The math and technology that goes into this is simply incredible. And they are SOOO close!
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Today's Awesome Video: SpaceX ALMOST landed their re-usable rocket body on a barge in the ocean!
The math and technology that goes into this is simply incredible. And they are SOOO close!
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Like parallell parking a rocket. A little more...a little more...almost there...EXPLOSION. So close.
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I think they'll get there before the end of the year. They've made leaps and bounds with this technology!
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You can see the stabilizing thruster firing madly trying to keep it upright.... Right before it falls over. Looked to be pretty dang windy, too.
Honestly, the fact that it was so far off and made its way back to the barge in just a few seconds is incredible!
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
The rocket version of...
Simply amazing.
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Maybe they forgot to convert to the metric system
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Looks like it was still coming in too fast. If they can deploy tri-parachutes at 1500 feet that might slow it down and stabilize it enough.
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Throttle issues. The engine valves were slower than anticipated.
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