Comments by "snuffeldjuret" (@snuffeldjuret) on "" video.

  1. or they are getting comfortable and experimenting more with their own Starlink missions?
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  2. the faring is connected to the 2nd stage, which is not landing.
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  3. who is forgetting that? :P
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  4.  @dwdadevil  I haven't seen any comment that could be a reference for your comment, and I have read a lot so far.
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  5. doubt it.
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  6. I suspect they don't want them to warm up, and the added weight is probably not desirable as well.
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  7.  @blahblahbleh__9046  ideally, the solar panels would absorb all sunlight or reflect away from Earth what it does not absorb though. The surface that is facing the Earth should not get any sunlight to reflect to Earth. Not sure how close to ideal situation they can get though. They have tried out a special coating and last launch they said they will try out something that sounds somewhat similar to your idea, as I understand it.
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  8. I have seen that very shape many times before
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  9.  @a32k57  that object has been the topic of discussion many times during and after Everyday Astronaut falcon 9 launch watchings. Especially when something goes wrong. Not sure what it is, but I would place my money on ice.
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  10. allows for the benefit of mass production is what I recall hearing as an argument. And as Scott said, you can have an engine failure without failing the mission. Not sure how easy it would be to do the landing with fewer engines and not sure how the thrust to weight ratio is on the larger ones.
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  11. seen the same object in many launches. It becomes a big talking point in the failed landings but ignored during successful landings :P.
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  12. it looks like a thing that always flies by?
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  13.  @keiththomas6601  that would be the 1st stage!
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  14. doesn't it always look like that? That is my recollection.
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  15. who hold the rocket back if it is ready to go? If it is ready to go at T-2, might as well let it fly!
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  16.  @djbeezy  is there any reason to not think it is about saving money?
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  17. doubt it as you can see the same shaped object on missions with successful landings.
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  18. you can see that on almost every falcon 9 mission.
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  19. not if it is cheap.
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  20. Didn't Scott comment on that one?
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  21.  @korbit360  it happens often. I have seen the same object with that shape, size and during the same time period many times before. It always becomes a big talking point when there is a failed landing, not so much when there is a successful landing.
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  22. was that engine issues?
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  23.  @saxus  Scott was talking about engine reliability though.
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  24.  @gandritaskull  your concerns seems exaggerated.
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  25. that would never be the case as the orbit is so close to the surface. At the most absolute insanely exaggerated wooooorst case scenario, we could not send anything up in 5 years. As far as I know :).
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