Aerospace Flawless Falcon Flight (SpaceX)

http://spaceflight101.com/falcon-9-jcsat-14-launch-success/
Good show!

 

Apparently not quite "flawless". but they did get it on the barge.

http://news.discovery.com/space/pri...-spacex-rocket-suffered-max-damage-160518.htm

 

This flight profile apparently heat was the issue, about four or more times the normal load.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/...ster-suffered-max-damage-on-landing/207178195

 

Here we go again.

http://spaceflight101.com/spacex-falcon-9-thaicom-8-preview/

 

I expect a work around attempt very soon, they have a good learning curve.

 

http://www.spacex.com/webcast

 

Curious about the condition of this booster, nice landing though.

 

And likely a rocket crash from time to time.

 

About 21 minutes into video is lift off, a nice flight.

The video link I posted earlier in this thread was from an earlier landing, sorry about that. This landing occurs at about 29 minutes into the tech broadcast.

 

This is an engineering aspect I wasn't aware of.
"Touchdown was somewhat harder than previous landings, causing the ‘Contingency Crush Core’
to come into play to cushion the impact, a device Elon Musk describes as an “aluminum honeycomb for
energy absorption in the telescoping actuator.” This is a replaceable part giving Falcon 9 the ability to survive
corner-case landings at higher speeds. What implications the Crush Core actually crushing has on recovery operations
is unknown". (From- http://spaceflight101.com/thaicom-8-space-x-launch-success/ )
My favorite segment of the video was the view from the core booster at roughly 26-28 minutes, The video of that view ends with what appears to be a camera meltdown.

 

Sure enough, there it is. In all the Apollo landings I have watched I had never considered the LM's suspension, thanks for pointing this out.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LM_Landing Gear1973010151.pdf

 

http://spaceflight101.com/falcon-9-25-asds-return/
Worth reading through.