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To: markman46

Yeah, they almost stuck the landing in the dirt off of the edge of the pad!

Check out SN 15’s position relative to the landing pad edge in the video of the rocket once the exhaust smoke clears and they turn on the remote control firehoses to deal with the post-landing methane fuel fire.

BTW, I am a big SpaceX fan. So this is embarrassing and, as Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot, Dune (1984)) has said: “Damn Sloppy!”


30 posted on 05/05/2021 6:36:23 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Captain Rhino

They’ll fix it, they land Falcon boosters dead center every time now. I was mostly concerned about the fire, but apparently that might be something they might have to fix later. Lots of methane leakage apparently.

No matter what, this was a huge achievement. SN16 is rolling out and they’ll probably have software updates to make it more centered.


31 posted on 05/05/2021 6:42:36 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Captain Rhino

I saw it it hopped a bit.


35 posted on 05/05/2021 7:14:56 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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