Rural would be huge all the same. Certainly few people will get it individually but it will be common for multiple people to get together and share along with cafes etc.

Try pumping in freefall. All your liquids are just floating around. Not like you can put a spigot on the bottom of the tank. Maybe they will do it under a bit of acceleration, centrifugal force, brooms thingies in the tank? It certainly is quite a challenge but I suspect they got a novel idea.

Not sure his rockets have the ability to bring back a large and heavy load. Currently the landing of the first stage requires an empty vessel and the second stage certainly does not have the capability. He would need to engineer a brand new rocket to do just this.

Agree although I doubt it is ever coming back to the ground in one piece. Unless SpaceX just wants a PR piece. That being said, not even sure they are designed to land with a payload of that level.

And there we have it. I wonder how well they can feather that seperation next time?

They might have the approval but likely they may take some time going thru all the data. There may also be physical modifications they will want to implement. I have confidence they will carry these changes out fast but the delays may come from SpaceX aiming for the next milestone and not regulatory requirements.

That camera has some serious wide dynamic range.

There is likely a great deal of useful information but I just feel a supercomputer should deliver something more than that video.

Yes but what is the street value?

If a fairing floats ashore am I safe breaking it down and selling it on the street?

Space X gave it about a 60 percent chance of achieving separation and reaching expected altitude before it is destroyed. Hard to say one way or another if it will be fully successful but good chance it is not. Will get a great deal of info for next launch regardless.

It was not completely ignored. Modeling is so unpredictable with these kinds of uneven forces that no engineer could predict with certainty one way or another. There was no danger to people and concrete is not some particularly hard material to clean up. All the debris was contained within the blast zone they designated. One piece hit a vehicle that was within that zone but no people were in that zone by design.

Considering this test and most conventional rocket launchers ultimately result in the majority of the space craft lost to the ocean by design, some concrete has pretty much zero ecological issues. It was within the blast zone so was not a safety issue either.

The main takeaway is that this was outside of the expected parameters. As such it is looked at closely. As it should be. It is not some catastrophic event in any way no more so than rockets that have blown up on the pad. Of which has happened many times for NASA.

That launch was designed to be a full destructive test from the get go. Had they separated properly, it would have been a near perfect test. Truthfully the biggest concern was that the self destruct was delayed for slightly longer than expected. The next flight will also be a full destructive test as well. Nothing wrong with that.

I suspect he pays a significant amount of taxes that could easily pay for the entire faa program then some. Not a big fan of his but from that point a view alone, pretty sure he is covering the cost by a factor.

Fully. Had pretty much zero effect on any nature reserves.

That would be some amazing feat. Are you expecting a nuclear explosion?

It not treated for human consumption. That would be brain dead and take a great deal more energy which is bad for the environment. It just typically far cleaner than the water it is behind drained into. But ya you likely could drink it just fine.

Treated water is typically water that is nearly good enough to drink. Ya it is a garbage piece.

SpaceX has a wicked engine. No other platform comes close to the versatility of the Merlin engines. And the hours they are putting on them will only result in cheaper and more dependable units.

I am actually very surprised they are pulling a profit. I had thought with all the r&d spending that SpaceX would be in a loss for some time. Good on them.