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Was it just lucky that the core didn’t directly impact the drone ship or was it designed to aim to the side in the event of the landing speed being too high?
by jl6 9y ago
Was it just lucky that the core didn’t directly impact the drone ship or was it designed to aim to the side in the event of the landing speed being too high?
- giarc 9y agoI read somewhere that the drone ship was damaged.
- JshWright 9y agoElon mentioned in the press conference that two of the engines on the droneship (it has four, one on each corner) were damaged.
- JBlue42 9y agoDo they send another ship to fix the drone ship?
- jordanthoms 9y agoThere's another ship nearby which tows it, it doesn't go all the way in and out of port on its own power. And the ship has taken far bigger poundings in the past, one of them blew a huge hole in the deck.
- JBlue42 9y agoOh ok, cool. I guess I thought it was more autonomous than that by the name. Watching the other boosters land was really impressive.
- jurjenh 9y agoIt always comes in slightly to the side of the barge and as part of the landing burn it does a final sideways correction. I believe it was for this kind of situation - or one where the final burn doesn't even happen.