SpaceX News

[Maui]

Anybody watch the webcast? You'd think you were watching the Super Bowl or something... The host is literally chocking up as he's talking.

[DeltaV]

Saw it live. Could have done without the mainstream media style commentators. Like to hear only the engineers. Oh well.

Congrats to SpaceX on a job well done!

[Skipjack]

I watched the live stream. My heart was pounding as I watched the launch and the landing. This was absolutely amazing!
Congrats to SpaceX!

[Maui]

Gotta say bravo to SpaceX for broadcasting the landing live. After the last launch they could have easily swung the other way on live coverage policy.

[hanelyp]

I'm watching the recording right now, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4 Nothing of interest before 9:22. Actual launch should be ~32 minutes in.

[Diogenes]

Awesome. This is real progress.

[Maui]

Aerial vid of the landing-- perfect!
http://youtu.be/ZCBE8ocOkAQ

[Giorgio]

Aerial vid of the landing-- perfect!
http://youtu.be/ZCBE8ocOkAQ

Nothing better than turning on your PC after a 13 hours flight and see such a video.
Congrats to SpaceX and all the engineers that made it possible. I was waiting for this since i was a kid.

[ladajo]

This is going to change a lot. Space just got a lot cheaper.
Next step, aecond stage recovery...
Bigelow + SpaceX = asteroid belt and Mars access in the next decade.

[paperburn1]

I have not seen such excitement since the heady days of Apollo in the late 60s and 70s

Gives a whole new generation the feeling we had first launched a man to orbit and then onto the moon. I don't think this has struck the general population yet of what an advance this is in space travel.

To infinity and beyond

[GPecchia]

Great achievement SpaceX.
I had the privilege of witnessing a historical event last night.
Indeed, access to space will get a lot cheaper.

[paperburn1]

Spacex will try landing on the barge again. If they try landing on the center I think it will succeed. If they try sliding on again I predict another failure.

[Maui]

Can't tell if serious?

In related news, they have successfully completed a static fire test of the 1st stage that landed.

[Maui]

...hmm... well, mostly successful I guess:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688173528017850368

[Skipjack]

...hmm... well, mostly successful I guess:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688173528017850368

Since he said data was good overall, I assume that the thrust fluctuations were within allowed parameters but I might be wrong.
On another note, SpaceX along with Orbital and Sierra Nevada has been awarded at least 6 CRS-2 missions. Congrats are in order for that,I presume.