SpaceX Pad Abort Test

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by lelf • 11 years ago

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spydum• 11 years ago

crazy how quickly that little thing moves. wonder if it was intended to be so close to shore?

JshWright• 11 years ago

Comparing the details shared in the briefing with this tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/596053122587365376

They were a few hundred meters short of the predicted maximum altitude, and about a kilometer short of the predicted lateral distance.

greglindahl• 11 years ago

Discussion from 7 hours ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9498608

watmough• 11 years ago

Fantastic, though I'd be interested to know what the G-loads were during the small tumble after separation.

luismarques• 11 years ago

I've done this exact test in Kerbal Space Program, except that I put the parachutes symmetrically. Also, the parachutes deploy at 500 meters by default. Looking at this and seeing the exact same behaviour makes the game feel really natural. Like if this was just an offline rendering of my in-game launch :-)

SpaceX Pad Abort Test

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