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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)

as far as crash-landings go, this was freakin beautiful

[–] WhatAmLemmy 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was positioned well for the failure but I'm not a fan of the dramatic circling drone shot. It gives you no concept of size, scale or altitude of ... anything. The static camera positions we get from spacex are way better.

[–] 11111one11111 6 points 2 months ago

Lol I cracked up when it happened. The fuckin title had me expecting hiroshima/nagasaki 2.0 then it just flops down like a toddler learning to go from standing position to sitting on floor position😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

that was some impressive drone footage. beautiful

[–] pennomi 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Pretty impressive engineering regardless. I suspect they’ll have it figured out in no time. Reusable rockets owned by China will be a huge blow for American aerospace.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The drone works was really nice. Pretty cool video and always nice to see companies publishing their failures aswell.

[–] pageflight 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, looked like someone flying acro, not an auto pilot. That would be a fun flight.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The engine cut was so sudden. I was honestly expecting a more dramatic failure, but still awesome to see reusable rockets steadily becoming the norm.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More dramatic?! There was music and everything...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Dramatic like a fireball rising up from the crash, not the drama created by the camera and music.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might have been an uncommanded/incorrectly-commanded engine shutdown, or some sort of sensor issue or control system integration bug

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Article says incorrect altitude measurement caused premature engine cutoff.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Reading the article before posting?

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People tend to prefer context in science communities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, still. Title says video.

[–] yogurtwrong 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

God dammit Jeb. I told you we needed moar boosters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Scott, stop abusing Jeb. He's people too.

[–] reddig33 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That photo looks like CGI.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dragomus 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

This is expensive cgi, it screams it. Not quite sure why they made it but someone needs to be convinced of something for sure.

(Just compare it to any footage of SpaceX landings, this video is far to clean, the sky alone is "perfect")

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

the sky alone is "perfect"

Which the sky of a desert pretty often is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] Thadrax 4 points 2 months ago

Overly dramatic I'd say. I would have liked less movement of the drone to be able to better judge the movement of the rocket.

[–] Balthazar 2 points 2 months ago

They did a lot of hovering. Are they not doing a hover-slam because it's much lighter than Falcon-9?