02-06-2018, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
It still hit the target.  |
If they post the ASDS deck camera(s)' and/or the first stage camera's video on either the SpaceX website or on their YouTube channel (perhaps as part of their "Technical Videos" series, which don't have the in-studio coverage), that would be an interesting "hot" (too-fast) landing to see! Also:
I think they have yet to *miss* either a drone ship, an on-land landing zone (hopefully their first Vandenberg one will occur soon), or a pre-selected landing point on the ocean surface (on the handful of occasions when they haven't programmed an ASDS deck landing, during the early tests and a few "old, used first stage throwaway flights" when it's cheaper to just let it sink). That level of landing accuracy--and the reliability of its achievement--would have made the V-2 a war-changing weapon, had the Peenemünde team been able to attain it (they would probably have considered it science fiction :-) ). Speaking of discarded Falcon 9 first stages:
Has there been any word on whether GovSat 1's unexpectedly-still-floating "second launch Falcon 9 first stage" was towed back to port? |