Space X a fraud?

[XstreamVking]

Watched some vids of a space x rocket taking off from land and landing on a barge. Was real interested in the rocket landing on a barge in the ocean. The whole thing looks like a bs job to me. Came across a few vids of people saying the whole thing being cgi stuff. I dunno much about rockets, but to land one on a barge in big waves confirms that you can't fake physics. The rocket is way too tall for the strut supports it has and there is no way that it would stay upright on a rolling barge imo. Whatcha think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPGUQySBikQ

[GRH]

gotta agree.... bs

[STV_Keith]

I dunno. There's a guy over on the River Daves Place board that works for Space X and he talks pretty legit about it. About the struts...that may be fine if the thing is lite weight. Remember it's out of fuel and built lite in the first place.

[fichrman2]

Watched some vids of a space x rocket taking off from land and landing on a barge. Was real interested in the rocket landing on a barge in the ocean. The whole thing looks like a bs job to me. Came across a few vids of people saying the whole thing being cgi stuff. I dunno much about rockets, but to land one on a barge in big waves confirms that you can't fake physics. The rocket is way too tall for the strut supports it has and there is no way that it would stay upright on a rolling barge imo. Whatcha think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPGUQySBikQ

I think your fairly mis-informed or drunk to believe its fake - either way, your wrong - its quite real. I wont waste my breath trying to explain it to you.

[XstreamVking]

Yeah, I'm drunk. HaHa.....Good one....

[fichrman2]

[fichrman2]

[fichrman2]

Without fuel, and the mass of the engines and thrust structure, the CG is very low. At about the top mounts of the leg diagonal struts. That and OCISLY is not your everyday barge........

[XstreamVking]

Looks a little dubious to me. Wherever the cg is. Maybe they have velcro on the feet so it can't fall over. It is cinched down now, but upon landing? While it's smoking hot? I guess anything is possible....

[fichrman2]

So they "faked " those shots ? And it came from where ?? or they just had it sitting on a barge waiting to tow it back in for pics ??
There are pages and pages of photos - videos, documentation ect that tell the story . I will humor you and look at it from your original questions pov - so it IS fake ,

What does Musk have to gain by that ????

[AZMIDLYF]

Impossible to fake something like this...way to many interested parties involved here(NASA, assorted countries, etc).

[XstreamVking]

You guys sure know how to kill a good conspiricy theory...

[fichrman2]

Sorry , had a ****ty Friday and I kinda think its pretty cool what they are doing- maybe I need to get drunk

[speedinstream]

About like landing on the moon never make me beleive it

[speedinstream]

Lol think i seen that same video on the jettsons cartoon