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80 points grecy | 2 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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cubefox ◴[20 Nov 24 00:45 UTC] No.42189695[source]▶
> They announced a no-go while it was still boosting towards space,

False. The booster was already coming back when the landing abort came through.

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krunck ◴[20 Nov 24 04:34 UTC] No.42190843[source]▶
Indeed. It had just finished the boostback burn and jettisoned the hot staging ring when the divert was announced. I wonder if after the boostback burn they determined that there was insufficient fuel for a good safely margin when trying a tower catch.
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1. m4rtink ◴[20 Nov 24 12:43 UTC] No.42193441{3}[source]▶
The catch attempt is actually a divert - IIRC both Super Heavy and regular Falcon 9 first stage target empty space by default and only divert for landing once all checks out. :-)
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2. dotancohen ◴[22 Nov 24 16:24 UTC] No.42215112[source]▶

  > target empty space by default
Well, water.

I see that you're a glass-half-empty guy ))