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There is something flying just above when the explosion starts, probably a bird, but how hard will it be to just fly a drone there with some kind of projectile?

There is something flying just above when the explosion starts, probably a bird, but how hard will it be to just fly a drone there with some kind of projectile? [Edit] Pre and Post explosion: http://imgur.com/a/IIzg2 http://imgur.com/a/IIzg2

zzleeper 10y ago
Looks way too fast and round for a bird.. but yeah it's clearly there
- nkrisc 10y ago
  It's probably a bug in the foreground of the camera. You can see the same thing at around 1:06 in the bottom half of the frame before it explodes.
giarc 10y ago
Given the distance between the camera and the rocket, it still could be a bird.
samwillis 10y ago
The camera is over 4km away, I think its something flying past much closer to the camera.
pavelrub 10y ago
An insect flying in front of the camera lens. You can see this multiple times throughout the video: 0:54, 4:28, 4:41...
objclxt 10y ago
> but how hard will it be to just fly a drone there with some kind of projectile? It's a massive long metal tube full of extremely flammable things...what seems more likely: drone with projectile entering a highly restricted piece of airspace, or as rockets are want to do, it blew up by itself.
- TheGuyWhoCodes 10y ago
  Of course it's more likely that there was a malfunction, no one is saying otherwise, I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions, hitting a small drone flying fast isn't an easy target and you'd have to have a constant watch for them.
  - jccooper 10y ago
    > I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions Mostly by being on an Air Force base, many miles away from anywhere someone might operate a "drone". Wouldn't help much against a fixed-wing telepresence rig, but not much would.
- dredmorbius 10y ago
  NB: wont to do. Though you've given me a reason to look up the etymology. Now I now: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wont&allowed_in_frame=0 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wont&allowed_in_fra...
  - disillusioned 10y ago
    NB: Now I know :-)
    - dredmorbius 10y ago
      Aaaaagh! :-)

zzleeper 10y ago

Looks way too fast and round for a bird.. but yeah it's clearly there

nkrisc 10y ago
It's probably a bug in the foreground of the camera. You can see the same thing at around 1:06 in the bottom half of the frame before it explodes.

giarc 10y ago

Given the distance between the camera and the rocket, it still could be a bird.

samwillis 10y ago

The camera is over 4km away, I think its something flying past much closer to the camera.

pavelrub 10y ago

An insect flying in front of the camera lens. You can see this multiple times throughout the video: 0:54, 4:28, 4:41...

objclxt 10y ago

> but how hard will it be to just fly a drone there with some kind of projectile? It's a massive long metal tube full of extremely flammable things...what seems more likely: drone with projectile entering a highly restricted piece of airspace, or as rockets are want to do, it blew up by itself.

TheGuyWhoCodes 10y ago
Of course it's more likely that there was a malfunction, no one is saying otherwise, I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions, hitting a small drone flying fast isn't an easy target and you'd have to have a constant watch for them.
- jccooper 10y ago
  > I was just wondering how SpaceX guards their lunch pad from aerial intrusions Mostly by being on an Air Force base, many miles away from anywhere someone might operate a "drone". Wouldn't help much against a fixed-wing telepresence rig, but not much would.
dredmorbius 10y ago
NB: wont to do. Though you've given me a reason to look up the etymology. Now I now: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wont&allowed_in_frame=0 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wont&allowed_in_fra...
- disillusioned 10y ago
  NB: Now I know :-)
  - dredmorbius 10y ago
    Aaaaagh! :-)