Has anyone else seen this?
I am simply gobsmacked by the dedication and engineering that went into this landing.
I am simply gobsmacked by the dedication and engineering that went into this landing.
SpaceX Booster Landing
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Truly remarkable! First they had to get the booster exactly in a correct position then grab it and set it gently down. Like the Karate Kid grabbing the fly ...on the fly, with chopsticks.
bobski
Hunter
id hate to be the guy who cleans the tower.......
i truly thought someone was running the projector backwards.
i truly thought someone was running the projector backwards.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Quite a balancing act. And with limited fuel that is quickly running out.
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That is absolutely amazing. And to think my engineering group can’t get two pieces of pipe to meet up at the last flange!
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And when you realize the size of that booster rocket it is even more amazing how it landed so smoothly. NASA has never done anything comparable.
I musts assume they do this because the booster can be re-cycled. Hmmm...wonder how much recycling has to be done to make it ready for the next launch?
Would you want to be a pax on that next launch? Not sure I would.
Would you want to be a pax on that next launch? Not sure I would.
They were landing the boosters on barges. But that and post landing transportation to back to the launch site are costly. Grabbing it out of the air where it started from is cheaper and easier on the booster.
Some years ago I did some work at the Space X / Tesla plant in Hawthorne Ca. Here's the one thing that struck me unlike NASA that seems to be inhabited by older workers those at Space X were young.
These young people weren't married to old ideas like NASA is today. They don't know something can't be done. They just figure out a way to do and often how to do it even better.
There was a time the government needed to run space exploration. There just wasn't any profit in it. Today it's very commercialized. It's time for the government to get out of the way and let free enterprise run the show.
Let's face it, greed has been a motivating factor in most of man's greatest successes.
Some years ago I did some work at the Space X / Tesla plant in Hawthorne Ca. Here's the one thing that struck me unlike NASA that seems to be inhabited by older workers those at Space X were young.
These young people weren't married to old ideas like NASA is today. They don't know something can't be done. They just figure out a way to do and often how to do it even better.
There was a time the government needed to run space exploration. There just wasn't any profit in it. Today it's very commercialized. It's time for the government to get out of the way and let free enterprise run the show.
Let's face it, greed has been a motivating factor in most of man's greatest successes.
I was aboard a ship when the earlier Space-X boosters landed on a barge. At our dining table, I suggested the whole landing was staged and filmed in Hollywood. Seems two people at our table were in fact rocket scientists, and they were offended at my light-hearted banter.
