17 Jan
2015
17 Jan
'15
4:57 a.m.
I like Musk's description of the landing: "Full RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly)" Lots of talk about this on this week's Planetary Society podcast. More fuel on the next flight so maybe better luck then. patrick On 16 Jan 2015, at 17:43, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
SpaceX's first test to land a 1st stage rocket on a barge at sea, in order to reuse and cut down costs, ended badly
http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/16/elon-musk-shares-images-of-falcon-9s-cr...
Musk, said "Close, but no cigar" Guess they have money to burn - hand already slapped for the pun