[HN Gopher] SpaceX Super Heavy Splashes Down in the Gulf, Cancel...
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       SpaceX Super Heavy Splashes Down in the Gulf, Canceling Chopsticks
       Landing
        
       Author : alach11
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-11-19 22:15 UTC (45 minutes ago)
        
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       | davidguetta wrote:
       | Is this due to the higher incidence angle ? Seemed like the main
       | 'difficulty' factor that was upped in the mission description
        
         | alach11 wrote:
         | Yeah Elon described it as a "harder" and "faster" landing. So
         | maybe things were a little outside of the safe parameters,
         | necessitating the change in plans. I wonder if we'll get to
         | find out what that was.
        
       | holoduke wrote:
       | Seems like fts failed and the booster is still floating in the
       | sea right now.
        
       | brcmthrowaway wrote:
       | Why can't the tower/chopsticks be as portable as the booster?
        
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