You are welcome. Of course, this chat was bombarded by my commentary as well.And a thanks for watching!
Yes, the cameraman was very skilled for the ground shots, and the onboard cameras did a good job of capturing the flight. Ahh, modern technology + skilled photography = beautiful flight videos.Beautiful camera views!
Hmm, so no wonder why the first stage does not land nearby, or on solid land, cos we do not want the booster to tip over, and pose risk to us on the land. Man, SpaceX is high tech. NASA is in the dark ages compared to SpaceX.It looks like the first stage is top heavy and the drone ship rocky. It's a wonder the first stage does not tip over after landing. I have read,,.
The first stage is secured to the deck of the drone ship with steel hold-downs welded on to the feet of the landing legs In June 2017, OCISLY started being deployed with a robot that drives under the rocket and grabs onto the hold-down clamps located on the outside of the Falcon 9's structure after landing. Fans call the robot "Optimus Prime" or "Roomba", the latter of which has been turned into a backronym for "remotely operated orientation and mass balance adjustment". - Autonomous spaceport drone ship - Wikipedia.
Nice, I am checking that one out right now. Also, the name is pretty cool: Shortfall of Gravitas.Little six minute video on the Roomba, or what officially called the Octagrabber.
Therein lies the upside of a dictatorship. If you want the upside of SpaceX, which I do, you have to ignore the downside. But I suggest it is self-deceiving to pretend it does not exist. By choosing to ignore it I automatically share in the guilt of having caused the negative consequences.Man, SpaceX is high tech. NASA is in the dark ages compared to SpaceX.
I agree with you there, 100%. Musk has not treated his employees well. If he treated his employees better, I would like SpaceX even more.Therein lies the upside of a dictatorship. If you want the upside of SpaceX, which I do, you have to ignore the downside. But I suggest it is self-deceiving to pretend it does not exist. By choosing to ignore it I automatically share in the guilt of having caused the negative consequences.
Back in the space shuttle days I was on board with NASA 100% and watched the programming all the time. If I am not board with SpaceX 100% it is because I do not like some of the irons Elon Musk has in the Fire. Investments in Twitter for example.I agree with you there, 100%. Musk has not treated his employees well. If he treated his employees better, I would like SpaceX even more.
The booster has landed. If I was noting things during the landing it was that the booster was rocking as if the drone ship were on choppy seas. They have lost boosters before because of this... Wow! That looks expensive!
Whew, that booster is probably in the millions of dollars. If only we had Star Trek replicators to repair the booster.The booster has landed. If I was noting things during the landing it was that the booster was rocking as if the drone ship were on choppy seas. They have lost boosters before because of this... Wow! That looks expensive!
Agreed. Twitter should have remained Twitter (glad I do not use social media except for this forum), and then Musk wanted to revamp the platform, charge $8/mo for a blue tick mark, and show off his AI, named Grok. I remember when the shuttle was discontinued in 2011 (was entering 6th grade). That was a sad day. I watched shuttle launches on YouTube around that time, plus we had the NASA channel on TV at the time.Back in the space shuttle days I was on board with NASA 100% and watched the programming all the time. If I am not board with SpaceX 100% it is because I do not like some of the irons Elon Musk has in the Fire. Investments in Twitter for example.