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It 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 a
by jpgvm 11y ago
It 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/