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Old 04-09-2016, 10:48 AM   #1
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They pulled it off, UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUAydjne5M


For the less than patient, Booster landing at sea process starts at about 26:00, it was so perfect it looked fake.


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Old 04-11-2016, 01:21 PM   #2
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Very cool indeed!
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Old 04-11-2016, 01:42 PM   #3
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Wow! It looked like a take-off video reversed.
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Old 04-11-2016, 02:16 PM   #4
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Reusable rockets! Private space ventures is cool as heck!
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Old 04-11-2016, 03:34 PM   #5
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Stuck the landing!

Tom Mueller, the propulsion designer for all of Space-X launch vehicles is an avid Porsche guy here in SoCal. While they were landing Falcon stage one he was racing his GT3 cup car with us at Fontana.

Bravo Tom!
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Awesome triumph. For perspective here's last April's close, but not quite landing:
https://youtu.be/4cvGGxTsQx0
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Old 04-27-2016, 12:53 PM   #7
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A neat side note.......While watching last week's F1 race they commented that the deployed legs on the SpaceX stage shown was developed by Dan Guerney!!!!!

Very Cool!!!!
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