Slow Motion Footage of SpaceX Falcon 9 Explosion!

I was able to catch the SpaceX Falcon 9 confabulation during the IFA launch using my tracking software and telescope this weekend. Everyday Astronaut provided the high speed camera I used to film it at 120 fps for some awesome slo-mo footage of the booster's destruction. You can also see the Dragon capsule getting the hell out of there before the sideways booster comes into view. The test was a success and will lead to a human crew on the next Crew Dragon flight.

No, not yet. I'm having too much fun watching you make an ass out of yourself by falsely accusing me of stealing Tim Dodd's video.

why call it his footage?

Due to the cloud cover between the launch vehicle and the camera, you could not see the 'Draco' motors pull the capsule away. What you did see exiting the fire ball was the second stage. The camera did a very good job when you consider the cloud cover, of tracking the second stage down to almost ground level. The question is, why didn't range safety blow the charges on the stage and will SpaceX get fined for fuel contamination of water front?

None the less, that was interesting to watch.

Horrible tracking. Half the time rocket is barely in the frame.

Awesome ! Have they got a date set for the first human flight?

wat drugs to i need to make this look interesting and difficult to achieve

Then don't click the thread. Simple.

I was able to catch the SpaceX Falcon 9 confabulation during the IFA launch using my tracking software and telescope this weekend. Everyday Astronaut provided the high speed camera I used to film it at 120 fps for some awesome slo-mo footage of the booster's destruction. You can also see the Dragon capsule getting the hell out of there before the sideways booster comes into view. The test was a success and will lead to a human crew on the next Crew Dragon flight.

I was able to catch the SpaceX Falcon 9 confabulation during the IFA launch using my tracking software and telescope this weekend. Everyday Astronaut provided the high speed camera I used to film it at 120 fps for some awesome slo-mo footage of the booster's destruction. You can also see the Dragon capsule getting the hell out of there before the sideways booster comes into view. The test was a success and will lead to a human crew on the next Crew Dragon flight.

If you have a problem with me then just stay off my threads. Simple.

THIS is ok, but my car is destroying the environment!

No. It exploded when it turned sideways into a supersonic stream of air and was ripped apart by aerodynamic loads in a direction the rocket was not designed to withstand.

Because they usually don't shut off their engines at max-q, lose control authority, and turn sideways into the flow of air right when aerodynamic forces are at their maximum.

The test deliberately destroyed the rocket. I suggest you look up what the word deliberate means and stop making an idiot of yourself. The test proved the capsule can get away from an ailing rocket even at max q, the worst moment in the launch when the vehicle is experiencing maximum aerodynamic pressure (and the capsule then experiences even more under the thrust of its escape system). You can see the capsule getting away well ahead of the rocket in my video.

I was doing it blind. The camera I borrowed from everyday astronaut was capable of high speed but the mini HDMI cable I use to hook up to a monitor and steer wasn't compatible with this camera. It only takes a micro HDMI plug and I didn't have a cable for it. I'll fix that next time. I'm glad it came out as well as it did without me being able to see what the telescope was recording.