F9R was a dedicated test vehicle for vertical takeoff vertical landing and had many successes under its belt. It was pushed to extreme today to test capabilities flying quite the mission!
Thanks for the link! Lots to be learned in the name of advancing spaceflight!
Brent, KB1LQD
On Friday, August 22, 2014, B J va6bmj@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry about the earlier empty post. I was a bit fumble-fingered when I started writing .
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/08/22/spacex-bad-day-mcgregor/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/08/22/spacex-statement-mcgregor-rocket-expl...
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/08/22/video-spacex-rocket-explosion-mcgrego...
This reminds everyone that spaceflight is hard.
73s
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