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SPACEX DOES IT!! SAFE LANDING ON THE BARGE
SpaceX ^
| 4/8/16
Posted on 04/08/2016 1:55:46 PM PDT by hoagy62
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; falcon9; nasa; spacex
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Yes! Fimnally, the gang at SpaceX land the Falcon9 first stage on the barge "Of Course I still Love You".
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posted on
04/08/2016 1:55:46 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
To: hoagy62
First time after how many failures?
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posted on
04/08/2016 1:58:03 PM PDT
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: hoagy62
I just watched it. It is very “Buck Rogers.”
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posted on
04/08/2016 1:58:39 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: iowamark
They weren’t ‘failures’.
They just found how not to do it several times................
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:00:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Vermont Lt
Seems like an unmanned shuttle-type drone would be easier to do...............
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:01:27 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
Just like Tom Edison and the lightbulb.
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:01:54 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
(Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
To: hoagy62
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:02:04 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
To: iowamark
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:02:42 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: iowamark
It is about the fifth try. This is the first successful landing on the barge, but there has been one prior successful landing back in Florida.
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:02:47 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Vermont Lt
Where? I cannot find the landing on the barge? Link?
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:02:50 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: hoagy62
if at first you don’t succeed, ......throw more money at it..............
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:04:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: All
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:05:10 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: Truth29
Well, technically they landed on the barge last time.......till it fell over...............
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:05:18 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: iowamark
Practice makes perfect.
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:06:05 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Red Badger
yea, but the leg broke, so it tipped over. Maybe they made the legs stronger this time
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:06:18 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: hoagy62
Well done!
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:06:30 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:07:33 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom yes I know)
To: 4rcane
and in a bit of a choppy sea
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:08:13 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom yes I know)
To: hoagy62
I don't understand what was was so hard about landing it. It's not like it is Rocket Sci......
oh nevermind.
;)
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:08:19 PM PDT
by
Kegger
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
04/08/2016 2:08:50 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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