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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.)
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To: The Cajun

In the videos of SpaceX’s “Grasshopper” test vehicle, the successful landings appear to be much slower.


31 posted on 04/15/2015 6:45:08 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: The Cajun

I get the impression it was coming in way too fast.

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It does look that way, but vertical velocity seems to be nearly zero when it gets to the deck, however it wasn’t vertical and there was some horizontal velocity causing it to topple over.


34 posted on 04/15/2015 7:01:19 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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