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That was like watching a sci fi film when the two cores landed.... I watched it with my mother (who is 80!), and she said it was as significant as the moon land

That was like watching a sci fi film when the two cores landed.... I watched it with my mother (who is 80!), and she said it was as significant as the moon landing. Do we know the fate of the centre core yet?

kawfey 9y ago
I'll bet it blew up on the droneship. It was weird they didn't have an immediate confirmation; I thought they have a boat or heli within visual range for the photo.
- madamelic 9y ago
  Yeah, that's sort of how I feel as well. It seems odd that they didn't immediately know or say, then they cut it off immediately.
- mewm 9y ago
  Perhaps they have to "structure" a more formal statement even though the rocket could have been observed exploding. Purely speculation though.
hectormalot 9y ago
I feel the same! Suddenly I think I can grasp a bit of how it must’ve felt to watch the Apollo missions back in the day
ghostDancer 9y ago
Where i live it was 21:45 and i couldn't help but told my son that was on bed to come and see it, cause IMHO it's a significant moment for space exploration. He went to bed later than usual but has a nice story to tell tomorrow at school.
- kiriliponi 9y ago
  Same here! ;-)
- retSava 9y ago
  Considered the same with my 4yo, but she was fast asleep since hours before. I'll be sure to show her tomorrow though! Not every day you see someone launch an astronaut in a car into space, then land two boosters next to eachother. We already dig other nice videos on youtube with rocket launches and the like. "How it's made" and so on. Some manufacturing videos have, believe it or not, caught her attention for half an hour! I think it was especially a video from manufacturing the Mini (car), lots of robots and automation.
  - icc97 9y ago
    I showed my 5yo daughter the animation they had before she went to bed, will show her the video tomorrow.
- mcv 9y ago
  I watched last evening alone (my wife wasn't interested, sadly) and this morning again with the entire family.
dgritsko 9y ago
It sounds like it was lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2304 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be... Although there hasn't been an official statement by SpaceX yet, and whoever said "we lost the center core" could have just been referring to the video feed from the drone ship.
- coryfklein 9y ago
  The quote from the video is: "We lost the center core." For those like me unfamiliar with the terminology used in this context, is this wording reserved for situations where the rocket is destroyed or could it also mean they lost contact/video feed with the center core?
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    They normally call out "LOS" or "loss of signal" when they lose a video (or any other kind of) feed, but I have heard it on other streams that they say something like "We lost stage 1... signal/camera feed".
- nraynaud 9y ago
  It’s a command center of a complicated operation, nobody cares if someone has a camera issue on a side goal, it’s all about situation. I vote the booster was lost, and it was not worth using more bandwidth on it.
sangnoir 9y ago
> Do we know the fate of the centre core yet? I might be reading into something that's not there, but the presenters (I didn't get their names) acted like they received surprising news in thier monitors at 39:03[1] just as they were about to report on the drone ship landing. Dude: "We've just gotten confirmation..." Lady: "oh!" Dude: "Oh" Lady: "[laughs] We are waiting to hear what happens..." 1. https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=39m5s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=39m5s
- navls 9y ago
  Also, as she starts saying "We are waiting to hear what happens", he says "Scratch that...".
- vpribish 9y ago
  in the background you can see the feed from the drone ship - they see that it comes back on and the smoke is clearing but there's no rocket. They were a bit surprised. :)
- ben174 9y ago
  I felt like they were trying to redirect people to the main site for more information. I think the presenters were instructed not to give people more news so they could gain more traffic to their site. Seems like a smart way to gain more interest.
- aerophilic 9y ago
  I think it was the right move, even if they knew then the main core had blown, it is too easy for the naysayers to make that the story. Taking away from the real and powerful narrative SpaceX must tell. That for the first time since the Saturn V we have a rocket powerful enough in active service to take us to the Moon/Mars, at a 1/3 of the price of the next heaviest lifter.
peterwaller 9y ago
Of the centre core, these are the last few moments before it is lost from the feed. Smoke can be seen... https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m20s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m20s ... and then back to the presenters. As someone said to me, "That's their lying face!" :) Can't fault them for wanting to dwell on the positives though, was an amazing moment to watch. Edit: You can switch cameras on the above youtube video to the countdown net; you can clearly hear them saying "We lost the centre core" at 38m30s - not sure if that means "lost signal of" or otherwise. The people in the control room appear to become more muted at that point, though they still seem composed. It's really not clear. Edit: On the countdown net you can hear some minutes later "suspected loss of signal": https://youtu.be/-B_tWbjFIGI?t=42m21s https://youtu.be/-B_tWbjFIGI?t=42m21s
- Klathmon 9y ago
  Can't fault them for sure, but it's strange for them. SpaceX tends to be very upfront with their failures, and tends to broadcast and in many cases re-upload video of their failures. Doubly so when the "failure" isn't part of the primary mission.
  - peterwaller 9y ago
    Agree it is strange. I love their "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ Watching the countdown net it seemed plausible that they didn't know whether it had successfully landed either.
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  - DavidSJ 9y ago
    It wasn't a lie; they just didn't know the result. There have been multiple cases in the past when contact was temporarily lost after drone ship landing.
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nicolashahn 9y ago
Texted a friend who works at SpaceX, it didn't make it
bendavis381 9y ago
https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=34m8s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=34m8s You can hear "Centre core defect on shutdown". Definitely didn't make it.
- voodooranger 9y ago
  I heard center core boostback burn shutdown
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kawfey 9y ago

I'll bet it blew up on the droneship. It was weird they didn't have an immediate confirmation; I thought they have a boat or heli within visual range for the photo.

madamelic 9y ago
Yeah, that's sort of how I feel as well. It seems odd that they didn't immediately know or say, then they cut it off immediately.
mewm 9y ago
Perhaps they have to "structure" a more formal statement even though the rocket could have been observed exploding. Purely speculation though.

hectormalot 9y ago

I feel the same! Suddenly I think I can grasp a bit of how it must’ve felt to watch the Apollo missions back in the day

ghostDancer 9y ago

Where i live it was 21:45 and i couldn't help but told my son that was on bed to come and see it, cause IMHO it's a significant moment for space exploration. He went to bed later than usual but has a nice story to tell tomorrow at school.

kiriliponi 9y ago
Same here! ;-)
retSava 9y ago
Considered the same with my 4yo, but she was fast asleep since hours before. I'll be sure to show her tomorrow though! Not every day you see someone launch an astronaut in a car into space, then land two boosters next to eachother. We already dig other nice videos on youtube with rocket launches and the like. "How it's made" and so on. Some manufacturing videos have, believe it or not, caught her attention for half an hour! I think it was especially a video from manufacturing the Mini (car), lots of robots and automation.
- icc97 9y ago
  I showed my 5yo daughter the animation they had before she went to bed, will show her the video tomorrow.
mcv 9y ago
I watched last evening alone (my wife wasn't interested, sadly) and this morning again with the entire family.

dgritsko 9y ago

It sounds like it was lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2304 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be... Although there hasn't been an official statement by SpaceX yet, and whoever said "we lost the center core" could have just been referring to the video feed from the drone ship.

coryfklein 9y ago
The quote from the video is: "We lost the center core." For those like me unfamiliar with the terminology used in this context, is this wording reserved for situations where the rocket is destroyed or could it also mean they lost contact/video feed with the center core?
- Klathmon 9y ago
  They normally call out "LOS" or "loss of signal" when they lose a video (or any other kind of) feed, but I have heard it on other streams that they say something like "We lost stage 1... signal/camera feed".
nraynaud 9y ago
It’s a command center of a complicated operation, nobody cares if someone has a camera issue on a side goal, it’s all about situation. I vote the booster was lost, and it was not worth using more bandwidth on it.

sangnoir 9y ago

> Do we know the fate of the centre core yet? I might be reading into something that's not there, but the presenters (I didn't get their names) acted like they received surprising news in thier monitors at 39:03[1] just as they were about to report on the drone ship landing. Dude: "We've just gotten confirmation..." Lady: "oh!" Dude: "Oh" Lady: "[laughs] We are waiting to hear what happens..." 1. https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=39m5s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=39m5s

navls 9y ago
Also, as she starts saying "We are waiting to hear what happens", he says "Scratch that...".
vpribish 9y ago
in the background you can see the feed from the drone ship - they see that it comes back on and the smoke is clearing but there's no rocket. They were a bit surprised. :)
ben174 9y ago
I felt like they were trying to redirect people to the main site for more information. I think the presenters were instructed not to give people more news so they could gain more traffic to their site. Seems like a smart way to gain more interest.
aerophilic 9y ago
I think it was the right move, even if they knew then the main core had blown, it is too easy for the naysayers to make that the story. Taking away from the real and powerful narrative SpaceX must tell. That for the first time since the Saturn V we have a rocket powerful enough in active service to take us to the Moon/Mars, at a 1/3 of the price of the next heaviest lifter.

peterwaller 9y ago

Of the centre core, these are the last few moments before it is lost from the feed. Smoke can be seen... https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m20s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m20s ... and then back to the presenters. As someone said to me, "That's their lying face!" :) Can't fault them for wanting to dwell on the positives though, was an amazing moment to watch. Edit: You can switch cameras on the above youtube video to the countdown net; you can clearly hear them saying "We lost the centre core" at 38m30s - not sure if that means "lost signal of" or otherwise. The people in the control room appear to become more muted at that point, though they still seem composed. It's really not clear. Edit: On the countdown net you can hear some minutes later "suspected loss of signal": https://youtu.be/-B_tWbjFIGI?t=42m21s https://youtu.be/-B_tWbjFIGI?t=42m21s

Klathmon 9y ago
Can't fault them for sure, but it's strange for them. SpaceX tends to be very upfront with their failures, and tends to broadcast and in many cases re-upload video of their failures. Doubly so when the "failure" isn't part of the primary mission.
- peterwaller 9y ago
  Agree it is strange. I love their "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ Watching the countdown net it seemed plausible that they didn't know whether it had successfully landed either.
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- DavidSJ 9y ago
  It wasn't a lie; they just didn't know the result. There have been multiple cases in the past when contact was temporarily lost after drone ship landing.
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nicolashahn 9y ago

Texted a friend who works at SpaceX, it didn't make it

bendavis381 9y ago

https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=34m8s https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=34m8s You can hear "Centre core defect on shutdown". Definitely didn't make it.

voodooranger 9y ago
I heard center core boostback burn shutdown

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