History Making First Recovery for SpaceX - Orbcomm-2 Launch

[WarrenInCA]

Super cool!!!

 

[MikeC]

Did I miss the explanation of why they even tried to land on the barge in the water the previous times? Landing on land seems to make much more sense.

 

[AudubonB]

I feel as though I'm back in July of 1969. A massive congratulations to all. YAY!

 

[StephenM]

So freakin AWESOME!!!! Congratulations to everyone on the SpaceX team. Elon will have a very Merry Christmas now

 

[anticitizen13.7]

Wow congrats to the SpaceX team on a spectacular landing!!!!!!

 

[Lump]

 

[Bgarret]

Holy cow that was awesome. When they did the 2nd burn it looked like it was right over our heads in Port Canaveral. The booms when it stuck the landing were amazing. Incredible night....historic.

 

[dsm363]

I feel as though I'm back in July of 1969. A massive congratulations to all. YAY!

An amazing moment. Great to be able to experience something like this.

 

[tezzla]

Wow, that was so exciting!!! They really need to show this on TV and not just a webcast. Wow!

 

[FluxCap]

Holy cow, huge congrats to the SpaceX team. That was an historic achievement!!!

 

[Fast Laner]

Congrats on a huge step in spaceflight, SpaceX !

 

[clmason]

That was awesome!

 

[hockeythug]

I cried.

 

[TES-E]

Wow!!! Just wow!!!

 

[physicsfita]

Holy cow that was awesome. When they did the 2nd burn it looked like it was right over our heads in Port Canaveral. The booms when it stuck the landing were amazing. Incredible night....historic.

Yeah, the sonic booms coming right at touchdown was pretty wild -- made you wonder for a second. What a sight!

 

[Fuzzylogic]

Epic! I'm glad i woke up tot watch this one in a lifetime event.

 

[RubberToe]

Very few people realize how significant this is. This is a game changer. Congrats SpaceX!

Now it's just a matter of making it: 1) Routine, and 2) Cheap as hell. Once #2 come about, the world is going to be a fundamentally different place. Kind of like the Gigafactory...

RT

 

[Patrick W]

Congratulations Elon Musk / SpaceX

SpaceX Makes History: Successfully Launches, Lands Falcon 9 Rocket

Video replay (fast foreword to 41:30 for the landing):
ORBCOMM-2 Full Launch Webcast - YouTube


SpaceX Makes History: Successfully Launches, Lands Falcon 9 Rocket - NBC News

 

[doug]

Simply amazing.

 

[malcolm]

That. Was. Breathtaking.

Now they need to see how much of that stage is fit to be reflown and refly as much as possible as soon as possible.