Sunday, May 13, 2018

Upgraded Falcon 9 block 5 launch and recovery

This new version of the Falcon 9 rocket has some upgrades that will allow at least ten re-uses of the first stage.  As can be seen here, the launch and recovery of the first stage has been successful.

It is getting to the point that these are expected to be successful.  It will now be news when it is not.

Think about that for a moment.  When it was first successful, it was news.  Now, it isn't because it is no longer a novelty.  Novelties makes the news.  Success isn't news until it isn't successful anymore.

What that says about the news, I leave for some other discussion.





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