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Dopefish
on Friday February 21 2014, @05:00PM
from the rocket-kits-are-awesome-these-days dept.
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: 1) by tibman on Saturday February 22 2014, @12:18AM
The rocket legs will be mostly used for crushing every competing rocket system ever designed. Instead of just crashing back to earth the rocket will land!
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