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80 points grecy | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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marviel ◴[19 Nov 24 22:06 UTC] No.42188615[source]▶
unfortunately they had to scrap the booster Catch, due to undisclosed factors.
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the_king ◴[19 Nov 24 22:21 UTC] No.42188734[source]▶
I would love to see the dashboard that the team that made the decision was looking at.

I'd be interested to hear speculation by people who know about this as to what they think went wrong. Was it off course? Did the engines not relight in time? Did it not have enough fuel?

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ceejayoz ◴[19 Nov 24 22:29 UTC] No.42188785[source]▶
They announced a no-go while it was still boosting towards space, so it won’t be a relight issue.
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zamalek ◴[19 Nov 24 22:50 UTC] No.42188928[source]▶
I wonder whether doing a catch without the catcher (rapid scheduled crash landing) would be feasible. Data is data.
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1. CompuHacker ◴[19 Nov 24 23:24 UTC] No.42189159[source]▶
That is what happened. It performs the maneuvers at a primary target site with no catcher, or terrain, or ground-based feedback; the Gulf; switching to an alternate site; the launch tower; if and only if all factors allow for a real catch.