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Byker
January 23rd 16, 10:19 PM
Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
January 24th 16, 09:20 AM
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:02 -0600, "Byker" > wrote:

>Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago

"Well, at least the pieces were bigger this time" - Elon Musk
R2D2
January 24th 16, 12:37 PM
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:02 -0600, "Byker" > wrote:

>Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago

Hang on.. it has only 3 legs? That's a dangerously unstable
configuration...
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
January 25th 16, 06:08 AM
On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:37:38 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:02 -0600, "Byker" > wrote:
>
>>Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago
>
>Hang on.. it has only 3 legs? That's a dangerously unstable
>configuration...

Four legs, but it appears that as it tips on two, they collapse.

http://www.space.com/29770-spacex-cargo-launch-reusable-rocket-test.html
R2D2
January 25th 16, 11:24 PM
On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:08:08 -0800, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:37:38 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:02 -0600, "Byker" > wrote:
>>
>>>Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago
>>
>>Hang on.. it has only 3 legs? That's a dangerously unstable
>>configuration...
>
>Four legs, but it appears that as it tips on two, they collapse.
>
>http://www.space.com/29770-spacex-cargo-launch-reusable-rocket-test.html

They really should put 5 or 6. It would make it a lot easier to
compensate for any tiny movement...
Byker
January 26th 16, 12:51 AM
"R2D2" wrote in message ...
>
> They really should put 5 or 6. It would make it a lot easier to compensate
> for any tiny movement...

It would mean more weight, which is probably why they stuck to four
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
January 26th 16, 11:15 AM
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:24:39 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:08:08 -0800, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:37:38 +0000, R2D2 > wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:19:02 -0600, "Byker" > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Odd. It worked just fine on dry land a few weeks ago
>>>
>>>Hang on.. it has only 3 legs? That's a dangerously unstable
>>>configuration...
>>
>>Four legs, but it appears that as it tips on two, they collapse.
>>
>>http://www.space.com/29770-spacex-cargo-launch-reusable-rocket-test.html
>
>They really should put 5 or 6. It would make it a lot easier to
>compensate for any tiny movement...

I wonder how much cargo capacity is alrteady sacrificed with the extra
hardware and fuel to allow it to soft land?
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