Posted on 01/09/2015 9:02:39 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Ships deployed into the Atlantic for experimental rocket landing
http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/05/ships-deployed-into-the-atlantic-for-experimental-rocket-landing/
Inside SpaceX’s Epic Fly-back Reusable Rocket Landing (Infographic)
http://www.space.com/28167-spacex-risky-reusable-rocket-landing-infographic.html
LIVE LAUNCH COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/05/spacex-5-mission-status-center/
or
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
Less than 4.5 hours to go until liftoff!
There was a 10 minute engine test at Stennis tonight. I was surpised. I think it was the RS-25. It made a huge boom at ignition and gave the house a good shake before throttling back.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/
Bump so if I have to get up to take a wizz at that time I can check in on it.
Hi Jack. I’m going to attempt to be here for the launch. Not sure if I’m going to nap until just before launch time or try to stay up. The R&R & Coke I’m having is likely not a good idea.
God Speed.
- bringing that first stage down to balance on a platform is going to be ticklish, at a minimum.
No wonder they give the odds at 50/50. I admire their ‘dam the torpedoes’ gumption as, if they succeed, this could be the start of so much more that can be done, with the savings of ‘reusable’ boosters.
GO SpaceX!
What I am wondering is...what is the ‘sea-state’ out at the recovery site? If the waves are calm and the deck of the drone craft isn’t pitching wildly, there’s a chance (if the guidance system can bring it down in the right place) that the first stage can land and actually remain upright.
I hope they can pull this off...I really do.
Bookmark.
I hope they can pull this off. I suspect if they can beat the upper atmosphere leg of this they got it whipped. I posted your previous thread for reference.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3237188/posts?page=1
I can’t even get a Kerbal into orbit... lol
So you now, in a tweet, Elon Musk endorsed the Kerbal Space Program. Says “Kerbal is Awesome!” according to the tweet.
“I can’t even get a Kerbal into orbit... lol”
I did, but only after many tries, haha. I love that program.
I only have the demo but I won’t buy the full version if these rockets keep going out of control.
I have the demo and I can’t keep the rockets from going out of control.
My understanding is that the ‘deck’ is engineered to stay level regardless of the sea?
I think the chances of that working perfectly are a lot lower than 50/50 personally.
Although I think they will deliver that payload perfectly. They have supplied the ISS a couple of times I think.
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