Yesterday at MIT's AeroAstro Centennial Symposium, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company will make a first attempt to land the booster stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform during the upcoming ISS resupply mission. If the attempt is successful, the company plans to refurbish and reuse the booster stage, making spaceflight history and paving the way for a significant reduction in the cost of access to space... Continue Reading SpaceX's next booster stage will attempt to propulsively land on a floating platform
Section: Space
Tags: Elon Musk, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Rocket, Spacecraft, SpaceX
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from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://www.gizmag.com/spacex-falcon9-booster-landing/34437/
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