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SpaceX does it again! Incredible. May 9, 2016 5:30 pm bowser

The first stage of a rocket which placed a Japanese satellite into orbit managed to effect a soft, vertical landing on a barge at sea.  This is the second time they’ve done it, showing that the first was no fluke.  I don’t quite believe this, but one source says that doing this could reduce the cost of LEO launches by a factor of 100.

An interesting aside is that SpaceX accomplished this before anyone else; before NASA, the Russians, the Japanese or any of the rest.  Unbelievable.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-launch-japanese-satellite-try-rocket-landing-n569101

  • Let me add my congratulations. by ER 2016-05-09 19:53:13
    • Musk says he wants to adopt turnaround times from the aviation biz by mcfly 2016-05-09 23:36:13
      • Runaway technological boosterism. by ER 2016-05-12 07:56:46

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