Posted on 12/09/2020 3:16:07 PM PST by Enlightened1
Here is the video
https://youtu.be/ap-BkkrRg-o?t=6889
From Elon Musk’s twitter he said that the header tank pressure was too low on landing and this caused the engines to have too low of thrust.
But he says they got the data they need to correct the problem in a future iteration.
they achieved many major goals
they also know why the landing ultimately failed
wasnt the engines
not enough pressure in the fuel tank feeding one of the engines
watched it live
very impressive
Blowed up real good.
Spacex is a very impressive company.
See what you get for moving to Texas?😉
The video makes a funny jump just before explosion - almost like cameras changed.
95% success. The stable drift-down was just too cool. Trying to get a nephew interested in space travel.
wow. that was awful.
Looked like the engines failed on the way up but the way it flipped and then leveled up , amazing
The stable drift-down was just too cool.
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Yes, the flaps worked. A big accomplishment by a private company. Yet again, they did something today no government has done.
She blowed up real good.
I wonder if any windows were shattered in Boca Chica?
Looked like the engines failed on the way up but the way it flipped and then leveled up , amazing
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I don’t think those were engine failures. This was meant to be a short test and I believe those were planned turn offs of the engines one at a time.
I thought they failed, too, but it looks now like the shutdowns were planned during ascent to control speed.
Looks like a LOT of data points available. 🚀
That was a tame explosion compared to the others. I think very little propellant was left.
Ya, methinks engine restart was just a tad late.
It was amazing. I loved it! Except for the hard landing...
“Yet again, they did something today no government has done.”
I so hope Americans can learn, from organizations like this, that government is NOT the answer to most things.
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