SpaceX launches 1st reused booster today.

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  1. HawaiianBrian

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    SpaceX launched/landed 1st reused booster today.

    Big day for SpaceX. First flight of a previously flown 1st stage booster.
    AND THEY NAILED IT!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsZSXav4wI8

    6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT) Thursday

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

    SES-10 5300 kg 11,700 lbs The satellite...

    https://www.ses.com/network/satellites/363

    Details...
    https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/29/spacex-ready-to-put-rocket-reuse-vision-to-the-test/

    http://media.vanityfair.com/photos/...ster/w_1920,c_limit/elon-musk-AI-04-17-01.jpg :thumbup:
     
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  3. The Laughing Ma

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    Lol

    Kinda the whole point of Space X really. Would be interesting to know how much it cost to QC and reset these multi use boosters between uses. If only to see what the true cost saving is.
     
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    There gonna use the same rocket the next day by 2020....Real smart folks...Rocket Scientist.
     

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    Watched this live a little while ago! Great achievement for SpaceX and space industry as a whole. Looking forward to more from them this year!
     
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    SpaceX is making it look easy, now up the difficulty and recover the second stage! :)
     
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    Space waste is an important problem to solve; not just for cost reasons, but because low earth orbit is full of debris from satellite launches and stuff from decades ago.
     
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    So true. I know SpaceX and some other companies are doing their part to help reduce space debris.
    SpaceX does not use explosive bolts to detach stages and such.
    Explosives= debris
    Its all mechanical stuff, hydraulics, cold gas actuator systems, electric latches etc.
    SpaceX "De-orbits" The second stage after payload release so that isn't orbiting for years or more.
    Many satellite makers deorbit their satellites at the end of their life also.
    Still lots of old stuff up there. Other countries still leaving lots of new crap in space every time they launch. Hell, the US still leaves some debris. But were working on it.

    http://www.aerospace.org/crosslinkm...ean-space-disposal-and-active-debris-removal/
     

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