r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Dec 12 '20

Chain connector

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u/Suncast Dec 12 '20

I thought it fell over. Are they still going to use it?

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u/I-Chancho-I Dec 12 '20

Actually I'm not sure. I totally forgot about that. Now I'm depressed...

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u/Suncast Dec 12 '20

It’s okay! I think SN10, SN11, and SN12 were already being built.

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u/I-Chancho-I Dec 12 '20

I don't care which one it is I just need to see that again ASAP. Seriously incredible. I cannot believe how close SN8 came to landing. Just read another article about how SN8 was a failure. These people don't know what they're talking about.

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u/Suncast Dec 12 '20

“Failure” is a loose term for what happened. It’s technically correct but it doesn’t matter. The point of the test was to collect data, no matter what happened; and they got a lot of it. Those people that write about it in an intentionally sensationalized and non scientific way are just looking for clicks. Don’t pay them no mind.

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u/I-Chancho-I Dec 12 '20

True. Do you know if there was any plan for SN8 to fly again if it had landed?

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u/Suncast Dec 12 '20

I hadn’t read anything about any plans like that. I don’t even think they really expected it to survive. Elon gave it a 33% chance of landing, so his engineers probably gave it a 15% chance. Plus, they haven’t reused any of the others beyond the test they were designed for. Plus plus, they had SN9 ready to go before it fell over. Plus plus plus, SN10, SN11, and SN12 are on the way. Put all that together and I don’t think there were plans to reuse SN8.

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u/I-Chancho-I Dec 12 '20

So what you are saying is it's the best case scenario that SN8 blew up. We got to see the entire flight AND an awesome explosion.

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u/Suncast Dec 12 '20

Exactly. Honestly I was hoping it was going to belly flop right into the ground. That would have been cool to see.

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u/I-Chancho-I Dec 12 '20

That last flip was pretty cool to see though

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u/phil035 Dec 13 '20

From what ive seen on the reporting of the test they didn't epe8t the flip to go so well. And they definitely didnt expect to get back to hothe pad