http://news.yahoo.com/spacex-attempt-rocket-landing-sea-082231864.html
I'm so excited for this. I can't wait to see the video and I really hope they pull it off.
A very interesting part of the article, and one I've seen on this story before
50 percent! THIS is why private enterprise will make the next leaps and bounds in this industry. NASA wouldn't do ANYTHING with a 50% chance of failure, not anymore. The government is magnitudes more risk averse than private enterprises, and space exploration involves a LOT of risk. In the 60s we weren't so risk averse, and as a result we put a man on the moon in a breathtakingly short time.
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Space Exploration Technologies will attempt to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a sea platform following launch on Friday, company officials said, a vital step to prove its precision landing capabilities needed before it can gain a ground landing license.
I'm so excited for this. I can't wait to see the video and I really hope they pull it off.
A very interesting part of the article, and one I've seen on this story before
quote:
SpaceX put the odds of success at about 50 percent. "Though the probability of success ... is low, we expect to gather critical data to support future landing testing," it said.
50 percent! THIS is why private enterprise will make the next leaps and bounds in this industry. NASA wouldn't do ANYTHING with a 50% chance of failure, not anymore. The government is magnitudes more risk averse than private enterprises, and space exploration involves a LOT of risk. In the 60s we weren't so risk averse, and as a result we put a man on the moon in a breathtakingly short time.