They're saying one of the landing legs failed to lock in place; possibly
due to ice. Elon Musk said "they" think ice came from moisture that
built up due to the launch taking place during a heavy fog.
I don't think it was where they were attempting to land, so much as
where they launched from.
Seems like even with all the problems they're having getting their
reusable booster to land properly, they are still delivering the
payloads into orbit as promised. All the problems seem to be happening
after they've completed the jobs they contracted for.
On 1/18/2016 9:32 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I think one of SpaceX's issues is the attempt to land at Sea. Though
given their launch site that may be their only option.
On 1/17/2016 5:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
SpaceX had another successful launch & satellite deployment today, but
had a leg lock failure when trying to make the 1st Stage's upright
landing on a drone ship in the ocean. They have yet to pull that one
off. If you want to get a glimpse at the optomistic entrepreneur
attitude, look no farther than Elon Musk's tweet releasing the news:
"Well, at least the pieces were bigger this time!"
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