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Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by raehik on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:25AM (#19643806)
Big fan of making technical spacecraft manoeuvres sound like cool skateboard tricks.
Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by trollied on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:41AM (#19643886)
I'm more impressed by the booster landings though :-)

Seeing a launch/landing in-person is on my bucket list.

Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by Joe-Z on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:55AM (#19643971)
I saw the live stream yesterday and when the two side boosters landed side-by-side synchronously it was almost as if it was out of a movie. We are living in the future!
Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by qmarchi on Friday April 12, 2019 @08:37AM (#19644203)
On this launch, it looks like they offset the timings to reduce the chance of tipping over.

If you get time, go look for the first FH booster landings. The timing is almost perfect and the long exposure images looked beautiful.

Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by isostatic on Friday April 12, 2019 @08:48AM (#19644285)
They are supposed to be offset for radar purposes. The fact the first time was so close was a mistake, fortunately it worked.
Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by pedrocx486 on Friday April 12, 2019 @08:52AM (#19644308)
>On this launch, it looks like they offset the timings to reduce the chance of tipping over.

On reddit a lot of people enphasised that it was to avoid interference. Which interference, no one knows.

Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by that_jojo on Friday April 12, 2019 @09:47AM (#19644734)
Incorrect. Gift that you give to me, no one knows,
Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by Teknoman117 on Friday April 12, 2019 @08:54AM (#19644320)
It's certainly very cool. I saw the night launch/landing of Falcon 9 out of Vandenberg a few months back. Certainly worth the overnight trip.

Most impressive part for me was that you see the booster make it's landing burn and touchdown BEFORE you hear the landing at the observation site.

Re:SpaceX nails triple booster landing after satellite delivery by stackola on Friday April 12, 2019 @09:23AM (#19644546)
Hoverslam!