On: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

[jonalmeida]

Can someone explain what the rocket was trying to do? Was it trying to correct itself to land vertically thrusters-first? I also don't understand how it got in that particular trajectory either from this vine.

[duskwuff → jonalmeida]

Here's a video of the desired behavior, more or less:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU

The video's a few years old, so the hardware's changed a bit since then, but I think you'll get the idea. :)

[jonalmeida → duskwuff]

Thanks, I remember watching this along time ago. I was under the impression they had landing the rocket all figured out after this :)

[callesgg → jonalmeida]

It ran out of hydraulic fluid and could not control itself properly. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553963793056030721

[Sammi → jonalmeida]

Because the fins were locked, they might have thrown off the control code.