History Made- SpaceX lands first stage of its Falcon 9 orbital rocket back on land!

[gambit]

Space shuttle is also reusable but the cost is even more than a dispensable soyzu capsule. I doubt this falcon rocket launch will be cheaper than Chinese or Russian space mission.

Reusable vehicles are the future of space exploration. Your China can remain in the technological Dark Age while we expand our knowledge on how to best get mankind off planet. The Space Shuttle was expensive, yes. But the knowledge that we gained on how to design a better performance and efficient reusable vehicle will be 10 times more than what your China will have. YOU cannot even begin to guess on the spin-offs from the American Space Shuttle program that are STILL on going today.

 

[Beast]

Reusable vehicles are the future of space exploration. Your China can remain in the technological Dark Age while we expand our knowledge on how to best get mankind off planet. The Space Shuttle was expensive, yes. But the knowledge that we gained on how to design a better performance and efficient reusable vehicle will be 10 times more than what your China will have. YOU cannot even begin to guess on the spin-offs from the American Space Shuttle program that are STILL on going today.

At least China technology is better than vietnamese one.

 

[indiatester]

Amazing achievement! Congrats to SpaceX team and Elon Musk!
I wanted to watch the launch, but missed it after they postponed it by a day.

 

[gambit]

At least China technology is better than vietnamese one.

You are correct. But we are talking about the US Space Shuttle.

 

[TopCat]

What is the NASA's big plan?? Are they going to completely move away from the concept of vertical launching?

 

[EAsian]

I'm not sure if this way is cheaper.One thing for sure is that the first stage will become more and more dangerous if you use it too many times.

 

[gambit]

I'm not sure if this way is cheaper.One thing for sure is that the first stage will become more and more dangerous if you use it too many times.

Really ? I take it you speak from extensive PERSONAL experience in rocketry and manned space exploration.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

 

[Audio]

Good job.

Though the investors' getting jittery seems to be validated with this attempt when the rocket landed on land instead of a barge. In any case, great achievement, though i doubt there will be any lasting commercial advantage over this as others are already pursuing reusable technologies for 1st stage return.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Space Station V

 

[anon45]

Good job.

Though the investors' getting jittery seems to be validated with this attempt when the rocket landed on land instead of a barge. In any case, great achievement, though i doubt there will be any lasting commercial advantage over this as others are already pursuing reusable technologies for 1st stage return.

Really? What is ULA pursuing? AFAIK they are the only real competitor, and they don't have plans for a reusable first stage. Not even the national space agencies of the rest of the world are working on first stage return.

Blue Origin is for edge of space tourism afaik, they will not go up to orbit, so their achievement is quite a bit less impressive when it comes to leaving earth.

 

[Audio]

Really? What is ULA pursuing? AFAIK they are the only real competitor, and they don't have plans for a reusable first stage. Not even the national space agencies of the rest of the world are working on first stage return.

Blue Origin is for edge of space tourism afak, they will not go up to orbit, so their achievement is quite a bit less impressive when it comes to leaving earth.

Airbus unveils ambitious Adeline reusable launch system concept

Adeline (rocket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[anon45]

Airbus unveils ambitious Adeline reusable launch system concept

thanks! didn't know about this. Glad to see others are working on first stage reusability, though from the looks of it spacex will at the very least have the tech to itself for years to come.

 

[Audio]

thanks! didn't know about this. Glad to see others are working on first stage reusability, though from the looks of it spacex will at the very least have the tech to itself for years to come.

I would say the development of this will be accelerated, though ya, SpaceX will be alone with this for at least a few years. The concept is planned for new Ariane anyway.

What remains to be seen is the actual reusability of SpaceX things that return. From the wiki link above:

it avoids the high stresses their booster engines experience during deceleration for a vertical landing and for a geostationary flight it would only require around 2,000kg of fuel to return safely to the ground against an estimated 35,000kg for SpaceX.

 

[anon45]

I would say the development of this will be accelerated, though ya, SpaceX will be alone with this for at least a few years. The concept is planned for new Ariane anyway.

What remains to be seen is the actual reusability of SpaceX things that return. From the wiki link above:

Yes, but spacex has the biggest advantage of all right now, a returned booster to dissect! This will help them further refine their capabilities.