SpaceX And/Or Rocketry In General

Mike Hewson
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The barge has got "Just read

The barge has got "Just read the instructions" written on it. LOL! Elon is my kind of guy .... :-)

Cheers, Mike.

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30 minutes and counting......

30 minutes and counting......

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Good launch, and the sound

Good launch, and the sound track gave multiple updates on the recovery. including boostback burn, re-entry burn, vehicle transonic, and landing burn. But nothing after that, and they ended the webcast saying that for recovery updates we should look to their social media pages.

Mike Hewson
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Faultless launch, very

Faultless launch, very impressive.

Cheers, Mike.

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http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdt

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

NASA always has better video

Do any of you get the NASA channel via satellite?

I have had it since it was NASA Select on the C-band since 1982

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Saw the launch on NASA TV.

Saw the launch on NASA TV. However; they didn't show the recovery attempt of stage 1.

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Mike Hewson
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There's a snap here of the

There's a snap here of the 1st stage at the barge.

Cheers, Mike.

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NBC news quotes Musk as

NBC news quotes Musk as saying the the first stage landed on the barge "but too hard for survival."

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Darn. But they will get it

Darn. But they will get it down safe one day ....

Cheers, Mike.

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The Wall Street Journal cites

The Wall Street Journal cites a newer Elon Musk tweet as saying "Looks like Falcon landed fine, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over post landing".

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