** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Malevolence]

That is crazy.

 

[Flibster]

Holy hell.. It's a belly flopper...

 

[Malevolence]

Nearly made it.

 

[PCDAVE2]

Ooops

 

[Flibster]

So close....

 

[Mujja]

Oops

 

[Stu999]

LOL, it looked so cool until it became apparent how close it was to the ground and it was going way too fast. The flip back to vertical was nuts.

 

[Flibster]

Landed a bit too quickly?

 

[Beer_MonsterUK]

That was frikking awesome

 

[VaderDSL]

That was crazy!!

 

[Stumble Bum]

Are they supposed to blow up like that?

 

[Flibster]

Are they supposed to blow up like that?

Just a simple case of rapid unscheduled disassembly.

 

[Stu999]

What’s it made from? The stresses from that flip must have been massive.

 

[bliss]

That's the best thing I've seen in a long while!! The flip before the engines reignited lol.

 

[PCDAVE2]

Well at least it wasn't off course when it landed

 

[VaderDSL]

What’s it made from? The stresses from that flip must have been massive.

Think they use a specific alloy of stainless steel iirc

 

[Nate--IRL--]

Glad I caught that. Pity about the end but overall I'd say they are very happy with that test.

Nate

 

[Stu999]

Well at least it wasn't off course when it landed

It only would have damaged Florida so no biggie.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Rockets shouldn't be capable of such maneuvers!!

 

[Flibster]

Well, it's on the pad (mainly...). So, 99% successful.