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RE: Hydraulics for steering

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Hydraulics for steering and electrically operated prop? Hmm look like the prop is spinning in this out of the water picture.

Here is a link for the position keeping equipment used on the barge.

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RE: RE: Hydraulics for

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Hydraulics for steering and electrically operated prop? Hmm look like the prop is spinning in this out of the water picture.

Here is a link for the position keeping equipment used on the barge.

Interesting. The steering mechanisms employed are similar to those used on large cruise ships. How else could you manage those massive ships in ports.

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RE: RE: And the rest of

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And the rest of the bits are on the bottom! One of the landing costs i guess they have to factor is "clean-up costs".

On land failures i expect would be considerably more expensive in event of a RUD.

Well, assuming that they aren't forced to dive down and pick up all the toxic waste they just dumped on the bottom of the ocean.


Port tariffs go up

That didn't take long...

Mike Hewson
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RE: RE: RE: And the

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And the rest of the bits are on the bottom! One of the landing costs i guess they have to factor is "clean-up costs".

On land failures i expect would be considerably more expensive in event of a RUD.

Well, assuming that they aren't forced to dive down and pick up all the toxic waste they just dumped on the bottom of the ocean.

Port tariffs go up


... let me guess, that is being said with a straight face as a 'normalised' comment ie. not actual highway robbery ?

Cheers, Mike.

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RE: ... let me guess, that

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... let me guess, that is being said with a straight face as a 'normalised' comment ie. not actual highway robbery ?

Let's just say. maximum eyebrow asymmetry peaked at...

archae86
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The USLaunchReport folks have

The USLaunchReport folks have posted a 5 minute video on youtube showing the rather unceremonious lifting off the barge of the major remainder component of the Eutelsat/ABS returned stage. The more interesting stuff starts about a minute in.

This piece appears to be the largely intact (but squished?) engine structure and immediate surroundings, but not much else. There is clearly some other stuff on the barge. I suspect those pieces are smaller.

Mike Hewson
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Here's a look at the ( fairly

Here's a look at the ( fairly disordered but still interesting ) fuel feed arrangements within the octaweb :


... note the bore of those pipes given the required feed rate. I have attempted identification of some components :


... but who can say ? Bit of an expensive dog's breakfast.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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Here's a good visual on what

Here's a good visual on what concertina means :

.... where the red line represents what was previously at the blue line. We could make some flat tuba jokes :

... the approximate total ( intact ) landing weight is about 30 tonnes.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

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RE: RE: RE: And the

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And the rest of the bits are on the bottom! One of the landing costs i guess they have to factor is "clean-up costs".

On land failures i expect would be considerably more expensive in event of a RUD.

Well, assuming that they aren't forced to dive down and pick up all the toxic waste they just dumped on the bottom of the ocean.

Port tariffs go up

That didn't take long...

I'll bet he finds a new place fairly quickly that charges less!! There are LOTS of places he can dock along the Florida coastline!!!

Chris S
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Ooooops.... Well it's a

Ooooops....

Well it's a learning curve isn't it? Can't expect us to get it right all the time.

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

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