What Exactly Caused SpaceX's Falcon 9 Landing Failure
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Today SpaceX experienced their first landing failure of a Falcon 9 since 2016! So what went wrong? We'll dive into the details and explain what exactly happened!
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"it's only a failure if you don't learn anything from it" -Tim Dodd
Henry Ford...."the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing"
Actually a quote by Wernher von Braun
Who? "Steve dodds"" - black sheep
"It's only a failure until it's not" - Jean Luc Dodd. ;)
(was one of the highest liked tweets on the spacex twitter too, and it wasnt by Tim :P)
Did they try putting it in rice?
Thanks man
William Arthur NO YOU um um idk
William Arthur that’s just funny. Crack open the tanker of WD-40!
Vãi Le Channel parachutes? We don’t need no stinking parachutes!
ye it dried
Landing failed, successfully?
That's one way to say it! And hi!!! I haven't seen your name in a while! How are you?
@@EverydayAstronaut you remember me? Awesome! I'm doing great by the way but this accident did raise a question for me:
Can this be considered the first ever successful emergency landing for a rocket?
@@Hirosjimma Wow. You just blew my mind. I think you're right. @AspireRL lmao.
Task failed successfully
@@Destructor111 lmao
When a failure to land a rocket stage is news, they're doing pretty well.
True
Maybe because we're so used to them landing successfully that a failure is news lol
@@swedixz +rep friendly guy
Cubic-RegenT that's the point.jpeg
@@cubic_regent r/woosh
Why is nobody asking the real question? Why didn't Superman step in when the rocket lost control? What the hell are we PAYING the guy for?
..."Superman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man
Like him"...
@@jdavis417
Sometimes when Supe was catching redundant-systems-lacking rockets, I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back on the private space industry, join Tarzan in the jungle...
That was fiction... we're talkin' 'bout real life here!!!! ;)
@Jeffrey Spinner
Yes, but like the Monty Python peasant who was turned into a newt, he got better.
@Jeffrey Spinner
Best try from memory -
Who does he think he is?
I'm your king.
Well I didn't vote for you.
You don't vote for kings.
Well how did you get to be king then?
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the lake, signifying my divine right to be KING.
Listen, strange women lying about in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Be quiet!
To wield supreme executive power you need a mandate from the masses, no some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Be quiet!
I mean, if I went around proclaiming myself emperor because some watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
Be QUIET! I order you to be quiet!
Oh now we see the violence inherent in the system! Come see the violence in the system! Help help! I'm being repressed!
BLOODY PEASANT!
Oh did you hear that? What a giveaway. That's what I've been on about. Did you hear him repressing me?
now they have to update the “how not to land an orbital rocket” video
_ mbisaf _ "How to land a malfunctioning orbital rocket"
@@TheWarrior2387 yea that seems about right
they'll need to add the heavy core booster to it aswell
They also need to add GovSat and FH center core
They do also have the Falcon heavy core they could add. And potentially the one that flew on Govsat when it landed in water and survived at the beginning of this year
The fact that this thing tried to land, and managed to have such an incredibly controlled landing even with a failed hydraulic pump for the fins is a testament to the engineers and software developers at SpaceX. That first stage did its very best and almost stuck the landing despite the disability. This is yet another reason why SpaceX is defining the cutting edge of rocket technology. I have every confidence that they will make good on their plans for Starship.
u ever been aston hill downhill mtb?
SplatNode no, I haven't done that one. Where is that?
I've seen a Ted talk about self flying drones where they started cutting off propellers and the drone could recover. SpaceX must've hired those guys :D
Elon said we are on the Mars in max 9 years. usually he doesnt lie
We dont need to go to Mars though, they're just going to go to Devon Island in Canada anyway...and tells us its Mars
Good video, but realtalk: we all know why the falcon failed...Musk himself just wanted to check how fast the Everyday Astronaut makes a video about the failure. I think he's your biggest fan.
Scott?
Why not? - Tim is really passionate and informed about what he does.
Kell Cat yeah, scott too
GameCheck.TV seriously though, does Elon know who the Everyday Astronaut is? I know he’s at least interacted with him, I’m thinking of the unveiling of Musk’s plans to send the BFS around the moon where Tim asked about the rocket’s specs I believe. Is there any other interaction they’ve had or is Tim simply “another fan” in Musk’s eyes? I get he’s busy running 12 corporations in all different areas of society; he’s a busy man, but if anybody could point me to an interview or something that would be great, seeing as a quick google doesn’t give me much. Cheers
Do you mean an interview with Tim or with Elon? Just ask either of them, if you are not "simply another fan" you might get that interview.
Today everyday astronaut gets his first MILLION views on a video
13 January 2019
if you'd said to me 15 years ago that in 15 years time it will be possible to land a rocket backwards onto a platform in the sea using automated thrust, I'd have told you to seek professional help. Give them a break
yep. and some say they landed with rocked engine on the moon in sixties...
@@johndoe-bu7vt not "some", that word is only applicable to dense people claiming it was fake.
Dear sir , the russians brought tbeir space shuttle out of orbit to a landing on an airport landing strip on fully automatic mode 30 years ago, what's so big deal about this ? The reason for the dog leg move near the end is to line the booster up with the barge 'cause they really have no idea ( not with in 20 miles ) of where this piece of crap will come down .
Landing with reverse thrust is absolutely a stupid way to approach space travel because it means carrying more fuel than would otherwise be necessary which increases mission cost by adding extra weight which also reduces the effective range of the craft! There are good reasons why engineers at NASA have not done something like this before. Elon is a crackpot and hopefully the world will see this soon enough for themselves.
@@Shiskabobber1 Transport 30% more fuel, don't have to rebuild the rocket....
THE ONE TIME I DON'T watch the stream
something goes wrong!
Aha! So it was your fault!
Tim, I found the culprit! 😂😂
LIKE ACTUALLY
please call mr Musk immediately!!
Funny how it's now more exciting to see it fail than succeed. I also missed this flight :(
But they cut away from the failure so you still wouldn't have seen it live.
If they re-fly this they should call it "Sully"
@SebiTimeWaster oh my!
Loooool nice one
@SebiTimeWaster it was also still transmitting "data" after the the landing😜
''Mr. Steven’s 2''
YES
It'd gotten quite dirty on that reentry burn so it just wanted to take a little bath, that's it. Tried to do a flip as well.
Maybe a little splashy splash
It's feeling the heat so decide to take a dip.
🚀 ❤️ 🛁
4:05 i like how it lands and then gently flops over
Almost did it
"It works in Kerbal Space Program."
@@DistracticusPrime lol I smiled
Falcon 9 rocket: I’ll try spinning, that’s a cool trick
Mission Control people: Spinning is not flying
Landed pretty close to Blue origins new pad... humm.
That's a nice launch facility you got there Bezos sure would be a shame if ...
Hahahahahah
XD
hehehe
Yeah, wouldn't want any giant dildos to get torched...
Rip
They're not as visible as they are in vacuum, but you can see the cold gas thrusters trying to oppose the spin. As the air speed drops and the fins lose authority the roll stops
yea, and the landing legs extended, which increased the moment of inertia just as the fins were losing roll authority. Kinda cool to see it stop the spin at the last possible moment like that.
It was more like when you get on a tire swing and you ball up and spin real fast its hard to stop the spin, but if you stretch yourself outside the swing you slow down a lot easier. In this case, the spin stopped when the landing legs deployed, which was the same thing as adding extra resistance to the spin. THATS the only reason why it stopped, otherwise it would have kept spinning straight into the drink cuz those things were the reason why the spin started in the first place. One got locked in the rotation position while the others were trying to correct the failure.
@@GokouZWAR The legs aren't that heavy, but even if they were they don't make it 'easier' to slow down, rotational inertia is conserved. The spin rate goes down but that makes zero difference in how hard it is to come to a complete stop (if I'm wrong then you've just invented a perpetual motion-free energy machine, well done...). All that you're really seeing is that the legs come out when the rocket has nearly stopped, and the grid fins stop working, also when the rocket is nearly stopped. You can see the rotation rate slowing long before the legs are deployed and just as significant, after they're deployed.
I noticed that. It might even have landed properly on flat ground.
Imagine having your car's steering fail at top speed. Imagine stopping your car as gracefully as this rocket just did.
The rocket was so straight upright and the water landing was so smooth, it might even have been a successful landing if there was a drone ship waiting for it. Super impressive
Agreed, that thing landed and then fell over as the water couldn't support its weight.
But but but...what about my cat? I mean my car? Come on now, you've made the same type at least twice. Cat vs. Car as in Meow Meow vs. Vroom Vroom
Yes, lets crash elegant way!
@Tintin Sharma yea but theyre pretty slow :P
@@Krish0916 yeah slow for one, a couple of them covering the expected area can probably do it
7:04
It´s not possible
No, it´s necessary
**Interstellar music intensifies**
Can't land on water, because water isn't land.
SpaceX could land Falcon 9 in a ICE pack or a Glacier.
@@markplott4820 wouldn't that melt while landing?
Oh.
@@davejones5640 - on Sno pack , yes, on , Glacial ICE no, it will leave a nice crater for the Rocket to sit in .
very dank +1
have u applied for Nasa yet?
To pan on an aircraft vertically and keep the object centered and stable is top notch. Your buddy got some amazing footage.
Das is a twitch streamer, it was all done live
Fake footage
@@AlphaFlight fake post.
It's good but there's better official footage which I'm surprised he didn't bother showing...
Only UFO footage is out of focus and marginlized..==
I convinced my teacher to show the live stream of the launch. hopefully, this failure will make the class more likely to watch rockets in the future!
dazzi foxking good. More people need to be interested in things like this.
Smart!
Are you the guy from r/SpacexLounge ?
@@sportsfails4998 No, Sorry
This could be an attention seeking maneuver by Elon Musk.
Launching a package into orbit = successful mission...landing the boosters = extra credit... I think SpaceX has a 4.5 GPA atm
C"mon man yep space programs are a lie, those gps satellites that your phones communicate too are all made up... 😂 found the village idiot guys
@@probablynotabigtoe9407 Well, when Bigfoot pays your "salary", can you blame him? :)
C"mon man gps is a positioning system not a data transfer service.... if you want to test it, set your gps to the middle of nowhere and when you drive out of range of a cell tower you will notice 2 things: you can no longer access your Data, but your gps can still track you even with no cell service... it will still be able to track your position.
Just make sure to set the gps before you leave service area because the app will require data to set your course.
You seem to lack basic understanding of how science and technology works.Just because you don’t comprehend how something works doesn’t mean it’s fake or false.
@@probablynotabigtoe9407 there is no point in even arguing with dummies, They can watch a rocket fly into space in real time and they still say its lies. Some idiots still think the world is flat and that airplanes dont use fuel, LMFAO. Lost hope in the human race honestly.
@@seedplanter7173 What you're explaining is satellite phones. There was a big push for them in the 90s, but the cost of satellite communication alone is inefficient alone. Because of that modern cellphone connections are based on a mix of cell towers and satellites.
i'm so happy that i've found an excellent explanation on what exactly happened with Falcon 9 as the feed was cut immediately without knowing anything. i already clicked the subscribe button if that matters lol.
*Attention SpaceX*
I submit this as Tim Dodd's application for SpaceX's new Broadcaster position.
I have no doubt that Mr. Dodd could and would be prepared for this kind of feed/spin on the circumstances as they happen and with any outcome. After watching his live stream for the first time on this launch, and then this upload, SpaceX hasn't got a single application or employee that can compete with what is being done here. Objectively, this is better than what SpaceX is currently capable of.
The intelligent thing to do would be to contact Mr. Dodd and make him an offer he can't refuse. That said, I have no affiliation with him in any way. I've never met the guy. This is just a message from a stranger stating the obvious.
Sincerely.
-Jake
Only I can make offers someone can`t refuse, but I could give spaceX advice...
Better idea is lead anchor for MuskChannel, SpacexTV division.
I think rocket lab will do so as he already has a great relationship with them.
Tbh just have John Insprucker be the only newscaster
Oh man the guys presenting this were so wooden. I can't help but think it's partly the fact that whoever directed the coverage cares more about SpaceX PR than the event itself. You're launching a bloody rocket into space live on the internet, the advertisement does itself if you hire people who sound excited about that.
1050-1 - A swimmer
Noice
Nice one
It really sucks when a rocket lands on your dog
hate when this happens smh
What was your dog doing in the middle of an ocean exclusion zone?
James Lewis long story
Or on people for that matter. That's why SpaceX went into the ocean and not towards the spectators. That was on purpose!
@@machelvet9594 dont think it has enough fuel to get near people anyway, at least not in re entry.
It landed successfully.
It just got sunk after landing.
It didn't sink. It's still floating, and they towed it into Port Canaveral this morning:
twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1071081139299905537
they should make the landing platform ship adjust itself to make up for the booster's position
It looked to me like if they hadn't avoided the platform, which they did for safety reasons, it could have probably landed successfully on the pad. It basically landed successfully on the water until it just tipped over.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 - Rather be safe than sorry. But holy cow that was impressive!
@@SomethingSeemsOff No I 100% agree which is actually a good thing because in the future, even though they've said they'll put in a redundant hydraulic system, it's good that it could still potentially land with a problem like that.
Thanks, Tim. That was a good use of 10 minutes of a Sunday morning. Very educational.
its all fake nothing educational about it
Is that sarcasm? considering the video is exactly 10 minutes. I hope you are. this could have been explained in 3 minutes tops but was dragged out for ad revenue imo. I'm believing it is sarcasm, simply because it makes me laugh. You don't have to respond. don't spoil it for me.
Ha! yeah, it's my first video this Sunday too...;)
I wonde' if this is bloody sa'casm o' not
@@madhu5465 Sarcasm?
SpaceX: Ok let’s add a second pump.... problem solved. NASA would have taken 3 years of investigating to add a second pump.
The big difference: Humans on board
@@javaman4584 plus $8 million in research and development cost. Don't forget the overhead.
NASA would have had zero transparency, too, and they're a public entity. They'd probably all still be locked in a room somewhere.
@@PaulPaulPaulson NASA hasn't had an astronaut on one of their rockets in a very long time. They actually have been outsourcing to Russia and recently the Russians had a failure too. It was considered a success because the crew, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, escaped successfully. But the mission itself was a failure and the vehicle was primarily a loss, by design, not being reusable. If this Dragon would have had humans aboard, this would still have been a successful mission. Space X is an order of magnitude ahead of NASA, at the moment.
They certainly like to take their time doing things. But they do tend to be the first to do big science in space. Take Osiris-REx, for example (th-cam.com/video/NYGHbl_esgw/w-d-xo.html). Kinda frustrates me that that mission will take so long, and return such a small sample.
Your wisdom and character is outstanding. Thank you for reinvigorating my passion for all things space & beyond.
Great explanation. Even SpaceX’s failures are some type of win 👍 🚀
Getting that footage out as quickly as possible was absolutely the right thing to do. We want it warts and all. Respect for the transparency which fosters more confidence & trust. Still a success with more learned than could ever be with near perfect performance every time.
“It’s only a failure if you don’t learn anything”
I’d say that’s VERY VERY debatable
Texas Ray um what?
Elons failures are even impressive, she landed, BRAVO ELON!!!
It's important to remember that before SpaceX and Blue Origin, the landing "failure" rate of rocket boosters was 100%.
Were they trying to land though?
@@zahidcan that's why he said 100%
@@FireWyvern870 There is no point of talking about persentages if they were not trying to land them so
@@zahidcan that's the point. SpaceX developed the technology to do it. No other company or country bothered. The technology used here can be used elsewhere as well.
To be fair, the Space Shuttle reused their rocket boosters (almost) 100% of the time. :-) Yes...they LANDED them in the ocean, but not because they failed.
I'm going to try to film the Falcon Heavy launch friday night
TAOFLEDERMAUS is there a falcon heavy launch??
@@ahmedrahi9775 It's actually a Delta heavy launch in California.
You near vandenberg? I remember seeing rockets launch there when I was a kid.
PS, love your channel, it’s like a home grown supersonic and projectile physics lab.
@@hatman4818 About 120 miles away. I filmed the Falcon launch a month or so a go at twilight, it was a really nice show.
Salt water damage might scap the reuse of this booster.
This wasn't a failure, it was a test and a testament of SpaceX's engineering.
This is juicy footage for a flight guidance programmer. Just watching this booster struggling with chaos and managing a soft landing is amazing.
As always, my old pal 'Everyday' had all the answers for my questions.
Ethan Sommer
Psalms 19:1
“(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
are you guys pretending
It’s kinda funny that the rocket was named 1050. Because where I’m from that is the code that emergency crews use for an accident.
I didn't watch the original feed, so I was watching the center stage come down and expecting it to crash into the ground. INCREDIBLE watching it actually land!
Thank you SPACE X for making the steps closer for space travel for civilians closer than before . been following space x for years and it is fascinating what they have achieved
You're channel is underrated. Great explanation!
Travel-Nomad I know i‘m annoying but in this case it’s „Your“, because its a relative pronoun and not a connection of „you“ and „are@
@@tomlademann2521 haha your right didn't even realise it. I'm joking, I know it's "you're"😈😂
watched that live and it was mental
The second it made the first hard turn I got worried.
I watched it too and the second i saw the spinning, i knew something was wrong
While 1046.3 went a legend, 1050.1 is a fallen hero.
Hope to see him rise up as 1050.2.
More of a washed up hero, but yeah - all is not lost.
The fact that it did recover (almost 100%) IS quite impressive, like you said. That was a major system malfunction, and it almost could have landed without said system.
Even when it goes bad, it's still goes right. Gotta love SpaceX.
"Jesus, take the wheel!"
"I'm commenting on Tim's live coverage, can somebody else do it?"
"Oh for crying out loud.."
"OK, OK, I'll see what I can do.."
1:42 he states that the booster he's holding is 150 feet tall. That would make this man at least 500 feet tall. Almost as tall as *Wario*
Like the great Bob Ross said "There are no failures, just happy accidents"
OMG, you're the best!
Honestly has there ever been a less-costly failure in Space exploration history? The fact that this failure to land went so well is a very good sign. These boosters can even land safely in out-of-control scenarios. Very impressive.
Looks like when the grid fin pump failed, the fins stalled and induce a lot of rotation. What's incredible is the rocket vectoring was capable of keeping it upright to the end. I'm freaking impressed!
Hey Tim, You mentioned that the hydraulic fluid is Helium. The hydraulic fluid on the Falcon is actually the RP-1 from the main tank, they use a pump and a small tank to pressurise the fluid so it can be used to steer the vehicle.
Thanks for clarifying hoping to be a future Aerospace engineer and have been reading all about Falcon 9 and initially thought that SpaceX uses RP-1 for their hydraulic fluid great to see my brain is learning the right things
Adding a second pump and lines will be simple. Just a few check valves, some line, wire the pump into the flight control system and then run both pumps at the same time. If one dies, then the other is still providing pressure.
Hydraulic systems for engine vectoring uses RP-1, are you sure they use it also grid fins, those systems are clearly separated?
They are using their rocket fuel also as their Hydraulic fluid, really!?
@@livefire666 It makes perfect sense to do that. It really just has to be liquid and it saves them a whole separate system. On top of that if they run out of fuel they don't need hydraulics anyway.
Rather impressive that it landed like it did with hydraulic failure! May be even more impressive than with perfectly working systems. It just tipped over due to an overhydrated landingpad
"overhydrated landingpad" lol.
Aside from, you know, landing in the wrong place...
@@insertphrasehere15 Well it was actually the intended spot. there where system failures and to protect the main landingpad they change the targeted landing/impact spot
(well at least, that is how I interpreded the information given by Tim, Scott and some space-x posts on twitter)
3rd take's a charm Tim XD Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos, they are amazing.
A bit of nostalgia. Remember when NASA launched a rocket and invited hundreds of people to watch, mostly members of the press a few years after Sputnik? The rocket ignited at the Cape and went a few feet into the air before falling back and exploding. The little radio transmitter in the tip of the rocket was tuned to the loudspeaker system so all the newscasters could hear the "beep, beep, beep" after it landed in the swamp on the Cape.
Dorothy Kilgallen, a famous journalist and a panel member of the1960s TV game show "What's my line" was a witness to the explosion. After hearing the constant "beep, beep, beep" of the satellite sitting somewhere in the swamp said, "Why doesn't somebody go out there, find it and kill it"?
I always thought she had a good sense of humor in "What's my line". You can still see famous people for the first time being introduced to the panel members, like Chuck Yeager and William Shatner being questioned during the show on TH-cam. Source: Rocket Men, by Craig Nelson.
It still is incredible thinking that if it had reached the ground, it would have landed. Despite one of the gridfinds was stuck, it ended up cancelling the rotation while keeping vertical, even if it was just randomly balancing at some point. Just how amazing !
So now they should be able to tear apart that hydraulic pump to find out why it stalled.
Give it to AvE
I suspect is is not the pump so much as a hydraulic line as two of the fins were still working
Jttv None of the fins were working. If two still worked, then they could counteract the rotation. What we saw was rotation, reversing the rotation, and then reversing again. That happened as pressure was lost and the grid fins couldn't do anything.
@heatshield You Sir have good taste.
I'm a new subscriber and I got to give you major Kudos about the way that you explain yourself in layman's terms that we none nerds can understand in a concise comprehensive form again thank you so very much for your information salute to the goat!
I love how during the stream you said “will land” instead of if it lands, and it fails it’s landing. 😐
yeah, that was funny. I though it was a bit optimistic but probably more likely than not.
It failed a correct landing, but it did land, softly :-)
Exalerion Gaming it watered 🤣
@@HandyC The new booster didn't want to be sooty already so it went for a quick swim xD
Was just about to point that out. It did land safely and according to design parameters. What it didn’t do was land at its primary target.
I like that space x isn’t afraid to show their failures
Well you nailed it. Thank you for this video it is Accurate and direct to the point. Good job.
Great video man, thorough covering of some points I was thinking about
The good thing is you don’t criticize negatively!! Ppl should be proud of such guy who risked a lot to make a huge change in space industry!:
R.i.p. all the people onboard. Thanks for the informational video.
Un-crewed launch and the booster would never be crewed. When people start flying next year, they have additional back ups like abort motors and parachutes and won’t land propulsively 👍
Great post and now a subscriber cheers Tim
It’s a little like Apollo 13 - a successful failure. Great explanation, Tim!
I thought I was watching this live earlier today lol
Thanks, love you shows !
It's great to have such up to date and informal information on the space race. They are pushing this so fast now. I'm in my 60's and never thought we would get this far.
I have a question. Why don't they put just a parachute on rockets ??
Check out my video “why doesn’t SpaceX use parachutes?” It’s old and awful but still helps answer the question. That’s definitely one I need to redo
👌
Shubham Bahirat so they can reuse them more reliabily
If you jump with a parachute, you will learn that landing with parachute gives you a decent blow. Despite of knees amortization you are very likely to be knocked of and fall. Blow this hard will definitely damage stage.
I’m impressed that spaceX also do share their failures. I know other companies that dont do that.
In the early days of airplanes, any landing you could walk away from was a good one. This booster walked away from this landing.
here before this video is viral
Stop
too late
@@Barsabus no
This will never be viral.
@Grant Peace thanks I appriciate it
Cool glasses btw. Just subbed! Awesome video
I wonder if they could use this booster for the launch abort test.
Just about to say the same. Should be perfect
No, they said it will be used on internal missions. The in flight abort is payed for by NASA. If it can be refurbished it may live its life as a Starlink booster
I would say the launch abort is still too critical to risk it.
@@Grubbbee And we already know the in-flight abort is going to be used by a Block 4 booster with 3 engines. And the booster will be torn to shreads once the abort system fires. SpaceX would not waste a good booster or a in-flight abort test.
@@_Andrew2002 do you have a source for this (block 4, 3 engines)? i'm honestly curious about that. it makes some sense since it won't need a full load of rp1/o2 to get to max-q, and thus won't need all 9 engines... and of course to expend a block 4 instead of a new(er) block 5... though it would be awesome if it survives the abort and manages to land! (so don't do just a partial fill of tea/teb - fill that sucker up all the way and have lz1 available!)
Call it a failure objectively, but all the technology behind it is amazing. I can’t wait to see what we have later!
Did I just stumble across a video on TH-cam that was straight to the point, well explained and intelligent? Well done, Sub'd.
Amazing video!!
I am a simple person. I appreciate any person who appreciate Elon for his effort and transparency. You are good. Nice failure.
I came home from a Saturday night out, and remembered I had this to watch. I'm also going to watch your other video on what keeps rockets safe, so you could say that I'm binge watching your videos. That was very relaxing and fun to watch. Great work, mate.
My first launch which I watched live on TH-cam, when the rocket started wobbling and they cut the feed I was like oh no that doesn't look good but after seeing it actually touch down and the fact they will be reusing it is staggering, amazing stuff. Great video and explanation I have just subscribed.
Waaaaait à minute, if they add a backup pump, won’t that be considered changing the booster, which will mean they need to do x number more flights unchanged before it can be crew rated (as was the reason block 5 is stagnant)?? Btw incredible quality vid for only hours after the issue!
Non-mission critical, and it is just an additional backup system, so I doubt it. Anyway, they still aren't testing with the COPV tanks yet, so I don't think any of these launches count anyway. 1051 I think is the first booster to have the COPV tanks.
They would probably be able to swing it that it is not, as it only does anything on the way down. It is dead weight on the way up, which is the 'manned' bit, and I don't see nasa having much problem about them changing the dead weight. It is not like nasa is trying to deny them it.
insertcleverphrasehere thanks, I forgot about the COPVs
@@insertphrasehere15 What exactly is this COPV tank thing you're talking about?
TheLaubum composite over-wrapped pressure vessel is a type of fuel tank that is mad of carbon fibre composites and is what SpaceX uses to hold their Helium (and maybe other liquids idk). It failed once before launch, which causes the explosion on the pad with the Amos-6 mission. They’ve gone ahead and re-designed it so it’s safer
On the entry burn, does the exhaust begin circular and the turn elongated because the center engine ignites before the two lateral ones?
yes, and the outer 2 engines also cut out a few seconds before the center one.
I think it's more because the rocket is falling quickly through the atmosphere so the external pressure is exponentially increasing
Yes. they can't be sure exactly how soon the thrust will come up when they start an engine. If they lit all three at the same time, you could end up with one side engine spooling up before the others, which would make the thrust be off-center and would be hard to control. So they start the center engine, and when that engine is up to thrust and able to control the rocket, they start the other two.
They cut the live feed of the booster landing going wrong pretty fast.
Compared to whom?
I’m 100% certain that the live feed showed the booster sitting atop the deck of the drone ship when the stream came back from cutting away. Did they BS everyone on watching the stream?
@@subgrappling805 total bs, just like nasa
I love your videos they inspire me to go to space and to learn about it
I was in a sailboat, just outside the restricted zone during a night launch....amazing. It’s surprising to see how far the trajectory goes east.
Exactly 10 minutes long...
People are going to hate you now.
Only if you use fillers to get there. If it's a densely packed well done video then I don't see a problem with snatching that second add. Have you seen all these videos that have 2 mins of content and then roll generic footage for 8 1/2 minutes.
Where can I buy that spaceX falcon scaled model ?
Tushar Sahu I think he said Bush Model Rockets , it’s a website
Good ol' @kerbalSpaceAcademy makin' headlines for tracking the failure down... Nice work Das!
that was COOL....YOU BROKE IT DOWN LIKE A BOSS
I bet incidences like this are hugely educational to SpaceX. The benefits will eventually outweigh the costs. Or at least they found a quicker way to wash it..
I'd really like to know if it was luck or if the control computers were programmed to adapt as much as they did? Did they program for every eventuality, or did they keep it simple with good priorities?
The programming is impressive for sure. Of course the program itself will work by measuring the current state of the rocket, then apply any corrections, then re-measure the state and then apply any new corrections. So when this starts spinning, everything on the rocket is trying to stop it, but they cannot because the grid fins doesn't respond. I don't know if for example the RCS rocket system is smart enough to say: 'we will have to save some RCS fuel for later, because we are currently not able to correct whatever the issue is' or if they just go 'max counter-rotation thrust!'
My guess is the computers constantly run a simplified simulation of the landing from its current state. As the failure pushes the pad landing simulation further and further out of spec it fails. Meanwhile simulation of landing at a pre-programmed abort zone (xyz in the water) still works, so it switches to that as a safe fallback.
welp. if they add pump to the falcon 9 booster it will likely need new certification from NASA. big development especially with the Crew Dragon taking off in a few months. but considering the success rate of the falcon 9 booster landing. it will be implemented for the Super Heavy only. that's my thoughts about this
The grid fins and pretty much all landing hardware is not mission critical. So I don't think qualification will be that difficult.
Not necessarily as it isn't mission critical for ISS/Crew Dragon launches. The extra mass of the pump will have to be factored in to the launch profile calculations, but that won't be a big deal, they have plenty of performance margin on ISS orbit launches.
Andrew Kerr - given the f9 capacity, I doubt that it would make a difference. If you think this will only make it into the Super Heavy then you don’t know SpaceX very well.
Are they even flying the 'final' version of the block 5 yet? I mean did/does booster 1050 or any of the block 5's have the new COPV yet?
@@DavidLari No they don't. First one to have the new COPV will be 1051.
Thank you, i did not expect any details about what happened or that there was actual footage of the landing/crash.
im so proud of tim for this video hitting 1,000,000 views!
I watched this live yesterday but you uploaded this 5 days ago... someone explain, I’m trippin?
You may have been watching one of those awful “live” channels that should be illegal because they’re awfully misleading. They just replay a video and broadcast it live 🤦♂️ always watch from the sources (or a trusted source like me) 👍
@@EverydayAstronaut True.
Also hi Everyday Astronaut
That was a good record tho
nice job elon
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He (elon) doing good job. I really appreciate the effort put in by the entire SpaceX team.