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SPACEX DOES IT!! SAFE LANDING ON THE BARGE
SpaceX ^ | 4/8/16

Posted on 04/08/2016 1:55:46 PM PDT by hoagy62

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; falcon9; nasa; spacex
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Yes! Fimnally, the gang at SpaceX land the Falcon9 first stage on the barge "Of Course I still Love You".
1 posted on 04/08/2016 1:55:46 PM PDT by hoagy62
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To: hoagy62

First time after how many failures?


2 posted on 04/08/2016 1:58:03 PM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: hoagy62

I just watched it. It is very “Buck Rogers.”


3 posted on 04/08/2016 1:58:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: iowamark

They weren’t ‘failures’.
They just found how not to do it several times................


4 posted on 04/08/2016 2:00:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: Vermont Lt

Seems like an unmanned shuttle-type drone would be easier to do...............


5 posted on 04/08/2016 2:01:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: Red Badger

Just like Tom Edison and the lightbulb.


6 posted on 04/08/2016 2:01:54 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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FINALLY! Good news.


7 posted on 04/08/2016 2:02:04 PM PDT by House Atreides (TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
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To: iowamark

this is the 5th time


8 posted on 04/08/2016 2:02:42 PM PDT by 4rcane
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It is about the fifth try. This is the first successful landing on the barge, but there has been one prior successful landing back in Florida.


9 posted on 04/08/2016 2:02:47 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Vermont Lt

Where? I cannot find the landing on the barge? Link?


10 posted on 04/08/2016 2:02:50 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: hoagy62

if at first you don’t succeed, ......throw more money at it..............


11 posted on 04/08/2016 2:04:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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12 posted on 04/08/2016 2:05:10 PM PDT by 4rcane
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Well, technically they landed on the barge last time.......till it fell over...............


13 posted on 04/08/2016 2:05:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: iowamark
Practice makes perfect.
14 posted on 04/08/2016 2:06:05 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Red Badger

yea, but the leg broke, so it tipped over. Maybe they made the legs stronger this time


15 posted on 04/08/2016 2:06:18 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: hoagy62
Well done!
16 posted on 04/08/2016 2:06:30 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Vermont Lt

Wilma Deering


17 posted on 04/08/2016 2:07:33 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: 4rcane

and in a bit of a choppy sea


18 posted on 04/08/2016 2:08:13 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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I don't understand what was was so hard about landing it. It's not like it is Rocket Sci......

oh nevermind.

;)
19 posted on 04/08/2016 2:08:19 PM PDT by Kegger
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To: Jeff Head

I saw it on TV. No link.


20 posted on 04/08/2016 2:08:50 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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