• Space X is attempting to land Falcon 9 on Jan 6th: 50% chance success
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[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;46951223]Woah, shit they nearly nailed it. Wonder how much damage the barge took, though.[/QUOTE] Musk said it was mostly cosmetic. [del]Hydrogen explosions tend to be very flashy, but not actually do that much damage.[/del] disregard that, I accidentally went full retard for a minute.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;46951334]Musk said it was mostly cosmetic. Hydrogen explosions tend to be very flashy, but not actually do that much damage.[/QUOTE] It's a kerosine and oxygen rocket. No Hydrogen on board. Not too much fuel left at that point either. I posted pictures earlier of the barge damage.
[QUOTE=OvB;46951421]It's a kerosine and oxygen rocket. No Hydrogen on board. Not too much fuel left at that point either. I posted pictures earlier of the barge damage.[/QUOTE] Dammit, I need to go to sleep. Normally I know all this shit off the top of my head.
[QUOTE=OvB;46947263]Close, but no cigar. This time. [url]https://t.co/JowUE6a1D7[/url] I can't stop watching this video.[/QUOTE] I just realized this video has audio.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;46950852]I haven't heard any official word, but from the video and the Falcon 9 dimensions, looks like 15-25m/s. Very hard to tell, and I'm just eyeballing it, but that's consistent with this sort of failure.[/QUOTE] It looks like it was coming in pretty slowly in the first few seconds of the video. As the grid fins stall, the rocket pitches over and begins to accelerate horizontally rather than vertically, causing the engines to clip the side of the barge. The fuel and liquid oxygen mixes and detonates, sending the remainder of the rocket across the deck and into the ocean. They really knew what they were doing when they built the barge, though. It survived surprisingly well for enduring a rocket explosion, but I guess the minimal amount of fuel left in the rocket prevented any major damage.
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