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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3250 on: May 18, 2024, 09:36:08 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3251 on: Today at 09:48:36 AM »
Morning wood courtesy of Jeff Bezos

LIVE! Blue Origin NS-25 Crew Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PkumtJ39c
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3252 on: Today at 09:57:22 AM »
Would a scrub count as a cock block?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3253 on: Today at 10:49:04 AM »
1 of the 3 parachutes fail to deploy properly.
BO talking head said it's designed to account for that but it looked like a hard landing to me, like really hard.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #3254 on: Today at 11:08:26 AM »
Guess they're okay as they're out and talking but that landing did look hard.
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