If they can still reuse (most of) the engines, then it's a win either way. The Merlin is actually the single most expensive part of the rocket; not having to replace all 9 of them every launch would still be a huge cost saver.
Space X Latest Launch
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Missed it. Any video available yet?
Thanks, looks like a glitch right before landing where the video cut out. Hopefully we'll see a clearer shot in the next few day.
Why is nobody else mentioning the big news? A large alien creature from outer space was caught on camera trying to observe this SpaceX flight. It's confirmed, guys. Elon Musk has gotten the attention of the galactic MI6.
Getting a 404 error.
Oh well. It looks like ULA is trying to get on the futurist bandwagon:
http://www.space.com/33297-satellite-refueling-business-proposal-ula.html
Big PDF
http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Commercial_Space/2016_Cislunar.pdf
In their fan-fiction--Space X doesn't even exist.
http://www.space.com/33297-satellite-refueling-business-proposal-ula.html
Big PDF
http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Commercial_Space/2016_Cislunar.pdf
In their fan-fiction--Space X doesn't even exist.
CRS-9 mission launches tonight around 12:40am EST (just after midnight). They'll be landing the first stage on shore at the cape instead of using the barge. Should be some great footage. NASA TV will be airing this launch since it is going to ISS and it will also be webcast by SpaceX. You can find the webcast here.
Let's hope that the second IDA makes it.
SpaceX has had its haters in the past, especially the HLV/Let's do Apollo Again crowd. But there's one thing you can say about SpaceX that gets the crickets chirping every time:
They have become so successful at this that the FAILURE TO RECOVER PART OF THE ROCKET actually makes headlines.
This is becoming the new normal; this is the space age we've been waiting for. This is becoming a world where people like ULA and NASA and Roscosmos spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a single launch and the entire rocket disintegrates just getting the payload into orbit and people look at it and think "Well THAT's not very efficient..."
They have become so successful at this that the FAILURE TO RECOVER PART OF THE ROCKET actually makes headlines.
This is becoming the new normal; this is the space age we've been waiting for. This is becoming a world where people like ULA and NASA and Roscosmos spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a single launch and the entire rocket disintegrates just getting the payload into orbit and people look at it and think "Well THAT's not very efficient..."
I'm the HLV/ Apollo crowd--but I don't hate Space X.
I think both old and newspacers need to be supportive of each others work. Evolution doesn't just go down one path.
Some more news:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/07/spacex-will-land-three-first-stage.html
http://www.popsci.com/this-image-latest-spacex-launch-is-awe-inspiring
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?161974-Uh-We%92re-Going-To-Need-A-Bigger-Landing-Pad
I think both old and newspacers need to be supportive of each others work. Evolution doesn't just go down one path.
Some more news:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/07/spacex-will-land-three-first-stage.html
http://www.popsci.com/this-image-latest-spacex-launch-is-awe-inspiring
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?161974-Uh-We%92re-Going-To-Need-A-Bigger-Landing-Pad
Looks like this rocket was used for the latest test which shows the engines firing for 2.5 minutes.
Should have pointed it downward instead to increase Earth's orbital radius in order to counteract global warming. 
Why? To pull the Earth into an outward, less sunny orbit, all they had to do is burn the rocket downward during the night. Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps – I am hearing it works. 
