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> The idea of landing a rocket from a private company was a joke. McDonnell Douglas was a private company when they demonstrated the VTOL DC-X launcher in the
by dingaling 9y ago
> The idea of landing a rocket from a private company was a joke.
McDonnell Douglas was a private company when they demonstrated the VTOL DC-X launcher in the 1990s. They just had DoD money to help.
DC-X didn't make it to orbit before the money ran out, sadly. The DC-Y was planned for that.