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1000 km/h booster impact at sea, call that a "soft landing/splash down". Poor fishies :)
by simfoo 3y ago
1000 km/h booster impact at sea, call that a "soft landing/splash down". Poor fishies :)
- _Microft 3y agoI guess they didn’t want to make it too easy for some Chinese fishing vessels ;)
- sneak 3y agoChinese fishing vessels in the Gulf of Mexico?
- jajko 3y agoOn shores of Africa, in Gulf of Mexico... yes, in 2024 ships can travel far
- b112 3y agoProbably even in Lake Superior.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoI was going to write that a boat could get from the ocean into Lake Superior without ever entering the United States (by hugging the Canadian side of all lakes and rivers), but it appears that there is a dam on the St Lawrence River near Cornwall Ontario that forces you to take a short <10 mile detour through a river/canal in New York.
- schnitzelstoat 3y agoThey are on vacation.
- Etheryte 3y agoIllegal fishing by Chinese fleets is now commonplace in Africa, in Argentina, etc [0], so given how much they've expanded operations over the years it's only a matter of time before you see them there too, if it hasn't happened already. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/26/world/asia/china-fishing-south-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/26/world/asia/ch...
- _Microft 3y agoSome species are rare. You need to look in the right places if you want to catch some fine raptors.
- pixl97 3y agoHopefully the NASA flight monitoring the launch has video of the booster coming back down.
- russdill 3y agoThe WB-57 was not in the air today.
- tempaway444641 3y agoIt does look like it came down rather fast. Engines only partially re-lit. About 34min in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWM1NQ1tZEU&t=2112s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWM1NQ1tZEU&t=2112s
- elihu 3y agoI think that's the ascent burn. It doesn't look like the engines re-lit at all for the descent. (I imagine they aren't supposed to light until they're a lot closer to the ground than they were when the video was lost.)
- tempaway444641 3y agoAt altitude 22km superheavy was moving at 4310 kmh (34:18 in linked video) speed then dropped continually, at 34:45 in the video the icons show that 3 engines were lit, altitude was 1km and speed was 1300 kmh. At 34:49 you can see flames, speed continues to drop, then you see the sea rushing up, then it cuts
- elihu 3y agoAh, I was thinking about Starship. I forgot that the booster attempted simulated landing was going on at the same time.