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Offline NJAntman

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Third times the charm... Falcon has landed
« on: December 21, 2015, 09:28:17 pm »
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Re: Third times the charm... Falcon has landed
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2015, 06:54:45 am »
Now is it really cost effective and safe to reuse it?  Can the capsule be reused as well?
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Re: Third times the charm... Falcon has landed
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2015, 09:42:03 am »
Quote from: Nemesis on December 22, 2015, 06:54:45 am
Now is it really cost effective and safe to reuse it?  Can the capsule be reused as well?

Hard to say but it is a big leap forward.
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Re: Third times the charm... Falcon has landed
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2015, 10:43:48 am »
The return trajectory seems to me like it'd be more fuel inefficient (wouldn't they want to pick some island in the Atlantic?), but I surmise that this would make turnaround a lot faster (i.e. landing within a few miles of the launch point).  I guess that 120 miles up isn't that far though when you think about it (also, which island chain would be 300 or so miles off the Florida coast, along the launch trajectory?)

The Ars article described the launch to land timeline pretty well:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/by-making-a-historic-landing-spacex-launches-new-age-of-spaceflight/

Nice to know that the space program is catching up with 1950's science fiction finally!
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/1950s_pop_culture.htm

Found this 'Enterprise' model (as seen in the TMP Enterprise gallery) on the same site - definitely browse the other models on this site, lost of nostalgia there!
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/Declaration-ClassEnterprisePopCulturePage.htm

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Re: Third times the charm... Falcon has landed
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2016, 12:42:49 pm »
They are working on a launch site on the gulf near TX Mex border. Could launch there and recover in FL?
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