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Re:SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes on landing after delivering... by benjaminl on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:31PM (#10926331)
The Space Shuttle was a space craft, not a rocket. The SpaceX equivalent to the Space Shuttle is the Dragon spacecraft. Dragon V2 does land exclusively on the ground.
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Re:SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes on landing after delivering... by anarazel on Monday January 18, 2016 @04:15PM (#10927007)
In addition to all that (spacecraft, srbrs, atmosphere), a space shuttle launch literally cost more than a billion.
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