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2015-12-22 Science & Technology

SpaceX forever changes access to space. Nails a booster landing at the Cape

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Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 01:27|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 hmm embed worked in the preview. It shows a chopper view of the landing. You can see it and other videos of the landing on
https://twitter.com/SpaceX

Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 01:46|| 2015-12-22 01:46|| Front Page Top

Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 01:48|| 2015-12-22 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Discussion of booster landing here at this link.

Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 02:04|| 2015-12-22 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 "As God and Robert Heinlein intended!"
- some sci-fi nerd

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2015-12-22 05:08|| 2015-12-22 05:08|| Front Page Top

#5 IMA awaiting the inevitable SpaceX deniers.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-12-22 10:07|| 2015-12-22 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 YAY!!!

Posted by DarthVader 2015-12-22 10:31|| 2015-12-22 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 The embed works for me, 3dc. I don't know if someone fixed it, or if it just takes a little time to load.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-12-22 10:59|| 2015-12-22 10:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Amazing how fast that thing can accelerate when the weight of the fuel is greatly reduced!

Posted by gorb 2015-12-22 11:25|| 2015-12-22 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Today the hangover period

Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 11:30|| 2015-12-22 11:30|| Front Page Top

#10 If you had a bunch of these, you could make a real, life-sized game of SpaceX Invaders.

And yeah, it's pretty dang cool. Congrats to the team that did it.

Posted by SteveS 2015-12-22 13:24|| 2015-12-22 13:24|| Front Page Top

#11 last minor nit:

SpaceX confirms successful Falcon 9 Upgrade 2d stage reignition after Orbcomm sats released - key for GTO telecom missions, where $$ lie.

Posted by 3dc 2015-12-22 13:46|| 2015-12-22 13:46|| Front Page Top

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