ares 1x separation & recontact

The highest quality video we could find has been stabilized & enhanced. Clearly the booster had 1 more burst after the tumbling thrusters fired & impacted the upper stage. The trick is going to be getting the SRB to really shut down, waiting long enough for the embers to die down, or starting over on shuttle replacement #3.

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[Nowhereman10]

No recontact visible here, and the damage was caused by hitting the water too hard due to a failure of 2 out of the three cutes to deploy properly. Also to add to another commenter's superb summary of the events, the rotation was seen in about half of the dynamic computer studies. There were no suprises here.

[propaghandi2]

@Hannsfeld totally agree with you on this one!!

[danschaoticmind]

There was no Recontact which is why NASA will not acknowledge any sort of recontact. The reasoning is very very simple:

1 (And this is Official) seperation occured 3 seconds too early with one of the LSCs firing out of sequence.

2. Dynamic forces from the atmosphere caused the rotation.

3. Due to the Dent being the result of parachute failure (And no recontact evidence from HI RES images recovered) there is no actual evidence of recontact.

Do a search for L2 nasa space flight. for real deal

[Hannsfeld]

I knew I didn't imagine that recontact after seeing the live feed. It's irritating that NASA has not acknowledged this problem, which is a BIG deal, never mind the parachute failure.

If they can't ensure an SRB shutdown, I think they should inject Halon or some extinguishing agent into the core before firing the separation thrusters. If a manned Ares went into a tumble like that, the crew would be in danger.