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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by RocketMan on Today at 01:32:35 PM »
I wonder if in this case, "hard landing" is a euphemism for "flying into a mountainside in the fog"?
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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 01:30:09 PM »
Speaking of Boeing
Starliner launch now scheduled for Sat May 25th

https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/launch/atlas-v-n22-cst-100-starliner-crewed-flight-test/
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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by RocketMan on Today at 01:24:02 PM »
I hate to think what might have happened if the failed parachute had streamered instead of partially deploying.  The odds of it tangling with one of the other two chutes would have been higher, I think.
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Politics / Re: The RIFLE Act
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 01:22:41 PM »
Wake me when there's a president in the WH who won't veto it or enough votes in the house to override a veto.
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Politics / Re: The RIFLE Act
« Last post by Pb on Today at 01:17:54 PM »
They always introduce *expletive deleted*it when it doesn’t have a chance of passing but sit on their hands when they control everything

This.

They didn't introduce anything when Trump was in, and both houses of congress were in GOP hands.

They didn't even give the Hearing Protection Act a hearing.
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 12:44:37 PM »
Now they're saying three of the rescue workers are missing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051?src_origin=BBCS_BBC
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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by AZRedhawk44 on Today at 12:00:43 PM »
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.

Good enough for Boeing and BO, it seems.

Parachutes seem pretty damn hard.  F9 block 5 has a lower raw anomaly count on landings than the BO capsule or the Boeing capsule, despite flying 100x more than either and having no redundancy.  Starting to appear that propulsive landing may be more reliable than chutes.
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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by WLJ 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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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by WLJ 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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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 10:43:20 AM »
State media is reporting the helicopter had to make a  "hard landing" but reportedly they still have yet to locate the helicopter

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051?src_origin=BBCS_BBC
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