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Flight 4 Booster Recovery (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/spacex

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

1 Gently Used booster for sale

No water damage

Don't lowball me. I know what I have.

[–] threelonmusketeers 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Source tweet and direct link to highest resolution of the photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYH8OxxXkAAuK6J?format=jpg&name=orig

Video with more info on what is known of the recovery process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyMn1mIJUUE

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why so secretive?

[–] threelonmusketeers 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In terms of only recovering things under the cover of night, and hiding them under tarps? Not sure, maybe for ITAR concerns? Then again, we have the CEO posting the above photo on twitter for all to see, so perhaps ITAR is not a concern...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Releasing a single image after legal cleared it, is completely different from not doing enough for anyone with a camera renting a helicopter to take snapshots of whatever is left.

from memory I think it's for example combustion chamber / injector design which is the crux here, none of that is visible, but could be from different angles.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

That'll buff out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

See, reusable.

[–] verity_kindle 6 points 3 months ago

Still shiny! Just needs some pressure washing.