I'm pretty sure they accidentally used the exact same footage for both
boosters, with a slight time lag between them.
On Feb 6, 2018 4:57 PM, "John Stoffel" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Henry" == Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Henry> Your phrasing is ambiguous - have you seen word on the center
Henry> booster barge landing yet? All I can find is, result not known
Henry> yet.
Nope, no word yet that I've been able to find. I assume the worst,
even though the sea state looked really calm out there. But who
knows? Surprised the Elon hasn't tweeted anything, which implies to
me that there was a RUD upon landing and they might not have a barge
any more...
Henry> That aside - woo-HOO! An indication of the precision in the
Henry> booster recoveries was that thruster firings etc on the two
Henry> boosters were pretty much simultaneous throughout. (One did
Henry> touch down a half-second or so after the other, mind - but I'm
Henry> not complaining.)
Looking at the video as they came down I was worried they were aiming
for the same pad! But I suspect they set them up so they were 180 deg
out of phase with each other to limit the chances of collision.
Henry> Seriously, an historic day. 64 mt to LEO, with I guesstimate
Henry> well over 90% by value (27 of 28 engines) of the overall
Henry> booster recovereable and reusable. A major step forward on the
Henry> path.
I haven't been this pumped since the Curiosity landing.
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!