SpaceX And/Or Rocketry In General

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live feed now. looks like

live feed now. looks like ago - at least with weather.

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Some nice views from Stage 1

Some nice views from Stage 1 after sep. Any idea what coated the lens after the re-entry burn.

This is starting to look easy.

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Amazing!!!! Another

Amazing!!!! Another success!!! Some of the imaging of the 2nd stage is incredible. And did you notice the thrusters pulsing during 1st stage return?

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Nicely done

Nicely done

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YEAH!!!!! They did it

YEAH!!!!! They did it AGAIN!!!!! :-)

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Picture taken just before

Picture taken just before MECO:

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Check out the first stage

Check out the first stage inbound camera !!!! :-0

I seriously want shares in this company .....

Cheers, Mike.

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There's another version of

There's another version of the inbound booster, this time slowed up 4X and with the target barge indicated. It shows, I think, that they are using a 'go long' algorithm which can always be brought short as it were. It would be much more trouble to correct a short aim.

Cheers, Mike.

( edit ) Contrary to what I've said before, the eburnation of the vanes is not mainly due to the rocket plume but from hypersonic ablation.

( edit ) Plus an apparently "real time rate" version ie. the video length is how long it actually took to land from MECO to barge. Again I stand in awe of the engineering prowess required to do this.

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RE: Some nice views from

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Some nice views from Stage 1 after sep. Any idea what coated the lens after the re-entry burn.


Charred paint ?

Quote:
This is starting to look easy.


Indeed. This is Elon's definition of success BTW.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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