Video: Falcon 9 First Stage Landing | From Helicopter

[doug]

Falcon 9 First Stage Landing | From Helicopter - YouTube

 

[Phil K]

Cool!!

 

[malcolm]

GoPro footage from the Falcon would be good too

 

[Discoducky]

Droooool, best video yet!

 

[Doug_G]

Wow, talk about a bullseye! X marks the spot!

 

[Grendal]

Smooth as silk. They made it look like they've been doing this for years.

 

[OlderThanDirt]

Even looks like the landing struts are about lined up on the X!!!!!!

Look out Mars........Here we come!!!

 

[Doug_G]

Something tells me that's from a drone, not a helicopter.

 

[RDoc]

Most excellent!

 

[ecarfan]

It is mind boggling how accurate that landing was. I keep watching it over and over again.

99.99% of humanity likely has no idea what SpaceX accomplished yesterday. But it is hugely significant and will have a profound impact on the future of humanity.

 

[Robert.Boston]

It is mind boggling how accurate that landing was. I keep watching it over and over again.

99.99% of humanity likely has no idea what SpaceX accomplished yesterday. But it is hugely significant and will have a profound impact on the future of humanity.

Well put. SpaceX accomplished what no country's space agency has even attempted. Their accomplishment is a major step towards opening space travel. I'm sure that people viewing video of this event 100 years from now will see the technology as primitive -- but I'm equally sure that they will be watching this video.