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As rocket failures go, SpaceX's have proven very boring. No booms, no light shows, nothing likely to kill a hypothetical human crew. The first one was actually
by nknighthb 13y ago
As rocket failures go, SpaceX's have proven very boring. No booms, no light shows, nothing likely to kill a hypothetical human crew. The first one was actually kind of funny in the end. The satellite landed semi-intact in a storage shed... a few feet from its own shipping container[1]. Too bad we don't bother with parachutes on satellites, it probably would have been reusable with little or no repair.
[1] http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfas/Papers/20062007/FalconSAT-2%20Launched%20(and%20Recovered)%20-%20France.pdf http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfas/Papers/20062007/FalconSAT-2%20L...
- ash 13y agoIncredible! > For years, cadets have trained falcons (the only performing mascot at NCAA division I football games). FalconSAT-2 showed its excellent homing skills in the launch failure by avoiding the sea and returning to its shipping container so it “could come home to roost.”