[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

2014-04-30 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
On 4/29/2014 9:09 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/04/29/first-stage-landing-video First stage landing video is public! When my daughter becomes an astronaut, I will be happy to watch her ascend to orbit on a SpaceX rocket. When she gets married, however, I will lik

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

2014-04-29 Thread Bryce Salmi
http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/04/29/first-stage-landing-video First stage landing video is public! On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Bryce Salmi wrote: > Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable > rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camera near th

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

2014-04-29 Thread g0mrf
ads. I had no idea fuel was only 0.3% of the launch cost and that the first stage was 70% Great interview Thanks David G0MRF -Original Message- From: Bryce Salmi To: B J CC: Amsat BB Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:14 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Dep

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

2014-04-29 Thread Bryce Salmi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_rnija1nOA As stated, the goal is by the end of the year. Just to be clear, I posted this info since one of the biggest hurdles for AMSAT is launch costs and here is a clear step to reduce them. It's exciting! Bryce On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:05 AM, B J wrote:

[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 Flight 9 Landing Burn + Leg Deployment

2014-04-29 Thread B J
On 4/29/14, Bryce Salmi wrote: > Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable > rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camera near the top > of Falcon 9 looking down the rocket. > > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/461055064438628353 Now that the feasib