Space X finally land booster safely

[Droogie 2001]

Congratulations to Space X who successfully landed their booster back to the space Center. The future has arrived!

http://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4

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[mapstar]

Interesting thanks for the link

[Droogie 2001]

BTW. If just want to just see the landing its around 32minutes 20 seconds in

[pete_l]

BTW. If just want to just see the landing its around 32minutes 20 seconds in

Sure they didn't just play the launch video backwards?

[Droogie 2001]

You could be right I didn't think of that!

Seriously though its an impressive milestone. I know the Blue Origins launcher had success last month but it was under different launch conditions. Either way its great to see two private companies leading the way.

Not sure why the decision to land on the ground was taken this time. Maybe because Space X felt they had failed too many times on the sea platform and the fact that they were permitted a ground based landing previously they simply decided to give it a try.

Will be good to see some follow up footage to see what condition the booster is in. Looks a bit scorched but apart from that looks ready to go again.

[mapstar]

Listening to the commentary they expect to use it up to 10 times? May be a tad optimistic although NASA was with the shuttle.

May start planning a mini hubble and see if they'll take it lol!