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SpaceX Loses the Center Core of its Falcon Heavy Rocket due to Choppy Seas

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 16 2019, @07:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the caution-deck-is-slippery dept.

martyb writes:

SpaceX had a successful launch, orbit insertion, and recovery of all 3 rocket boosters last Thursday. Unfortunately, they were unable to fasten down the central core on the ASDS (Autonomous spaceport drone ship) "Of Course I Still Love You:

Shifting seas and high winds brought it down.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 16 2019, @02:09PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 16 2019, @02:09PM (#830399) Journal

    > hopefully they can still do the post-flight checks they couldn't do a year ago. After using a big dryer.

    If you mean hair dryer, it would be too heavy to lift. Maybe a lot of people with smaller hair dryers. That would require a LOT of extension cords, on separate circuits. Each dryer typically 1500 watts on high setting.

    If you meant clothes dryer, the spinning would further damage the rocket.

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