Looked like the same video stream to me, all firings at the exact same
times, identical images of the cape, landing pads, etc. You could see the
other booster's landing burn in the exact same spot on both videos.
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Carlo Vaccari <airplaniac2002@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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!