SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone

SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone

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A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Thursday.

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

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