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Stick the Pacific Landing

01/14/2017 2:41 PM

http://www.space.com/35340-spacex-nails-1st-stage-landing-again-in-return-to-flight-video.html
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01/14/2017 2:44 PM

Holy crap. That landing was dead nuts!!
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01/14/2017 4:16 PM

Wow indeed. I was surprised by how much it looked there was a burning tire doing the work instead of some fancier looking flames.

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01/14/2017 4:22 PM

Consider though that by this time the stage will be considerably lighter than it was at liftoff, sans upper stages and most of its fuel, and so the engine (only one was needed to land) doesn't have to work nearly as hard.
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01/14/2017 4:31 PM

Awesome!
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