Wednesday 14 February 2018

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy center booster lacked enough ignition fluid to light engines, land on platform, Musk says

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy center booster lacked enough ignition fluid to light engines, land on platform, Musk says

The center core booster of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy didn't land on a floating sea platform as intended during last week's first test flight because it ran out of ignition fluid, company Chief Executive Elon Musk said Monday. Musk took to Twitter on Monday morning to give a few more updates on the Falcon Heavy's first flight. After liftoff, the rocket's two side boosters touched down simultaneously on land, eliciting cheers and applause from the crowd of SpaceX employees gathered in the company's Hawthorne headquarters, as seen on the launch livestream.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-falcon-heavy-core-20180212-story.html?source=Snapzu

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