SpaceX Splashdown

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[RPM 26337]

Discovery running some cool SpaceX programming up to the splashdown. Found this feed if you're interested.

Fortunately they are landing off Pensacola. Hurricane Isaias won't be a factor.

Edited August 2, 2020 by RPM

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37 min until de-orbit burn.

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Holy shit! Discovery has telescopic cameras on the CrewDragon still in orbit. bad ass

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The CrewDragon is coated in SPAM*.

*SpaceX Proprietary Ablative Material

Edited August 2, 2020 by RPM

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Trunk separation

[washparkhorn 9939]

Now the big de-orbit burn. . . .  god speed.

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Over SW Australia

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I'm a child, but it makes me snicker every time they call them Bob and Doug.

 

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Nominal burn 🤘

Edited August 2, 2020 by RPM

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20 minutes until reentry begins.

Quote

 

The Crew Dragon spacecraft will enter Earth's atmosphere traveling at a speed of about 17,000 mph (27,000 km/h). The friction of particles in the atmosphere will create a drag force, slowing it down drastically while heating the outside of the capsule to temperatures nearly as hot as the sun. 

A heat shield protects the astronauts from these extreme temperatures, but the spacecraft likely won't look as pristine after its return as it will before the launch. When SpaceX's Demo-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft returned from its uncrewed test flight in March 2019, it looked like a toasted marshmallow. 

 

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-step-by-step.html

 

[washparkhorn 9939]

~25 minutes until splashdown. 

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NM

Edited August 2, 2020 by RPM
oops must have been Persian Gulf

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A/C on high

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LOS next 7 min

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Hate LOS

[Captainant 27723]

Dragon comms coming through five by five. Fuck yeah

[washparkhorn 9939]

Whew  

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Waiting for parachutes

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GD it! I walked out on the porch to see if I could see reentry and saw a thin streak in the sky. THERE IT IS! Then I realised I was seeing a spider web.

[Captainant 27723]

Really cool that they have infrared cameras to track the capsules descent, this is really fucking awesome to see so much info being made available

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Main chutes deployed!!

[washparkhorn 9939]

Sweet!

[Anastasis 23481]

Boom!

[Trey3216 15352]

This is so badass being able to watch all of it in real-time.  Just incredible 

[Captainant 27723]

Main chutes deployed, splashdown in 2 minutes. Welcome home boys

[Anastasis 23481]

Splashdown. 

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

Really cool that they have infrared cameras to track the capsules descent, this is really fucking awesome to see so much info being made available

The camera work has been finominole. They had telescopic shots of it in orbit before re-entry.

[washparkhorn 9939]

Well done!

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The recovery is badass, too. They stay in the capsule and get picked up by a recovery ship.

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USA! USA! USA!

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Thanks for flying SpaceX!

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I realize space is a much harsher environment than open ocean, but this stage seems to be incredibly slow and subject to failure.

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[Armybrat 40866]

Too cool!

 

 

 

 

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[Steamboat1874 4075]

Nice job Space X

This really makes me happy.

Bravo

[InkaUtexas 26038]

Yep, we all need some good news right now. Opening up an ice cold Tecate to toast them! 

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25 minutes until they get hoisted. Jezus. What if someone was injured? What if there was a leak? This needs fixed. Weakest link and what all.

Edited August 2, 2020 by RPM

[Neonmoon 38130]

Good job everyone. Solid work all around. 

[Armybrat 40866]

I recall after the 2nd sub-orbital flight of the Mercury capsule in 1961, Gus Grissom prematurely blew the hatch off while floating in the Atlantic. He barely got out in time before it sank.

The old capsule was found and retrieved a few Years ago.

 

Edited August 2, 2020 by Armybrat

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28 minutes until they crack the hatch.

[Anastasis 23481]

Dumb fucks in private vessels circling around the capsule. 

[Earl Haffler 597]

4 minutes ago, RPM said:

25 minutes until they get hoisted. Jezus. What if someone was injured? What if there was a leak? This needs fixed. Weakest link and what all.

That's faster than taxi at DFW.

[Trey3216 15352]

Lol at the private boats getting that close to the capsule.  
 

I mean, I’d do the same thing if I was out on the water, but seriously. 

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We've got tourists!

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2 minutes ago, Earl Haffler said:

That's faster than taxi at DFW.

Which is why I use Park-N Fly. Shuttle is waiting when I walk out.

[Armybrat 40866]

7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Dumb fucks in private vessels circling around the capsule. 

Floating taco wagons?

[Anastasis 23481]

6 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Lol at the private boats getting that close to the capsule.  
 

I mean, I’d do the same thing if I was out on the water, but seriously. 

Same. 

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This phase seems highly problematic

[Armybrat 40866]

Maw! Went fishin’ and caught a big one!

 

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Onboard!