I saw that moment too. I guess we won't know for sure until we get the official Elon Tweet.
EDIT: I type too slowly.
Looks like Falcon landed fine, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over post landing.
All we have right now is low frame rate video (basically pictures). Normal video will be posted when ship returns to port in a few days.
Musk tweet:
Looks like Falcon landed fine, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over post landing
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They released far-off video (apparently from an aircraft) showing the landing.
So it was vertical almost on target, tried to make a small horizontal adjustment near the end, and over-controlled itself for whatever reason. Far different than what I was thinking from the video frame.
I wonder if the limited landing testing in McGregor ever tested for enough of a "wobble" coming down to test for fuel sloshing or other factors such as may have been at play here. This one looks to me like it could have been a successful landing if it had been on land and NOT tried to do that "land at X" maneuver at the end. Heck, it may have only been "off" by no more than 10 meters before it tried that last maneuver..
Link to video:
https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/7A1A...p4?versionId=1t0RwgC6OwOAcJT4TQOd4zOemeP9waxc
They released far-off video (apparently from an aircraft) showing the landing.
So it was vertical almost on target, tried to make a small horizontal adjustment near the end, and over-controlled itself for whatever reason. Far different than what I was thinking from the video frame.
I wonder if the limited landing testing in McGregor ever tested for enough of a "wobble" coming down to test for fuel sloshing or other factors such as may have been at play here. This one looks to me like it could have been a successful landing if it had been on land and NOT tried to do that "land at X" maneuver at the end. Heck, it may have only been "off" by no more than 10 meters before it tried that last maneuver..
Link to video:
https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/7A1A...p4?versionId=1t0RwgC6OwOAcJT4TQOd4zOemeP9waxc
George I don't know how you dig up these videos.
Beyond the last min maneuver, it also looks to me like it's coming in a bit hot.
‪@ID_AA_Carmack‬ Looks like the issue was stiction in the biprop throttle valve, resulting in control system phase lag. Should be easy to fix.
(if this was NASA we'd have seen the landing attempt live, SpaceX/Musk does it 1960's cold war Russian style)
Oh man, this looks so sweet. Too bad it didn't end as well as it looks like at this moment.
That pic looks WAY better and closer than the video shot from a plane. Either they had a heck of a still camera with telephoto lens and an incredible haze filter on the camera plane, or they had a multicopter take it (but if so, from a lot farther distance than I would expect they'd have a multicopter be for the "money shot").
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Original twitter sequence:OK, looks like they are narrowing in on the cause. A Musk tweet.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588166157510828033
- George Gassaway
OK, looks like they are narrowing in on the cause. A Musk tweet.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588166157510828033
- George Gassaway
So close. That was surely painful to watch live from the control room, as the ACS fights to prevent the rocket from tipping over.
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Reinhard
So close. That was surely painful to watch live from the control room, as the ACS fights to prevent the rocket from tipping over.
[YOUTUBE]BhMSzC1crr0[/YOUTUBE]
Reinhard
I can't seem to view it. I'm getting a message that the video is private.
Blocked for me too, but............................
I happened to find the video here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017259003 - which does work.
Warning - the source website might make some people around here whine and cry.
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I wonder why they don't just place a giant fire proof pillow on the Pad to capture it.
Beneath the pillow they could place a series of massive Electro-magnets to ensure the capture.
At landing there could be a fire suppression system activated that would prevent any post landing fire.
Strange, I am getting the same thing...possibly it was pulled from YouTube maybe at SpceX's request?
Now that's just silly! A huge fireproof pillow! Bah!
What they need is a giant trampoline covered in Velcro.
I viewed it earlier, no good now, I don't know what the big deal is with them, they are trying to recover it, better than just letting it splash down and sink in the ocean. We should be able to see their progress, live even, we're paying for it.
In case there was anyone who was still wondering why the platform is unmanned, the last two or three seconds is all you need to see to figure it out...
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