for an orbit between earth and mars, and MIGHT at some hypothetical point in the future crash into mars.
I've actually seen criticism of the fact it might hit mars. Which is by far the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
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The latest I'm hearing is that Jeff Bezos designed a vehicle to catch and abscond with the center core for his own purposes
This is a totally true report that I totally heard
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It was my understanding that they wouldn't (so that they wouldn't interfere with each other acoustically, etc.) but apparently I was wrong, and that was awesome! :biggrin:
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The cameras cut out but there are actual humans on ships right nearby. They know what happened right when it happens.
Which, welcome to the downside of private industry, this isn't reporting it's a PR event
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Watching the both of them come down in formation I had the biggest shiteating grin on my face since my first Mun landing in KSP.
It's given pretty broad clearance, so there's rarely another ship within filming distance
Though I had heard rumour of a helicopter, but who knows
We'll know when we know on the center booster, though I suspect it had some difficulties
Watching this makes me want to quit Kerbal Space Program in shame because of the sheer amount of debris I've just left in the ocean/land/skies around my space center.
This is also a company that makes highlight reels of their rockets blowing up. So dunno. We will find out but they might be in the "is it going to fall over?" stage.
Also, putting a sweet ass car and spaceman mascot in orbit is a great way to make future engineers.
Just inspiring as Fuck!
If it did blow up, I just hope Of Course I Still Love You/Just Read The Instructions are okay.
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Keeping an eye on all the small junk in space was getting tedious, I'm glad they mixed it up.
But hey, launch went perfectly, the vehicle performed admirably, the boosters separated beautifully, landing simultaneously like some sort of futuristic space airport, there's a fake spaceman riding a car to Mars*. All in all, not a bad performance!
Source: reddit thread.
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Both drone ships (in this case, it's OCISLY) have had boosters full on blow up on them, they're pretty resilient
I heard miss entirely, which is interesting, but I'm not ready to state that as fact just yet.
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Hopefully they put LoJack on it.
The center cores are reinforced and modified enough that they have to be dedicated Falcon Heavy center cores
The side boosters are re-purposed, previously flown Falcon 9s though, yeah
And THEY made it back perfectly, which is pretty cool :P
Yes, with some extra stuff bolted on. It's almost literally the Kerbal Solution - if it's not big enough, duplicate it twice and attach with radial decouplers and struts.
They won't, if they do fly again it will be as side boosters again 'cause why not, but they COULD, in theory :P
Edit: Oh, and put an interstage back on, of course
From the SpaceX channel:
They could just mean the center core feed but if even if they did lose the rocket a successful launch, payload delivery, and landing 2/3? Still damn amazing.
EDIT: The video should cut straight to the relevant time when you hit play!
Still though, what a time to be alive
~38:30 for those looking.
HOLY SHIT at the force.
Gonna link it below, but if you want the timestamp:
https://youtu.be/xoI7sFyAirY?t=52m26s
52m26s in.
But! During last week's Falcon 9 flight, they flew the rocket in expendable mode and did an experimental water landing where they expected the core to explode ... except it didn't. They towed it back to the Cape.
So on balance, we're all good! :P
Not actually a problem here, as the core is not in orbit around the earth, its heading for an orbit between earth and mars, and MIGHT at some hypothetical point in the future crash into mars.
I've actually seen criticism of the fact it might hit mars. Which is by far the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
This is a totally true report that I totally heard
Fun fact: Years of rocket launches have caused some issues in surrounding communities due to the power of the rockets causing minor housing damage. I'd be investing in some housing upgrades in this new Falcon Heavy era