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SpaceX Falcon 9 Has First Successful Barge Landing

posted by takyon on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the touchdown dept.

FrogBlast writes:

SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster for the Dragon spacecraft has successfully landed on a barge for the first time. The experimental landing was not the primary goal of the mission, which is taking supplies and experiments (including the Bigelow inflatable module) to the International Space Station. Ars Technica covered the launch, and a live stream was available on YouTube.

Ars Technica . YouTube Stream. Ars Technica's story about the Bigelow module, for the curious.

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  • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:07AM (#329349)

    A barge. You know what would be more impressive?

    (1) escaping earth orbit, or
    (2) diving to the bottom of the ocean

    If it can't do (1) or (2) then it's still surface-to-orbit, and that's just bullshit.

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:11AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:11AM (#329350)

      u jealous cuz you knOW you want TO SUCK elon's mUsky cock!!1

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 09 2016, @11:09AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 09 2016, @11:09AM (#329356) Journal
      If they can do it in Space Battleship Yamato, then why can't they do it in real life?

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Saturday April 09 2016, @11:11AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 09 2016, @11:11AM (#329357) Journal
    At 22:17 into the clip [youtu.be]
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    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday April 09 2016, @12:36PM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday April 09 2016, @12:36PM (#329370) Journal

      Weirdly, it looks like it has come down on a greater angle than the failures, although it is hard to tell how much the barge was moving compared to previous attempts.

      It seems less choppy.

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:19PM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:19PM (#329376) Journal

        Probably, a calmer sea/tamer weather allowed for a greater angle.
        The scene seems to be filmed from a helicopter, a weaker wind may explain the "less choppy" bit as well.

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    • (Score: 2) by bitstream on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:39PM

      by bitstream (6144) on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:39PM (#329434) Journal

      The time position for the first stage barge landing is 27:17..

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by SDRefugee on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:26PM

    by SDRefugee (4477) on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:26PM (#329378)

    Umm.. The headline of the article "SpaceX Dragon Has First Successful Barge Landing" is *WRONG*

    The Dragon is currently doing a chase in orbit to catch up to ISS early Sunday.. The Falcon9 first stage is what made its first successful barge landing... Are the editors here as bad as the ones on the "green site"??? geez I sure hope NOT!!! cuz THIS is the kind of mistake that happens over there ALL THE TIME...

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    • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @04:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @04:33PM (#329427)

      Hey, look the headline says: "SpaceX Has First Successful Barge Landing"

      And the first line of TFS: "The first stage of the SpaceX Dragon has successfully landed on a barge for the first time."

      You might want to check your ping. If there's enough lag our games could be desynchronizing.

      • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Sunday April 10 2016, @01:02AM

        by nitehawk214 (1304) on Sunday April 10 2016, @01:02AM (#329520)

        That would still be wrong. Dragon is not a rocket and does not have a first stage. Falcon 9 does.

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    • (Score: 2) by n1 on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:46PM

      by n1 (993) on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:46PM (#329435) Journal

      I have updated the summary and headline to hopefully clarify the situation.