Monday, April 13, 2015

Not From A Novel

     "...the first stage will execute a controlled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, targeting touchdown on an autonomous spaceport drone ship approximately nine minutes after launch."

     Yes, SpaceX has another ISS supply mission Tuesday -- and another first-stage recovery attempt.

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  1. Considering how close their last "failure"* got, I look forward to seeing it work.

    * Only a "failure" in the sense that it didn't reach the final goal - a successful landing. For the first ever attempt at a safe powered vertical landing from orbit, the fact that it actually hovered mere meters above the platform and only failed at the final touchdown means it was a rousing success. Especially since, IIRC, they figured out pretty quickly what actually went wrong and how to (probably) fix it.

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  2. Had it on live yesterday while posting some grades to the LMS. Durn anvil clouds, anyway. :-)

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