Thursday, 21 July 2016

Elon Musk is on a roll - Falcon 9 rocket lands on solid ground for the second time

quote [ SpaceX has successfully landed another Falcon 9 rocket after launching the vehicle into space this evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shortly after takeoff, the vehicle touched down at SpaceX’s Landing Complex 1 — a ground-based landing site that the company leases at the Cape. It marks the second time SpaceX has pulled off this type of ground landing, and the fifth time SpaceX has recovered one of its rockets post-launch. ]
[SFW] [science & technology] [+2]
[by knumbknutz@2:11amGMT]

Comments

HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 3:13am GMT on 21st Jul
To be fair, any rocket that's not over the ocean will land on solid ground, if it doesn't explode.
sanepride said @ 4:33am GMT on 21st Jul
Well, Elon Musk is on a roll if you don't count the guy getting killed in the Tesla on autopilot.
foobar said @ 5:30am GMT on 21st Jul
Still technically on a roll.
HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 7:00am GMT on 21st Jul [Score:1 Insightful]
It was the sudden stop that was the problem.
cb361 said @ 11:16am GMT on 21st Jul
And he never never found out what happened at the end of Harry Potter.
dolemite said @ 3:23pm GMT on 21st Jul
Well, since we're not counting the number of people who die frequently due to various life-threatening design or manufacturing faults that some major car manufacturers choose not to correct, or the number of people who die daily as a result of dumbasses just not paying attention while they drive...

WeiYang said @ 9:21pm GMT on 21st Jul
I mod Elon Musk -1 as overrated.
arrowhen said @ 10:01pm GMT on 21st Jul
How many rockets have YOU successfully landed?

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