OK, from a Rand Simberg retweet of Franklin Brannen, they did lose the
core booster. No further details.
Still a damned good day.
Henry
On 2/6/2018 2:35 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Your phrasing is ambiguous - have you seen word on the center booster barge landing yet? All I can find is, result not known yet.
That aside - woo-HOO! An indication of the precision in the booster recoveries was that thruster firings etc on the two boosters were pretty much simultaneous throughout. (One did touch down a half-second or so after the other, mind - but I'm not complaining.)
Seriously, an historic day. 64 mt to LEO, with I guesstimate well over 90% by value (27 of 28 engines) of the overall booster recovereable and reusable. A major step forward on the path.
Henry
On 2/6/2018 2:17 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
Wow...just wow. Watching the liftoff, max-q, separation, side booster
landings, second stage ignition, etc. All just amazing. Even if they
lost the core stage on landing... wow.
Such an amazingly successful launch, congrats!