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Next Falcon 9 to Attempt Soft Splashdown

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @01:00PM   Printer-friendly
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 Friday February 21 2014, @08:18PM

    by tibman (134) on Friday February 21 2014, @08:18PM (#4620)

    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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