Well, another mission success for SpaceX, but the 1st stage had a bad day and didn't make it back to LZ-1. Hydraulic pump stalled and the stage soft landed in the water just off shore. Hard to believe, but the last landing failure was nearly 2.5 years ago.
It appears that the stage landed intact and was still transmitting telemetry. Might be recoverable after a fashion, at least for diagnosis.
Musk is saying if the stage is not so damaged as to need retirement, it might be used on an internal SpaceX mission, maybe Starlink.
Amphibious reusable rockets. :huh:
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Stabilized footage of water touchdown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=1l0712ILwN4&feature=youtu.be
And it is intact and floating:
[ame="https://twitter.com/DaneDrefke/status/1070405921329815552"]Dane Drefke on Twitter: "Currently drifting south offshore.… "[/ame]
It appears that the stage landed intact and was still transmitting telemetry. Might be recoverable after a fashion, at least for diagnosis.
Musk is saying if the stage is not so damaged as to need retirement, it might be used on an internal SpaceX mission, maybe Starlink.
Amphibious reusable rockets. :huh:
---------- Post added at 07:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:03 PM ----------
Stabilized footage of water touchdown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=1l0712ILwN4&feature=youtu.be
And it is intact and floating:
[ame="https://twitter.com/DaneDrefke/status/1070405921329815552"]Dane Drefke on Twitter: "Currently drifting south offshore.… "[/ame]
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