BenCoyote
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- Benjamin 'Ben' Coyote
Well my father used to say this..
"Almost counts in Horseshoes handgrenades , and Nuclear weapons."
Well now Dad, you can add "Rockets landing on barges" to taht list of "Almosts..
It's ironic that SPace X has tried this stunt 3 times and of those 3 one of them had to be aborted cause the seas at the barge landing site was too rought for recovery.. But today's launch was hopefull the one taht would set the record books straight and prove tthat you can actually take the booster stage of a rocket and actually land it safely back on the groun or the sea if the weather is right..
Oh so close Elon, so close.. almost a ringer but dang.. the pictures show that it had the right approach, but at the last second once it touched down, a little bit of lateral motion was still laft and well.. there goes the rocket.. again..
Crash landings 2, Spacex 0
But let's be hoenst, this one was so close that when the video comes out we'll see really how close this landing really was (and that will happen in a few days once the barge gets back to shore.) It'll be intersting to see if Elon can finally get at least 1 rocket onto the deck and get it down smoothly..no tip overs, no hard landing and no aborts..
but yep.. another "Almost made it.."
but hey sooner or later, Mr. Musk will stick taht landing on that barge and then the skeptics can be quiet on that one.. mean while the rocket community will be rejoicing.. cause if this does happen (and i have good feelings for the nex tone), then you'll watch the dcost of rocket flight go down..in a hurry..
Best idea since.. the space shuttle.. at leas tElon has the right idea.. now if only physics and stuff will work for him rather than against him..
Bu hats off man, you alomost got it this time.. Next time yhou will..
"Almost counts in Horseshoes handgrenades , and Nuclear weapons."
Well now Dad, you can add "Rockets landing on barges" to taht list of "Almosts..
It's ironic that SPace X has tried this stunt 3 times and of those 3 one of them had to be aborted cause the seas at the barge landing site was too rought for recovery.. But today's launch was hopefull the one taht would set the record books straight and prove tthat you can actually take the booster stage of a rocket and actually land it safely back on the groun or the sea if the weather is right..
Oh so close Elon, so close.. almost a ringer but dang.. the pictures show that it had the right approach, but at the last second once it touched down, a little bit of lateral motion was still laft and well.. there goes the rocket.. again..
Crash landings 2, Spacex 0
But let's be hoenst, this one was so close that when the video comes out we'll see really how close this landing really was (and that will happen in a few days once the barge gets back to shore.) It'll be intersting to see if Elon can finally get at least 1 rocket onto the deck and get it down smoothly..no tip overs, no hard landing and no aborts..
but yep.. another "Almost made it.."
but hey sooner or later, Mr. Musk will stick taht landing on that barge and then the skeptics can be quiet on that one.. mean while the rocket community will be rejoicing.. cause if this does happen (and i have good feelings for the nex tone), then you'll watch the dcost of rocket flight go down..in a hurry..
Best idea since.. the space shuttle.. at leas tElon has the right idea.. now if only physics and stuff will work for him rather than against him..
Bu hats off man, you alomost got it this time.. Next time yhou will..