Originally Posted by Runner2go
Ok I watched both and the 2nd one was pretty cool...

But it doesn't explain what we all saw today... Getting from cloud level to siting on the platform in about 10sec.
In the video you provided it took 2 1/2 min to land, after the 1st time it re-fired the rocket to slow it down
And a full 40seconds to land after re-firing the rocket the 2nd & final time...
No matter how you look at it, that's a heck of a lot longer than today's 5-10sec signal lost message.

Now I wish I would have hit "record". laugh2


I just watched the DM-2 landing again. It looks like they did have some reception issues during the last couple minutes before landing (at least on the stream I just reviewed). I'm just going to go with a low cloud cover laugh

Some more goodies: failed landings, and explosions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ&t=6s
This is what happens when the grid fins run out of hydraulic fluid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLz1hTRkWM Those fins are large.. ~5'x6' IIRC. On final approach, the booster doesn't actually move laterally to be over the landing pad until the last moment, so if anything goes wrong, it crashes not on the pad. The grid fins are now made out of.. cast? titanium, since the aluminum ones were melting during some reentry profiles shocked

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