To: Vince Ferrer
Seems like an overcomplication to me.
We landed a rover on mars by lowering it from hovering rockets and it was pulled off by onboard computers.
2 posted on
04/15/2015 5:09:11 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Vince Ferrer
Looked to be a little to much wind. I suspect the next try will succeed.
3 posted on
04/15/2015 5:10:35 PM PDT by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: Vince Ferrer
Quite a surreal bit of video there.
The booster seemed much closer to the camera until the moment it lowered onto the platform.
You could see the jets trying to compensate, but it just wasn’t enough.
The rocking motion coming in was rather signification IMO.
Came pretty close none the less it seemed.
4 posted on
04/15/2015 5:12:44 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
To: Vince Ferrer
two chances to get blown up - great
5 posted on
04/15/2015 5:12:50 PM PDT by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: Vince Ferrer
Sure seems to me that the attempt would be much more successful if SpaceX would just put a drogue chute on the thing to bleed off most of the speed, then let the rocket motor just deal with the last few feet per second.
12 posted on
04/15/2015 5:35:28 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Vince Ferrer
20 posted on
04/15/2015 5:52:41 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Vince Ferrer
It looks as if the altitude was miscalculated by a good 500 feet and it simply ran out of room to maneuver.
23 posted on
04/15/2015 6:04:01 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Vince Ferrer
I get the impression it was coming in way too fast.
Think even if they had it perfectly vertical at touchdown, it would have been too fast to avoid damage.
29 posted on
04/15/2015 6:34:27 PM PDT by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Too much correcting on final approach. Should have been stabilized at that point, not yawing around.
To: Vince Ferrer
Why can’t they use parachutes and airbags?.......
32 posted on
04/15/2015 6:48:47 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Vince Ferrer
Maybe the SpaceX folks could make movies.
37 posted on
04/15/2015 8:06:57 PM PDT by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Dudes need to spring for a few dollars and buy some parachutes.
39 posted on
04/15/2015 8:28:53 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: Vince Ferrer
I theorize Velcro patches or strong magnets on each landing foot to stick that thing to the landing deck would have made the difference here.
42 posted on
04/16/2015 12:56:59 AM PDT by
ri4dc
(I used to care, but I just take a pill for that now.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Imagine watching Edison figure out the electric light bulb. That’s the modern age. The Wright brothers were allowed to fail pretty much in total privacy.
43 posted on
04/16/2015 4:49:03 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Vince Ferrer
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