From Bloomberg:
SpaceX Pulls Off First Reused Rocket Mission in Musk Triumph
Elon Musk’s SpaceX flew a rocket that had previously been in orbit to space and back again, a key milestone to reducing spaceflight costs and enabling people to one day live on other planets.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled aloft Thursday, deposited a customer’s satellite into orbit and stuck its landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, drawing raucous cheers from the crowd gathered at the company’s California headquarters. The moment was 15 years in the making for Musk, who founded SpaceX with the eventual goal of colonizing Mars.
“This going to be, ultimately, a huge revolution in spaceflight,” Musk, 45, said from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Very cool - all other rockets were disposed of after one use. This will bring the cost way down. More faster please!
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