Jan 162015
First images of the crash landing of the Falcon 9 have been published. It got *so* *close.* The hydraulics controlling the aerodynamic fins ran out before touchdown; I’m unclear on why that would cause the rocket to tip over at this point, because I’d’ve been pretty sure it’d be pretty much all-rocket control. Perhaps at the very last moment where the fins could have meaningfully bit into the air they went hard over and tipped the rocket, and the TVC system just couldn’t compensate in time.