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To: Moonman62

Hit the pad a little hard due to engine problems during landing.
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Looked to my untrained eye that they transitioned back out of the “belly flop” maneuver just a bit too late.


5 posted on 12/09/2020 3:25:44 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides
I watched the engines video upon landing. One of the 3 Raptors didn't ignite, and one other was flaming green, perhaps running lean or low on fuel?.. Were all 3 supposed to ignite upon landing?
6 posted on 12/09/2020 3:27:53 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: House Atreides

I watched Scott Manley explain it a few days ago and he wanted to pull up early, too.

By the explosion size, it looks like there was plenty of fuel left.

Not sure how the Astronuts are supposed to survive that.


20 posted on 12/09/2020 4:06:24 PM PST by UNGN
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To: House Atreides

There’s a long shot showing the landing. The thing was darn near floating belly down. When it went vertical, it was coming down as stable as a F9, but when the engines went rich, it plummeted. Still, this was a massively successful test, and SN9 is in the hangar waiting for testing.


23 posted on 12/09/2020 4:15:50 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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