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"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553
by Laremere 12y ago
"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho."
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553855109114101760 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553855109114101760
- Intermernet 12y agoI really want to see video of that! How hard? Explosion hard? Broken strut hard? Hole in the drone-ship hard? Sorry, my KSP avatar took over there... EDIT: I just used the term "drone-ship" legitimately in a sentence. We are living in the future.
- jccooper 12y agoWe know where the target ship docks. I'm sure there will be photos of its state soon. I for one can't wait.
- ErrantX 12y agoNews outlets seem to be wrwriting this up as a crash, and therefore a failure. But my thought is; holy crap they actually hit the target? Pretty impressive!
- ianetaylor 12y agoExactly. SpaceX said this would be 50/50 at best so not a failure in that sense. They'll go again in a month with more hydraulic fluid and learn more. No doubt it'll take a whole series of tests to get this working reliably. Still impressive imho.
- jccooper 12y agoI'd think it was a good result if the stage came down within a few hundred yards of its target. But touching? Break out the champagne. They be able to dial it in for sure.