Discussion Spaceflight Video Thread

[N_Molson]

The Martian lander we can see for 1 sec at the end looks like an Orion capsule mounted on engines and tanks ! :lol:

 

[astrosammy]

Nice documentary about Almaz and MOL, still have to find an English version:

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I think this is the place for this.

 

[orb]

 

[IronRain]

Andre Kuipers trains at Star City

Go André!

 

[Wally]

Another Shuttle tribute video

I don't know about you, but I never get tired of watching shuttle tribute videos. Here's another one I found o reddit, enjoy:

 

[IronRain]

Nice video about the future of human exploration by SpaceX (link takes you to the spaceX site where you can download the video)

http://www.spacex.com/npc-luncheon-elon-musk.php

 

[diogom]

Nice video about the future of human exploration by SpaceX (link takes you to the spaceX site where you can download the video)

http://www.spacex.com/npc-luncheon-elon-musk.php

Now THAT'S a spaceflight video!

 

[orb]

If you don't want to download it, here's the same on YouTube:

 

[Artlav]

So cool and so wrong at the same time...

First stage returning to launch site?
Lives of astronauts depending on ignition of landing rockets?

So cool and so wrong at the same time.

 

[astrosammy]

Blocking a SpaceX video? That's not funny...

Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany, because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.

 

[Hlynkacg]

So cool and so wrong at the same time...

First stage returning to launch site?
Lives of astronauts depending on ignition of landing rockets?

Why not?

The first stage is just a re-hash of the old Saturn S-IVB stage recoverability concepts and If SpaceX can develop sufficiently reliable engines why not use 'em to land?

 

[Artlav]

Why not?

The first stage is just a re-hash of the old Saturn S-IVB stage recoverability concepts and If SpaceX can develop sufficiently reliable engines why not use 'em to land?

Watch closely - the rocket lifts off from the cape, boosts second stage to serious speed, then suddenly lands back at the cape.

So, it should either go around an orbit, making the whole thing an SSTO and second stage redundant.
Or brake, accelerate back, brake again, making the whole thing pretty much a double SSTO.

What other options are there?

 

[Hlynkacg]

This is all a wild-ass-guess as the thing hasn't even been built yet but imagine the velocity component from the first stage would either be mostly vertical or it would recover at a secondary site.

...but the animators want to make cool video and who are we to complain.

There's also the question of whether this technology is to be implimented on the Falcon Heavy where the two LRBs drop off much earlier and thus with a lower tangental velocity.

 

[FordPrefect]

Wow, I never noticed those sound pressure shock waves bouncing off upwards from the launchpad in the Apollo 17 launch footage...Holy Cow! :thumbup:

http://youtu.be/NEfMkkk1mo4

 

[IronRain]

Space Transportation: An ATV Perspective

 

[DaveS]

Nice video of STS-31:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M7fkR-L2KU"]STS-31 Mission Highlights Resource Tape - YouTube[/ame]

 

[orb]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqzBELz-DNE"]Robotic Lander Completes Multiple Outdoor Flight - YouTube[/ame]

 

[reekchaa]

LRV on the Moon - Apollo 16 - HD Video Stabilized

Amazing footage made real, if you haven't seen it in HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5cKpzp358F4

 

[donner5545]

Amazing