Posted on 08/04/2020 5:14:08 PM PDT by cabojoe
SpaceX flies and lands SN5. Don't have a time code but near 40 mins into video.
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Just watched it live. Good job SpaceX.
The box on the top of the ship weighs 20 tons and they did that with one Raptor engine!
Everyday Astronaut’s vids always last far too long. His presentation would be great if he’d cut his vids’ length 90%.
Thanks SunkenCiv.
And shut the hell up! I had to turn the sound off.
Thanks, saw it live but with so many cancelations was weary to post. Was incredible.
I’ve got a question. What happened to the rest of the ship that went up and returned our astronauts this weekend? The capsule safely returned but what about the rest of it?
Every time they do something better than before, I am amazed.
The first stage landed to be reused. The 2nd booster and the trunk at the bottom of the capsule burn up on re-entry.
Me too, the golden rule of broadcast (and podcast) “Never give up the opportunity to keep your mouth shut..)
The second stage has already been flown again!
Oops...the first stage has flown again.
Who knew grain silos could fly and land good job spacex
Lew of Unbox Therapy is great in the original format -- his Lew Later used to be an interminable (I'm guessin') channel for his rap masterpieces or something, now its a talk show format, but without guests, and way too long. It's just Lew and Willie spreding a couple minutes of content over the better part of an hour.
Lew Later and RedLetterMedia are the 2 youtube channels I can take that go on about an hour. Usually 15-30min is all I can take, but those 2 are so incredibly funny.
The first stage was reused to launch a satellite on July 20th, and was the quickest turnaround yet for reuse which includes the Shuttle program. The booster landed safely and will be reused again.
The capsule will be reused in about 6 months. The wife of one of the astronauts on the recent mission will be on that flight.
https://www.space.com/spacex-launches-south-korean-military-satellite-anasis-2-lands-rocket.html
The box on the top of the ship weighs 20 tons and they did that with one Raptor engine!
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Imagine what it will be like when 30 engines are used to launch the entire stack.
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