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FlyTexas
Red Arrows
Posts: 7151 Joined: 26 Jun 2004, 10:18Location: Texas
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by FlyTexas 07 Feb 2018, 02:56
Chris Trott wrote: ↑ 07 Feb 2018, 02:30
DaveG wrote: ↑ 06 Feb 2018, 21:41
Very impressive. The two booster rockets touched down pretty much simultaneously. Hope the rest of the mission goes as planned.
Noticed the car had a "Don't Panic" sign on the dash.
Unfortunately, the core didn't fare so well. Apparently during the landing burn there was a failure of the outer engines to fire which resulted in the rocket ending up not slowing sufficiently and the trajectory being off, resulting in an impact approx. 100 meters from the barge at a speed in excess of 500 km/h. ...
I was watching the core's landing today. It must have made one hell of a 'splash' because it knocked the cameras out of commission on the barge.
Brian
FlyTexas
Red Arrows
Posts: 7151 Joined: 26 Jun 2004, 10:18Location: Texas
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by FlyTexas 07 Feb 2018, 04:19
One last pic...I promise.
If you squint you can see an itty bitty half Moon behind the Tesla.
Brian
Airspeed
The Reds & Concorde
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by Airspeed 07 Feb 2018, 05:11
......on the subject of "DON'T PANIC".......
Dev One
Vintage Pair
Posts: 2591 Joined: 10 Jul 2009, 08:33Location: Chacombe about 2 mile east of M40 J11
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by Dev One 07 Feb 2018, 08:32
Wonder if the registration number was 42? or even h2g2?
FlyTexas
Red Arrows
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by FlyTexas 07 Feb 2018, 11:41
Eastern Australia...I think. Can you confirm, Mike?
Brian
Paul K
Red Arrows
Posts: 7835 Joined: 12 Jun 2005, 16:41Location: Norfolk UK
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by Paul K 07 Feb 2018, 17:05
I think the only thing silly about it is putting the red Tesla on top. It could so easily have been a green Renault - all he had to do was ask.
DaveG
The Gurus
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by DaveG 07 Feb 2018, 17:54
I don't see what the fuss is all about, I mean it's not rocket science. Oh, hang on a minute.....
Dave G.
Paul K
Red Arrows
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by Paul K 07 Feb 2018, 22:15
airboatr
Red Arrows
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by airboatr 08 Feb 2018, 06:43
Paul K wrote: ↑ 07 Feb 2018, 17:05
I think the only thing silly about it is putting the red Tesla on top. It could so easily have been a green Renault - all he had to do was ask.
Wait till the aliens find out Musk sent them a 10 years old car!
Batteries not included. !
