[AR] Re: Space-X landing not much to go on
- From: Patrick Hanevold <patrick.hanevold@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 01:06:01 +0100
& simplicity
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> On 11. jan. 2015, at 01.02, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Weight, I'd imagine.
>
>> On 2015-01-10 15:59, Bill Claybaugh wrote:
>> So to turn this to a technical discussion; I've never understood
>> why--in my experience, typically inexperienced--engineers have
>> repeatedly chosen a hydraulic system design that can "run out".
>> Given the historical consequences, why would anyone choose an open
>> loop hydraulic system?
>> Bill
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> On Jan 10, 2015, at 18:13, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> It was a hard landing, reportedly because they ran out of hydraulic fluid
>>> for the control fins. Elon said they came up about 10% short, and the next
>>> flight will have much more margin. So I'd say odds for success next time
>>> are pretty good, considering how close they came today.
>>>> On 2015-01-10 15:09, John Stoffel wrote:
>>>> Edward> They landed in the fog. I wouldn't expect the video to show
>>>> much of anything useful.
>>>> So they made it down onto the Barge? Wow, that's awesome that they
>>>> even got near there. I see from the web site that they say they
>>>> landed hard, which is *still* damn impressive.
>>>> I really like how they keep pushing the envelope here, it's inspiring.
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