SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone
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As part of his "rocket reusability" ethos, Elon Musk had hoped to use a giant net on a boat to catch the rocket’s protective covering. It turns out it’s hard to catch stuff falling from space.
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February 22, 2018 at 01:11PM