Better Luck Next Time (again)
Apr. 14th, 2015 08:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krpalmerAfter the scheduled launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a supply capsule for the space station was cancelled yesterday, I knew I'd only be able to find out what had happened today after I'd got back from work. On arriving, though, I saw that the rocket had made a successful launch, and even managed to see the last minute of powered flight and the solar panels extending from the capsule. I also happened to see the SpaceX mission control is in a glass-walled enclosure with a crowd of other employees gathered around it; hopefully, the controllers can get used to that.
I also knew another effort would be made to try and land the first stage on a barge at sea, but the first brief reports seemed to indicate the landing had been too hard to get anything recoverable from. The stage might have at least come in straighter than the last time that had been tried, so it could still yet be a matter of "try, try again."
I also knew another effort would be made to try and land the first stage on a barge at sea, but the first brief reports seemed to indicate the landing had been too hard to get anything recoverable from. The stage might have at least come in straighter than the last time that had been tried, so it could still yet be a matter of "try, try again."