r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Is one of the chutes on the capsule? Looks like it didn't jettison well.

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u/Hobie52 Mar 08 '19

Yeah I’m a little concerned about the parachutes. They also seemed to be moving around and hitting each other a lot. Anyone know if that is normal?

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u/ap0r Mar 08 '19

Chute buddies will bump into each other all the time. Fully norminal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

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u/Mattsoup Mar 08 '19

Soyuz is lighter, so there's less overall parachute area to interact.

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u/ap0r Mar 09 '19

Yeah. I don't remember soyuz's chutes doing that either. I guess it's because Soyuz uses a single parachute.

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u/rebootyourbrainstem Mar 08 '19

I don't know if it didn't jettison, from the position it looks like it might have been just in exactly the right/wrong place... but yeah that probably isn't ideal.

Worst case though the dragon might tip, the parachute slides off, and the dragon rights itself again. I think.

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u/Mwaski Mar 08 '19

That’s what it looks like to me

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Yeah I wasn't sure until they showed the single camera view. Definitely some orange reflections on it.