From Wikipedia: The project's long-term objectives include returning a launch vehicle first stage to the launch site in minutes and to return a

From Wikipedia: The project's long-term objectives include returning a launch vehicle first stage to the launch site in minutes and to return a second stage to the launch pad following orbital realignment with the launch site and atmospheric reentry in up to 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_... However, from other sources: SpaceX would love to recover the second stage, which they had planned. But it sounds like they have given up on that. http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/7814/what-happens-to-the-falcon-9-second-stage-after-payload-separation http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/7814/what-happens-t... What they are referring to there is a transcript I have been unable to access. It's here: http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-at-mits-aeroastro-centennial-part-1-of-6-2014-10-24 http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-at-mits-aeroast... More discussion about it all here: https://www.quora.com/Could-SpaceX-feasibly-recover-the-second-stage-of-a-rocket-in-addition-to-the-first-stage https://www.quora.com/Could-SpaceX-feasibly-recover-the-seco... https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/1zg7zm/how_soon_can_we_hope_for_2nd_stage_reuse/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/1zg7zm/how_soon_can... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=space-X+recovering+second+stage https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=space-X+recovering+second+...