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To: Elderberry

Awesome stuff! That was a pretty much max-v launch with recovery!

The full launch and landing sequence can be viewed at:

http://www.spacex.com/webcast

(BTW I view these first few successful landings as amazing historical events - not mundane in the slightest!)


9 posted on 05/06/2016 9:09:17 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Trump '16! Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: PreciousLiberty

It appears to have been a perfect mission thus far.


10 posted on 05/06/2016 12:34:51 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: PreciousLiberty

Awesome stuff! That was a pretty much max-v launch with recovery!

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Yes. It was a ballistic trajectory. The final landing burn used three engines instead of one like the others. Musk gave it a 50% chance of succeeding, but it looks like the landing was perfect. The video is fun to watch because the employees think the landing is a failure at first, then two seconds later they see the rocket standing there and they erupt into cheers which turn into chants of USA.


11 posted on 05/07/2016 3:37:48 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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