Following their latest success of landing their Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster on land, SpaceX has announced that they will attempt another landing of their booster on a barge in the Pacific Ocean. There have been two previous attempts at such a landing in the past without any success. Recovery of their Falcon 9
Following their latest success of landing their Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster on land, SpaceX has announced that they will attempt another landing of their booster on a barge in the Pacific Ocean.
There have been two previous attempts at such a landing in the past without any success.
Recovery of their Falcon 9 rocket boosters are critical for SpaceX to be become profitable. SpaceX has more than 60 missions on its schedule, worth about $8 billion. Not being to able to recover their boosters would put their future in question.
From Reuter’s Irene Klotz
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