| ▲ | wat10000 18 hours ago | |
The “chopstick” catcher arrangement seems awfully fragile. Would the ground equipment have survived this if it had been a real catch? | ||
| ▲ | pixl97 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Yes, because it would have landed a few hundred meters out from the chopsticks. It swings in towards the catcher as part of its slowdown. If it doesn't slow down, that doesn't happen. | ||
| ▲ | tenuousemphasis 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
They generally initiate landing aiming just off shore and only adjust to the landing pad after everything is nominal. So yes. | ||
| ▲ | consensus1 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Rockets have a self destruct feature to avoid exactly this type of contingency | ||