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2017-09-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Musk Video: How Not to land a Rocket! (Fun)

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Posted by 3dc 2017-09-14 07:03|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Chrome screwed up the embed in this posting by blocking part of it. Just click the headline link for fun.

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-14 07:07|| 2017-09-14 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Fixed.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-09-14 08:29|| 2017-09-14 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Climbing the learning curve.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-09-14 09:27|| 2017-09-14 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Might be cheaper to get the Kerbal Space Program. I believe it's about $14 on Steam now days.

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-09-14 10:37|| 2017-09-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Crazy Fool, yeah it might but most boosters just fall in the ocean and crash anyway so nothing really lost except new decks on the landing ships.

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-14 11:27|| 2017-09-14 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Speaking as a connoisseur of explosions, that was fun!

And while it's great sport to point and laugh, do acknowledge that they are actually doing this - landing a rocket on a freakin' boat! I doubt NASA would even attempt such a thing due to the bad optics of fail. Nothing wrong with failure as long as you learn from it.

Posted by SteveS 2017-09-14 18:21|| 2017-09-14 18:21|| Front Page Top

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