On Twitter they report they have a 90% go chance for weather.
Weather 90% go for 5:40pm ET launch today. Droneship landing challenging -- very hot and fast first-stage reentry pic.twitter.com/IU66G2SntU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 26, 2016
Yesterday a succesful static fire test was conducted:
Static fire complete in advance of Thursday's launch https://t.co/3h4QqAsZDF
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 25, 2016
Watch the live Webcast to see if there is another spectacular first stage landing at
5:40 pm ET, 9:40 pm UTC.
I don't get what's the big deal with SpaceX self-landing rocket. Wasn't that the tech that they've used in the 60's to land that weird looking pod on the moon?
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8 times the gravity, and on a small fixed target with autonomous control. Even harder on a barge. Add to that the lack of development of reusable rockets, possibly due to lack of low-cost demand until recently.
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And the atmosphere. Which causes the actual problems during reentry.
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lol I said the same thing here a while back. :)
https://steemit.com/news/@anon/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-delivers-a-satellite-to-orbit-and-sticks-the-landing-on-sea
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