A frame-by-frame repair of the video taken during the April soft splashdown of the Falcon 9 first stage now shows the deployment of the landing legs.
A frame-by-frame repair of the video taken during the April soft splashdown of the Falcon 9 first stage now shows the deployment of the landing legs.
Video below the fold.
In a related note, SpaceX will unveil its manned version of the Dragon capsule tomorrow at 7 pm (Pacific) and will live stream the event here.
Update: The links are fixed. Thanks Edward!
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A frame-by-frame repair of the video taken during the April soft splashdown of the Falcon 9 first stage now shows the deployment of the landing legs.
Video below the fold.
In a related note, SpaceX will unveil its manned version of the Dragon capsule tomorrow at 7 pm (Pacific) and will live stream the event here.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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Robert,
All three links seem to go to the same video. I suspect that you meant for the last two to go to other pages.
Oops, I forgot to thank you for posting the video. It is an amazing sight.
That doesn’t look real good.
I am not talking about the quality but about the landing leg deployment.
The one leg seems to have deployed rather uncontrolled. It almost looks like it bounced around a bit. Maybe its lock didn’t catch in the down position. Possibly a hydraulic fluid leak or a nitrogen strut failed.
It seems to have finally locked into a down position though just before the engine burn though. Which is good.
Since the other one looked fine I would guess this is repairable or fixable.
The Dragon 2 looks good.
Never expect them to make it fully propulsive landing. I guessed they would use a chute for an initial deceleration after the burn in.
The leather seats are nice touch.