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Watch SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Land on Barge in New 360-Degree Video
- vanattab 11y agoHow do they secure the rocket remotely after landing?
- pcarmichael 11y agoThey weld a metal shoe over each landing leg.
- jessriedel 11y agoI believe it rests under its own weight and friction. In an interview, Musk said the acceptable wave height was 2-3 times higher than the ones seen during that landing.
- stuff4ben 11y agoI'm a little skeptical about that. You can clearly see the rocket slide as it lands.
- jpgvm 11y agoIt still has surplus horizontal velocity when it hits the deck, hence the sliding. [1] Musk confirmed on Twitter that the rocket in fact doesn't need securing and the metal shoe plan turned out to be unnecessary. [1]: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096
- kolinko 11y agoI wonder how they determined that it's unnecessary. Did they try to topple it over?
- gizmo 11y agoReally heavy objects with a low center of mass don't just topple over. It's 42 meters tall and weighs around 20.000 kg without fuel. http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/falcon-9-v1-1-f9r/ http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/falcon-9-v1-1-f9r/
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- agildehaus 11y agoAccording to Musk, securing it turned out not to be necessary: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096
- schiffern 11y agoEarly plan was to weld shoes over the feet. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_ceocto_of_a_rocket_company_ama/cnfqgek?context=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk... For CRS-8 they used jacks and chained it hooks welded on the deck. Done by humans, not remotely. https://i.imgur.com/NAJU4JS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NAJU4JS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/IBZmewR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/IBZmewR.jpg Not sure if they'll keep doing this, given Musk's tweet saying it doesn't need securing. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726218218109444096
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- andrenotgiant 11y agoCan we get this link updated to point directly to the Youtube video, this is blogspam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK5TF2BOhQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK5TF2BOhQ
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- teleclimber 11y agoThis made my Google Cardboard purchase so worth the $20! I liked hearing the audio too: the hum of the barge, the double-crack of the sonic boom followed by the roar of the engines. Epic! Hopefully in the near future there will be landings shot in higher resolution, and with better audio.
- marcosscriven 11y agoI have Google cardboard too - but usually that has two views right? How did you get this to work? Still impressive just looking 'up' with the bare phone!
- enzanki_ars 11y agoThe Google Cardboard feature only works on Android devices right now.