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To: Trueblackman

Graphic showing the two rockets that have landed recently. Jeff Bezos (of Amazon) Blue Origin and Elon Musks (SpaceX, Tesla) Falcon 9 1st stage:

10 posted on 12/21/2015 6:10:46 PM PST by r_barton

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To: r_barton

So a 48 meter first stage went up to about a 300 meter apogee?

16 posted on 12/21/2015 6:21:32 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)

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To: r_barton

Bezos’ rocket went straight up and came straight back down which is much, MUCH easier than landing a rocket from LEO.

In the future he’ll be landing the second stage and the capsule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_-g3UWQ04

39 posted on 12/21/2015 8:01:27 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)

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