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Remember that SpaceX rocket that launched last week? Here's a video of the not so great landing.

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Yeah, that one. The one that was supposed to go back to a landing platform on the open ocean. Well the main objective was to deliver the Dragon spacecraft to the ISS in which it succeeded, but the secondary objective was to return the 1st stage to Earth again under it's own power and, well...

 

 

This happened: https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK

 

 

 

Other source: http://gizmodo.com/this-is-spacexs-rocket-crash-landing-on-a-barge-1679890015

 

You can see in the Vine above that the rocket touched down on the barge's landing surface at about 45 degrees to the horizontal. That was because the fins on the side of the rocket lost power, causing it to drift over to one side. As it fell towards the barge, the angle of approach meant 
the legs and then the engine sections smashed.

 

 

Elon, in his ever-lasting 'stay cool while shit goes down' way of making a statement, said 'There was a full RUD". FYI, RUD means, according to Musk, a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" event.

 

 

I have to say, while the rocket exploded in a spectacular fashion it still hit the drone ship it was supposed to land on in the first place, which is quite an achievement on its own.

Ye ole' train

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repost :P  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/292169-elon-musk-tries-to-woo-john-carmack-back-to-rockets-with-spacex%E2%80%99s-drone-ship-impact/

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har har

 

 

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yeah. title wasen't exacly the best either :P

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yeah. title wasen't exacly the best either :P

agreed 

 

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But they tried. And didn't try to hide it. Go spacex. :lol:

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Well, they got it to atleast hit the platform...... now to make it not blow up when it hits the platform. 

 

One must learn to walk before running.

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RUD means, according to Musk, a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly"

 

 

Lol im gonna have to steal that term... :P

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