Falcon 9 First Stage successfully lands on drone ship

Here’s the video starting at T-30 of the launch sequence.

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Watched it live, pretty impressive!

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It almost looks fake it is so cool. Hard to believe it could remain upright on that barge…that was a lot of wind and swell. Of course, someone pointed out that the stage was essentially empty of fuel…and all the weight is the engines at the bottom, so it isn’t real top heavy I suppose. Impressive when you consider the scale of that thing though…

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A little information on the drone ships on Foxtrot Alpha

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Tilt shift is such an awesome way to mess with your brain…

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If they can land it on a barge floating in the ocean it should be a snap to land it on terra firma.

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The difference might be what happens if they miss the barge… There might be more to scavenge from the water compared to the tiny bits spread among rocks …