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Not of today's landing but damn impressive. No video drop out. go check it out -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmbSur4fcs (35 mins in)
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Not of today's landing but damn impressive. No video drop out. go check it out -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmbSur4fcs (35 mins in)
stellaratmospheres
with only instruction reading
postsshootoutofmybutt
It's amazing how far we've come and how much further we will travel. +1 for mankind
sebe20
They really did well again
Dorsk84
I love this space stuff..I could watch it all the time...I'm a super space nerd.
scumbagschwiftler
Didn't know there were streams of this sort of thing. Thanks for sharing!
yuraf
A solid 5/7 landing, good work.
Jaymuggs
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
That was so freaking cool.
JoelRicketts
Does it mean I'm a nerd that I got choked up watching this
Musicosity
Imagine being the original idea person for this...everyone staring at you in a meeting.
Stealyogurl
A landed a rocket on a ship in the middle of the ocean. No people were on ether rocket or ship. THAT IS FUCKING INSANE
ohampatu
Great Job! http://imgur.com/i2vC89l
whereTheYogaWomenAt
Yeah well sometimes I can pee all my urine into a toilet.
Cereaza
I'm more impressed that they can keep that barge level.
NotifweJammit
Elan Musk. Electric car, auto pilot, solar roof tiles, rockets that land themselves. Sounds like we already have an Alien! I love this Alien
Omnimatty101
It keeps getting better. FYI.
Rifneno
Yeah yeah, but what about the important part? Was the person controlling it wearing a shirt that would offend some cumbubble?
Ausmerica
Don't call me a cumbubble, dickeyes.
SarcasticCanadian
i was watching and i quite possibly creamed my man panties
ColorblindMonk
*manties, and me too
Itwasmeiatethecake
I fucking love SpaceX. Whos with me?
toritoboy5
has anybody heard of blue origin?
commanderjao
I enjoy that landing a rocket on a barge is becoming increasingly routine
khora
Ship! It has engines!! /Elon
khora
Ship! It has engines!! /Elon
thisisprocrastination
That was really cool OP, thanks for the link.
peters1212589
Their a bit off
Gronsak
*They're. And no, they landed it smack in the middle on todays launch (picture is from earlier landing)
ParaBellum96
I can't wait until space travel is affordable so that we can send up Flat Earthers and then throw them out when they realize they're wrong.
distractionfactory
That gained altitude quickly.
ParaBellum96
And they'll lose it even faster. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
akahata
Why are they using boats as landing platforms instead of earth/solid soil?
khora
So that they can miss. If the rocket doesn't reignite it will hit the water instead of a suburb.
Flakbadger
For this launch the payload was too heavy/fast/high to allow a return to launch site. Better fuel margins to land in the ocean instead.
Gronsak
Because there isn't any land to land on east of Cape Canaveral/South of Vandenberg for safety reasons
HeyElnath
JonsSpoth
FAKE rocketfuel can't melt steelbeams
rikm
Aw- another satisfied customer of Acme Corporation...reckon Coyote is head of Development for N.Korea ?...
popcorninhandandready
And another one
LaTransDragon
Lands, another one lands.
IllegalDuckling
ANOTHER ONE LANDS THE DUST
RadioactiveCanuck
HEY! WE'RE GONNA LAND YOU TO!
ThatSquirrelInTheCorner
ANOTHER ONE FUCKS MY BUTT
YouAreDoingItRight
no, bad. shame on you.
Glumerlink
they're getting better the more they do it, spacex takes big chances and they get big rewards. That said they really shouldn't fly people(1)
davemymindisgoingicanfeelit
If I were an astronaut I'd rather sit in a capsule that could fly away if a launch fails on the pad, instead of having no chance of escape.
Satherian
because people don't make good flight material(2/2)
Lordpidomort
to china without their consent so often(2/2)
ancalime
SpaceX? Who are they? Are they the guys that said they'd have people living on mars in ten years?
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karafrackingthrace
Fun fact: I live north of the launch site and took distant pictures when it came into view over the mountains. I could hear it too!
Doomster9
Post them!!!
karafrackingthrace
/a/xz61u
Glumerlink
until they get at least a dozen more launches without any issues(2/2)
ajrob7
Thats what the launch abort system is for
wlfman
I mean...the humans would be long gone into space by the time the rocket lands back on Earth
Iworktosavethetatas
But they're not landing people this way just reusable rocket bases.
Vedar
I'm not getting on anything that boasts 'over a dozen flights without anyone dying'
EmWatsonLover
"thanks for the advice random guy on the Internet. We'll definitely look into that thoroughly." - SpaceX probably
Jakattak6417
bamcockseverywhere
if it's an idea that didn't come from Elon Musk's head then it's automatically a bad one
basketdragger
He wasn't giving advice though. Just stating what SpaceX had said of their own goals.
ElCabaro
Stop everything guys! We forgot about cosmic radiation!
MrMineHeads
Iunderstoodthatrefernce.jpg
basketdragger
He wasn't giving advice though. Just stating what SpaceX had said of their own goals.
voxolotl
He said "That said", not "They said"
FullMetal55
They aren't planning on it. The only launch issue they've had they've explained very well. And the booster landing issues, who cares.
Musicosity
They are planning on it...currently awaiting approval to compete with ULA.
FullMetal55
never said they weren't. there are two on their manifest, but not before many more unmanned launches...
Musicosity
You literally said they aren't planning on it
Sakkura
They are planning to launch humans on the Falcon 9, with the Dragon 2 spacecraft atop the rocket.
FullMetal55
http://www.spacex.com/missions - you can see how many launches are planned, about 23 before the nasa manned demos...
FullMetal55
http://www.spacex.com/missions - you can see how many launches are planned, about 23 before the nasa manned demos...
FullMetal55
yes but not without about 23 more launches... including 2 with dragons unmanned...
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Glumerlink
it's important, they need to have experienced every possible malfunction so they can prepare for it and make as safe a rocket as possibl
FullMetal55
yes it is, but they have MANY more unmanned launches before they send manned dragons...
Musicosity
You don't have to experience a malfunction to understand how to handle it. We didn't JUST start launching shit into space.
LunarLamp
But there wouldn't be any people in this portion of the rocket. With all other rockets, this would just burn up or land in the sea.
wlfman
I'm mystified people don't understand that this is just an empty rocket...no people, no cargo, nothing
ShakeyGraves
Rockets inherently are unsafe bud. It's just risk mitigation
bamcockseverywhere
Yes, therefore, we should use a fuel that's a gas at room temperature and haul containment for it into space. -Elon Musk