What goes up, must come down.

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anonymouse replied

10 January 2015, 13:04
No pic's though.

The company CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the booster hit the platform hard.

"Close, but no cigar," he added. "Bodes well for the future tho'. Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced."

BBC News - SpaceX launches cargo ship but rocket recovery test ends in crash

But at least it got further than this one from October

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29812139

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VectraMan replied

6 January 2015, 12:14
Thunderbird 3 used to return from space and land vertically inside a volcano on Tracey Island. So I don't see what the problem is.
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d000hg replied

6 January 2015, 09:49
The folks doing it are being fairly pessimistic - this is a learning exercise and if it actually works that's a total bonus.

I was wondering even if they do get it to land on the platform, in the ocean - then what? It can't be very stable to have a very tall narrow rocket sitting on its base as you tow the barge back to base, but it can't be easy to lie it down either.

Either way it's very cool - it looks exactly like how a kid would imagine a rocket to work:

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EternalOptimist replied

6 January 2015, 09:21
A re usable rocket ? what a nifty idea
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zeitghost started a topic What goes up, must come down.

6 January 2015, 09:06
What goes up, must come down.

But will it land in a re-usable condition?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spacex-try...1.html#1KTUvdB

Or just splash.
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