[amsat-bb] Dragon first stage recovery?

[Paul Stoetzer]

Yeah, I realized they probably wouldn't ship it across the country
after I sent that!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Stephen  E. Belter <seb at wintek.com> wrote:
> Reuse on the Fox Sherpa flight would be cool, but the rocket is on the wrong coast.  We're launching from Vandenberg in California.
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
> --
> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>> From Spaceflight Now:
>>
>> "SpaceX technicians stationed on a boat near the drone ship planned to
>> weld steel shoes over the rocket’s four carbon fiber and aluminum
>> landing legs to keep the 156-foot-tall stage from tipping over.
>>
>> The recovery crew will safe the rocket, drain it of hazardous fluids
>> and gases, and set course for Port Canaveral, the drone ship’s home
>> base. Musk said the vessel is due to arrive some time Sunday.
>>
>> Once it is back in port, ground teams will retract the booster’s
>> landing legs, rotate it horizontal and drive it to a SpaceX facility
>> at nearby Cape Canaveral — likely launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space
>> Center — for hotfire tests, Musk said.
>>
>> “Our plan is to basically fire it 10 times in a row on the ground,”
>> Musk said. “If things look good at that point, then it’s qualified for
>> reuse and launch. We’re hoping to re-launch on an orbital mission
>> probably around … June.”"
>>
>> https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/08/spacex-lands-rocket-on-floating-platform-after-station-resupply-launch/
>>
>> The plan for re-using it on an orbital mission around June is
>> interesting. Perhaps Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be on a historic
>> launch?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Paul, N8HM
>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Is there any information on how they are going to secure the first stage for return?  Doing so on land
>>> is, as such things go, trivial, but on an autonomous ship in rough waters adds many complications.
>>>
>>> 73s,
>>>
>>> Alan
>>> WA4SCA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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