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- shapesalad0
Ever wonder what all the 'smoke' is in the last few seconds of count down? It's water. For sound suppression. "A sound suppression system was installed on the pads and the mobile launcher platform to protect the orbiter and its payloads from being damaged by acoustical energy reflected from the platform during liftoff."
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pag…
Truely amazing all the engineering solutions that have been made over the years since 1903 when The Wright brothers made their first flight.
Wonderful how it all adds up to a Tesla car with a dummy in it listening to David Bowie orbiting our solar system.
- CygnusZero40
A guy in the comments said this. Is this not possible? Lots of people saying trying to land this thing verticle is bananas so some of the people have some alternate ideas.
"Can't they devise some kind of spider web like catching system? Or a giant cushion, on which the rocket can just fall the last few feet? Bet a recovery could then be made even in heavy seas..."
- instrmntl0
Elon created a private school for his kids.
- uan0
http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/…
THE WHY AND HOW OF LANDING ROCKETS
That controlled descent was successful, but about 10 seconds before landing, a valve controlling the rocket’s engine power (thrust) temporarily stopped responding to commands as quickly as it should have. As a result, it throttled down a few seconds later than commanded, and—with the rocket weighing about 67,000 lbs and traveling nearly 200 mph at this point—a few seconds can be a very long time. With the throttle essentially stuck on “high” and the engine firing longer than it was supposed to, the vehicle temporarily lost control and was unable to recover in time for landing, eventually tipping over.
...third attempt this Sunday
- ernexbcn0
^ that was amazing, the stage one landing was perfect.
- inv0
- detritus0
I KNEW the booster feeds were the same!
They've updated the feed to show both side boosters' footage.
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I'm annoyed that I managed to convince myself / bullshit that they were indeed different. Mindless drone.
- oey0
I'm totally spacexing right now...
- Nairn0
Woah - good recovery!
- detritus0
I'm too stupid to understand a quarter of this, but still, makes for some nice nerd reading..
- imbecile0
https://www.reuters.com/article/…
SpaceX gets U.S. regulator to back satellite internet plan
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and worldwide.
- pockets0
i think the core on the drone ship didnt make it