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hockeythug
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rolosrevenge
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My guess is that at the time (the day of the landing) they didn't have the video. That video we see now probably wasn't being transmitted in real time. They probably had to wait for the ship to get back to shore, and then extract the video from the camera.
chickensevil
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This is likely a local (non-broadcasting) camera. The comment was made based on the camera(s) they had that would have been transmitting the signal back to SpaceX which I assume those were the terribly dark/foggy ones. It is quite pricey to have a ton of cameras broadcasting live, but far less pricey to have only one or two live and the rest local. Since this camera was not in any way damaged by the landing, and in a good position to not be obscured by the fog/darkness it was able to be provided to people.
Just a guess. But makes the most sense.
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Ha! Beat me to it! what he said!
Probably, but still a weird thing for Elon to say. How about: "We don't know if we have any good video, yet."
jerjozwik
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rolosrevenge
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cdub
OG 2011 Leaf / 2023 Model Y LR
That is so awesome that he was able to do it. It really does seem that if it didn't run out of hydraulic fluid it would have made it.
Fantastic video. You can easily see where things went wrong. The grid fin failure meant they were forced to adjust their flight by tilting the rocket which apparently worked for hitting the target. Of course that meant that it was a lost cause for landing. SpaceX was on target for the landing platform which is a huge win since that was the most difficult aspect to achieve.
I would presume it wasn't someone at SpaceX piloting the rocket, it was software. I would imagine the computer is programmed to get the rocket in the right location no matter kind of failure scenarios it is running into. So the gimbled tail rockets were used to steer the stage when the fins stopped working as they should.
Man, as a software guy, I would love to be part of the rocket guidance and control software team. What a dream job!
That video just made my day!
All the questions I had have already been answered by others, but I'll second the comment that had they a bit more hydraulic fluid, they would have had it. Unbelievable that it came that close from gimballing alone, although I suppose the rockets do most of the work at lower speeds where the fins don't work as well.
Does anybody know if this Falcon does controlled burn like Grasshopper at some moderate altitude in line with the remaining fuel, or more like the first video we saw where the burn occurs seconds before H = 0?
All the questions I had have already been answered by others, but I'll second the comment that had they a bit more hydraulic fluid, they would have had it. Unbelievable that it came that close from gimballing alone, although I suppose the rockets do most of the work at lower speeds where the fins don't work as well.
Does anybody know if this Falcon does controlled burn like Grasshopper at some moderate altitude in line with the remaining fuel, or more like the first video we saw where the burn occurs seconds before H = 0?
Krugerrand
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And had the camera been at the 'other' end of the barge, we'd not have any video anyway.
CliffG
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Krugerrand
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