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[securitybreach]

SpaceX just re-used a rocket for the first time in history. Huge step for mankind!!




https://twitter.com/...578231808991232

Video: http://www.spacex.com/webcast

[securitybreach]

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After more than two years of landing its rockets after launch, SpaceX finally sent one of its used Falcon 9s back into space. The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this evening, sending a communications satellite into orbit, and then landed on one of SpaceX's drone ships floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was round two for this particular rocket, which already launched and landed during a mission in April of last year. But the Falcon 9's relaunch marks the first time an orbital rocket has launched to space for a second time. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appeared on the company's live stream shortly after the landing and spoke about the accomplishment. "It means you can fly and refly an orbital class booster, which is the most expensive part of the rocket. This is going to be, ultimately, a huge revolution in spaceflight," he said. "It's been 15 years to get to this point, it's taken us a long time," Musk said. "A lot of difficult steps along the way, but I'm just incredibly proud of the SpaceX for being able to achieve this incredible milestone in the history of space."

https://science.slas...f-a-used-rocket

[abarbarian]

Would love a trip to space. Shame I am getting too old and definitely too poor to afford the trip Guess I'll have to save up for a VR set up then.