SpaceX successfully launches and then LANDS a rocket

[Mook]

First, awesome pic of it launching and landing.

Pic of rocket.

Heres what its doing.

And here is is LANDING. Fucking incredible.



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[Mook]

They also successfully deployed a ton of satellites as well.

I should clarify, they landed the stage 1 portion of the rocket.

 

[RICH17]

Also a repost, but your thread is better

 

[Mook]

Mine is way better.

 

[budsang1]

My cousin works at spaceX posted this pic this morning of it coming down to land

 

[framos242]

Your turn NASA...

 

[Flyn]

So, which video is real time speed, the one here or the one in the original but not as good thread? That one had the rocket landing lickety-split like it was on steroids. This one seems more real.

BTW, it cost NASA $450 mil per shuttle flight. Space X builds these rockets for $16 mil. If they can re-use them, refueling costs $200K. That's $200K vs. $450 mil. or to put it in other terms, Space X can launch 2,250 rockets for every one NASA got up there.

 

[Mook]

My thread is better.

 

[Prevent]

My cousin works at spaceX posted this pic this morning of it coming down to land

I feel like if he's given the chance or opportunity one should tell him to get all the SpaceX stock he can get... If we do end up going to the moon or mars or becoming a space civilization I foresee SpaceX being the common day Dutch East India Shipping Company and by the time they go public he'd be a bajillionare.

So, which video is real time speed, the one here or the one in the original but not as good thread? That one had the rocket landing lickety-split like it was on steroids. This one seems more real.

BTW, it cost NASA $450 mil per shuttle flight. Space X builds these rockets for $16 mil. If they can re-use them, refueling costs $200K. That's $200K vs. $450 mil. or to put it in other terms, Space X can launch 2,250 rockets for every one NASA got up there.

Yeah but that won't definitely be the case... You're expecting them to have to do zero refurbishment to the rocket.. One could reasonably assume there would be some sort of refurbishment needing to be completed and even if it is at half the cost of a new rocket, it's still a drastic savings.

 

[sickmint79]

that's some pretty amazing engineering.

 

[SleeperLS]

I gotta say, I am extremely impressed. That is some really cool engineering to pull that off. I feel like this is an absolutely huge leap toward space travel and re-supplying things such as space stations.

 

[Rent Free]

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/off-topic/151681-know-whats-amazing-rockets.html
[MENTION=5]Mook[/MENTION] damn it. LOL Half the time I cant even see pictures thanks to stupid government computer. Ok ok you win FML.

 

[Rent Free]

Wish I could afford to buy more at the moment all I have is Raytheon on Lockheed Martin. I don't think SpaceX has a IPO yet. I cant find one anyways.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Another picture of it taking off and landing

 

[Marko]

That is so fucking cool.

Kudos to them

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]