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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I just saw SpaceX's most recent rocket launch and it looked like they detached the boosters.

I think they exploded afterwards, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. But that's only because Elon musk doesn't mind throwing away money. He's got so much of it. The rockets were supposed to stabilize themselves and land to be reused. He's blown up more rockets than NASA so far. In much less time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh yeah, I was just curious what spaceX did cause it doesn't look like they accomplished anything we haven't done before.

Maybe if they successfully implement re-usable boosters, then they would have done something new.