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

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: 3, Informative) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday April 16 2019, @03:53PM (3 children)

    by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 16 2019, @03:53PM (#830444) Journal

    The Falcon 9 doesn't use Hydrazine.

    There are some contaminants though. For Propellants it uses RP-1 (very close to Kerosene) and Liquid oxygen for the main engines and Nitrogen cold gas thrusters for the RCS system. The hydraulic system contains a synthetic hydraulic fluid for the hydraulic system. The most unpleasant thing in the entire rocket is likely to be the Triethylaluminium/Triethylborane ignition mixture used to light the engines.

    If it broke up then there will be a small oil slick from it. I haven't heard if it broke up, if they are going to blow it up, or if they will tow it back to shore. The landing was hundreds of kilometers from shore so sinking it in deep water seems the most likely option.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 16 2019, @07:17PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 16 2019, @07:17PM (#830548) Journal

    If sank, could it become the backbone of a new choral reef?

    (I don't know the actual answer to that.)

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Osamabobama on Tuesday April 16 2019, @08:17PM

      by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday April 16 2019, @08:17PM (#830578)

      Coral reefs are close to the surface of the water. If it sank below where it landed, it would be too deep to support coral.

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    • (Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday April 16 2019, @09:32PM

      by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 16 2019, @09:32PM (#830626) Journal

      If it is in shallow water, it is possible. This one will be too deep though. It's in the [other] black.