Bad Astronomy -
23 Jul 2014 19:00
The private company SpaceX has been making amazing strides in making it easier and cheaper to access space. Besides three missions to resupply the space station under its belt, it's also looking for ways to reuse the first stage booster of the Falcon 9 rocket. Engineers there have been testing hardware and software to do a soft vertical landing of the booster after it's used to loft a payload into orbit. Their last vertical take off and landing test earlier this year was a success, reaching a he...
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