OT: SpaceX once again

Apr 13, 2015 2 Replies

zu landen heute um


4:33 p.m. EDT / 20:33 GMT / 22:33 MEZ

... 60 percent chance of favorable weather at the instantaneous [ launch ] window, ...



... At a pre-launch press conference on Sunday, the SpaceX vice-president, Hans Koenigsmann, put the odds of a successful landing at 75 or 80% ...



... the next launch opportunity would be at approximately



4:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 14...


3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Oder auf

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ab 4:15pm Die Landung wird aber wahrscheinlich nicht


MfG JRD


Am 13.04.2015 19:16, schrieb Rafael Deliano:

"Cause of hard rocket landing confirmed as due to slower than expected throttle valve response."

Angeblich auf Festland:

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/ "The risk of damage to the public of / ascent is far greater than return," / she said. "There's a lot of propellant / going up, and there's very little / propellant coming back. "

/ She also noted that there will be a / flight termination system in place / in case something goes wrong.

/ "It's a lot harder to think about / blowing up that rocket when you're / going up and it has a payload on board," / Shotwell said. "But when it's coming / back, if things look wonky, blow it up."

MfG JRD

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