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I'm thinking there may have been a video delay and it locked up because the landing might not have gone well. i.e. Taken out the video hardware. Just a guess.
by 51Cards 11y ago
I'm thinking there may have been a video delay and it locked up because the landing might not have gone well. i.e. Taken out the video hardware. Just a guess... hoping to be wrong.
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- sixQuarks 11y agoI don't know, I think we would have seen something if it knocked out the video. A flash of light, or spark, or something.
- DougWebb 11y agoIf it was just the video that got taken out, they'd still have telemetry and they'd know what happened. They must have lost the satellite uplink, either by losing the equipment on the ship or by knocking the ship out of position so the antenna isn't aimed correctly.
- grecy 11y agoThere was an orange flash on the deck just a second or two before the video cut out...
- ufmace 11y agoMy more conspiracy-minded thoughts have wondered about this. Yeah, it's probably a satellite connection and they can be flaky, especially at sea, but isn't it awfully convenient that the feed cut off mere moments before a bad landing? SpaceX PR is quite good indeed...
- mikeash 11y agoThey've put out videos of past landing failures. No reason to think they'd be shy about this one.
- mikeash 11y agoAnd here it is: https://www.instagram.com/p/BAqirNbwEc0/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BAqirNbwEc0/ It's pretty amazing, and a bit sad. They landed perfectly, and then the bad leg collapsed after.