That's crazy how the heck are those people not falling down.
They make you stand on your head at KSC? ;-)
Aaaand they stuck three landings! The crowd goes wild!
But only a 7.6 from the Russian judge.
>> But only a 7.6 from the Russian judge.
You made me blow my drink out my nose!! Now that's funny!
Congrats SpaceX - this is how access to space should be (not many explosions!). NASA should take note. It does not take huge amounts of money to accomplish.
Coolest rocket landings ever!
No view from Texas, but the live feed was great!
I will never get tired of watching those things land, but two at once just has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in my life. Absolutely amazing...
Very cool. So in a single launch, SpaceX recovered 5 components that can be reused.
The article you cited makes a big deal about cleaning the fairings after being in the ocean. If NASA could do it decades ago to reuse portions of the Shuttle SRBs, I don't see why this would be difficult for SpaceX to do.
I think the complication is that the fairings form a mini clean room (or nearly so) for the satellite while out on the pad, and during launch. If they get wet and salty, can they ever be clean enough again? SRBs could be dirtier. So they'll try it and see.
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