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Next Falcon 9 to Attempt Soft Splashdown

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @05:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the rocket-kits-are-awesome-these-days dept.

WildWombat writes:

"nasaspaceflight.com reports that the next Falcon 9 flight will attempt a soft splashdown off the coast of Florida to test its newly installed landing legs. If successful, this will be a major step along the path to a reusable rocket.

The flight, CRS-3, is an ISS resupply mission scheduled for March 16th. The pace of SpaceX technology development is truly impressive."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by kanisae on Friday February 21 2014, @07:46PM

    by kanisae (1908) on Friday February 21 2014, @07:46PM (#4498)

    SpaceX wants their rockets to be fully re-usable, so the purpose of the legs is exactly that, to land land the rocket after launch.

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