Space X Falcon rocket return water crash

[poweRob]

Cool video of the Falcon rocket returning. It made a wet landing so it may be salvageable due to a soft touchdown.

IIRC, this was the first time a rocket was used for a third flight and due to the easy landing, it may continue to keep going. SpaceX is so badass!

 

[chuckiechan]

Cool video of the Falcon rocket returning. It made a wet landing so it may be salvageable due to a soft touchdown.

IIRC, this was the first time a rocket was used for a third flight and due to the easy landing, it may continue to keep going. SpaceX is so badass!

It's junk.

If it's not too deep they can recover it, but the thermal stress of dunking a running rocket engine in cold water - salt water no less - pretty much wrecked the expensive parts.

 

[KevinKohler]

Maybe salvageable in fresh water...but not salt water.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Cool video of the Falcon rocket returning. It made a wet landing so it may be salvageable due to a soft touchdown.

IIRC, this was the first time a rocket was used for a third flight and due to the easy landing, it may continue to keep going. SpaceX is so badass!

Cool video and agreed it's badass.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Maybe salvageable in fresh water...but not salt water.

Disagreed. Yes, there's a corrosion problem, but that can be solved by disassembly, cleaning, inspection and reassembly. The video mentioned reuse for "internal" purposes probably testing.