Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

[NTA]

Every 2 weeks or so. Piece of piss.

[Kirwan]

World Richest Man is about launch another rocket;

[canefan]

@Kirwan Tesla's share price is flying about as fast as his rockets

[Kirwan]

[Paekakboyz]

@canefan no end in sight either! insane!

[canefan]

@Paekakboyz said in SpaceX:

@canefan no end in sight either! insane!

The crash is bound to come, but who wants to bet against him? I only wish I bought a wedge of stock back in March 2020

[Kirwan]

[Kirwan]

Work do on the landing, didn't get vertical this time. Looked like it might be slow enough if it was the vertical to land though.

[NTA]

@Kirwan said in SpaceX:

Work do on the landing, didn't get vertical this time. Looked like it might be slow enough if it was the vertical to land though.

Looked like it flipped back too far? My recollection of the first one was it didn't get through vertical.

[Kirwan]

@NTA said in SpaceX:

@Kirwan said in SpaceX:

Work do on the landing, didn't get vertical this time. Looked like it might be slow enough if it was the vertical to land though.

Looked like it flipped back too far? My recollection of the first one was it didn't get through vertical.

I think it did, just landed too fast.

I think the guy said for SN9 that the second engine looks it didn't relight so not enough thrust to get back to vertical.

[canefan]

Farken cool looking rocket, looks like a cross between Gattaca meets a V2

[Kiwiwomble]

@Kirwan just reading about it and that's what what Spacex have said

"During the landing flip maneuver, one of the Raptor engines did not relight and caused SN9 to land at high speed and experience a RUD."

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edit: looked up "RUD" = rapid unscheduled disassembly

[Kirwan]

@Kiwiwomble They have the best acronyms.

BFR was my favorite. Big Fucking Rocket.

[Machpants]

@Kirwan said in SpaceX:

@Kiwiwomble They have the best acronyms.

BFR was my favorite. Big Fucking Rocket.

That's pretty old and derivative

[Kiwiwomble]

@Machpants that's a great gun

[Machpants]

@Kiwiwomble said in SpaceX:

@Machpants that's a great gun

BFG 9000 FTW!

[Kirwan]

@Machpants yep, that's why they used it. Fun for the nerds.

[NTA]

[Kirwan]

Looks like they are going to now try to relight all three engines, and turn off one. As a redundancy

[canefan]

@NTA said in SpaceX:

I don't think it was meant to go down like that....