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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, @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.