Re: [AFMUG] OT Spacex go boom

2021-02-02 Thread Robert
I heard that a) they failed to get one engine re-running..  so a faster descent than intended and b) Musk has said he's off twitter for the rest of today.  I wonder if he was put out by this result... On 2/2/21 1:11 PM, Bill Prince wrote: I felt the SN8 flight looked better, but maybe they we

Re: [AFMUG] OT Spacex go boom

2021-02-02 Thread Bill Prince
I felt the SN8 flight looked better, but maybe they were trying some new maneuvers. It seemed to me (armchair quarterback that I am), that they made the flip to vertical way too late. The telemetry seems to bear that out; I think they intended to flip at ~~ 1.5 km

[AFMUG] OT Spacex go boom

2021-02-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Ride up looks pretty smooth, but those landings are gonna leave a mark. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com