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Spacex's reused first stage launches successfully
- _archon_ 10y agoI hadn't seen any discussion or mention on HN. This is an important milestone in increasing the availability of space, both for commercial and human ventures, and possibly for extraglobal habitation in the future. I found the WaitButWhy series on Musk and his companies to be interesting and enlightening (as someone with no aerospace background): Part 1: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-man.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-m... The SpaceX post (part 3): http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-coloni... Additional SpaceX post: http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/09/spacexs-big-fking-rocket-the-full-story.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/09/spacexs-big-fking-rocket-the-f... Edit: line breaks for links.
- CarolineW 10y agoIt is a stunning achievement, absolutely amazing. Unsurprisingly it has, in fact, been discussed here on HN. Did you use the search box and do a search for "SpaceX" ?? Anyway, there's this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999521 (101 comments) And this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999378 (354 comments) These remaining ones don't have any discussion, and some are talking about landing the fairing, others are links to the live broadcast, but they are all related to this most recent launch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14042309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14042309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14012029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14012029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14010350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14010350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14004243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14004243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13999122