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SpaceX successfully fired up the first stage of it's rocket that it landed in late Dec!
2016-01-16
Posted by:3dc

#4  Freakin' awesome!
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-01-16 14:44  

#3  How will ULA compete?

Same way Microsoft does. They didn't need this tech to "compete" until now. Watch them, uh, abruptly embrace it, and use a pile of money to catch up quick...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-01-16 10:39  

#2  Somewhere, Bobby Heinlein is smiling.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2016-01-16 10:05  

#1  The falcon-9 first stage accounts for 3/4 of the total cost of a launch. This is significant. How will ULA compete?
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-01-16 09:36  

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