[video] SpaceX - How not to land a rocket booster

[Dos_Box]

I shudder to think the amount of money this all cost!

 

[southhamster]

It all looks so easy in Thunderbirds!

[synaesthesia]

Still think it's outright bloody magic how they land them in the first place. Eventually.

[mavhc]

Cost less than doing what everyone else does, and just splashing in the sea

[Dos_Box]

Cost less than doing what everyone else does, and just splashing in the sea

 

There is a good article here about how much it saves and just why they are perfecting the rocket landing (for Mars trips apparently) - https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/07/21/how-much-does-spacex-save-by-reusing-a-falcon-rocket/#761c5b28724d

Edited September 14, 2017 by Dos_Box