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re: SpaceX - big badda boom!
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:12 am to colorchangintiger
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:12 am to colorchangintiger
They've blown up many rockets trying to land on a barge. Not a launch but they were trying to find ways to salvage the boosters and stuff.
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Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:12 am to The Pirate King
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Que the guy saying space technology and exploration hasn't slowed down at all with SpaceX
¿Que?
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:13 am to Hermit Crab
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whats the rate of explosions for Space X flights?
I believe this is the second failed launch attempt for SpaceX - the last one being during ascension, but someone else may be able to correct that.
This is a setback for SpaceX, sure, but Google has invested pretty heavily into the program for satellite purposes. Private investors may pull out, but as of now, SpaceX is still the most viable private space travel option by far. It's critical they can still attract private funding after this.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:14 am to J Murdah
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They've blown up many rockets trying to land on a barge.
Yeah, but I wouldn't call those failures, only lessons. Crashing on reentry means that the payload was delivered and mission accomplished.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:18 am to colorchangintiger
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Crashing on reentry means that the payload was delivered and mission accomplished.
except they want to have manned missions one day, so crashing on reentry is kind of a big deal.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:21 am to HubbaBubba
Fortunately, we're almost certainly living in a simulation, so how much can it really matter?
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:22 am to Hermit Crab
Not yet.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:23 am to Hermit Crab
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except they want to have manned missions one day, so crashing on reentry is kind of a big deal.
Not in this case at all. Pretty sure manned missions won't be riding the rockets back down.
Edit: in fact, they couldn't ride the rockets back down like they are doing now.
This post was edited on 9/1/16 at 9:25 am
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:26 am to Ace Midnight
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Over 1 stretch of 88 shuttle missions, NASA lost 2% of their flight crews members
You are assuming they actually died !
I find this one interesting...not heavily plausible but not impossible either. NASA does bullshite about a bunch of stuff. The other day, they misrepresented Jupiter's polar auroras, then after being called on it went back and said it was a composite image (pertends).
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:26 am to HubbaBubba
Ouch.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:26 am to The Pirate King
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Que the guy saying space technology and exploration hasn't slowed down at all with SpaceX
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SpaceX failed at its third attempt to make history: its rocket just exploded
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On Sunday morning it tried and failed to retrieve one of its Falcon 9 rockets, the CRS-7, after a launch, which would have made it the first reusable rocket ever. But just a few minutes after takeoff, two minutes and 14 seconds to be precise, the rocket exploded into tonnes of pieces. It was travelling about 1 kilometre per second at an altitude of 40 kilometres. "The vehicle has broken up," NASA confirmed on its live stream of the event.
Hate all you want, the facts dispute it
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:27 am to HubbaBubba
Who thought private space travel was a good idea?
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:27 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Nasa had 14 rocket launch failures in their first 10 years of existence. SpaceX has had 2.
NASA has never attempted to land a rocket after it successfully launched its payload into space.
SpaceX is pushing the envelope of human ingenuity and technology. We are watching the same things our great grandparents witnessed in the early days of aviation.
Be patient folks and stop reveling in other people's failures. At least they have dared to try
NASA has never attempted to land a rocket after it successfully launched its payload into space.
SpaceX is pushing the envelope of human ingenuity and technology. We are watching the same things our great grandparents witnessed in the early days of aviation.
Be patient folks and stop reveling in other people's failures. At least they have dared to try
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:31 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:32 am to Hermit Crab
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except they want to have manned missions one day, so crashing on reentry is kind of a big deal.
Do you understand how space travel works? Astronauts don't return to Earth via rocket.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:34 am to 4WHLN
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there goes several hundred million bucks
Meh. Just sell a few more Tesla's and it'll be off the balance sheet.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:36 am to VinegarStrokes
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Do you understand how space travel works? Astronauts don't return to Earth via rocket.
but the human reentry vehicle will be landing on land with rocket assisted descent, so it will have some of the same issues as their barge explosions.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:37 am to Tigeralum2008
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NASA has never attempted to land a rocket after it successfully launched its payload into space.
To be fair, the shuttle reused launch components (specifically, the SRBs). Technically, any landing that is intentional and parts reused, as part of the design and engineering, at least partially refutes this statement. And, the shuttle's engines were landed with the orbiter and reused as well. It is not a stretch to say that those landings were of a "rocket" after delivering it's payload.
But, your broader point is fair in that NASA did not try to do with reusables what SpaceX is trying to do.
(What I've learned from playing Kerbal is that - at least in the mechanics of the game - reusable isn't worth the effort. Better to mission/budget each part as best you can.)
This post was edited on 9/1/16 at 10:27 am
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:40 am to Tigeralum2008
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SpaceX is pushing the envelope of human ingenuity and technology. We are watching the same things our great grandparents witnessed in the early days of aviation.
Went to Kennedy Space Center about a year ago. There's a video about the stuff SpaceX is working on. Very fascinating stuff and gives NASA a chance to work on deep space stuff.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 9:55 am to Tigeralum2008
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ASA has never attempted to land a rocket after it successfully launched its payload into space.
Ugh, what in the holy frick was the space shuttle?
Y'all are ate up with this shite. The best thing that Space X does is 3D print engines. NASA developed engines.
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