1. Subscribersonhouse
    Fast and Curious
    slatington, pa, usa
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    18 Jan '16 11:44
    Originally posted by twhitehead
    Yeah and its not the first failed landing either and they do learn as they go along. I certainly expect we will see a first stage successfully landed and re-used in the next couple of years saving 30 million dollars or so.
    Well, they are getting very close to success, the system worked and got it to the ship but the one leg did not deploy. So they have their engineering work ahead of them. I'll bet Musk is pissssed🙂
  2. Cape Town
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    18 Jan '16 11:58
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    I'll bet Musk is pissssed🙂
    I doubt it. His attitude, at least in public, is always one of 'it has a pretty high chance of failure, but lets try anyway and learn from our mistakes'.
    And they did have the successful landing in December.

    This one was to a ship which is a slightly harder target, but has the advantage of saving significantly on fuel as you don't have to fly all the way back the the launch pad.
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