JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 days agoThe booster catch was insane!video.twimg.comvideomessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1297arrow-down1videoThe booster catch was insane!video.twimg.comJohnDClay@sh.itjust.works to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·3 days agoThe first time they tried to catch with the chopsticks, it workes without blowing up the whole launchpad. When they did this with the Falcon 9, it took several flights to get a landing without significant damage to the drone ship, the booster, or both. Pretty impressive that they got it to work right out of the gate with the Super Heavy Booster
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·3 days agoIt also proves the importance of progressive integration tests even if they’re destructive. The amount you can learn by actually putting everything together is just fundamentally necessary to make sure these complex systems work.
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoWell, this time around, even though a different mechanism was used, they had all the Falcon experience to draw from, which shortens development.
The first time they tried to catch with the chopsticks, it workes without blowing up the whole launchpad.
When they did this with the Falcon 9, it took several flights to get a landing without significant damage to the drone ship, the booster, or both.
Pretty impressive that they got it to work right out of the gate with the Super Heavy Booster
It also proves the importance of progressive integration tests even if they’re destructive. The amount you can learn by actually putting everything together is just fundamentally necessary to make sure these complex systems work.
Well, this time around, even though a different mechanism was used, they had all the Falcon experience to draw from, which shortens development.