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Re:SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes on landing after delivering... by mikeash on Monday January 18, 2016 @03:15PM (#10926608)
OK, that's one orbital rocket that's recovered on land. You said "everybody else" which implies at least several, so what other examples are there? (Hint: none.)
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Re:SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes on landing after delivering... by Grue3 on Monday January 18, 2016 @04:06PM (#10926936)
Buran. It only flew once, but it did work!

Apollo Lunar Module, if Moon counts.

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Re:SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes on landing after delivering... by mikeash on Monday January 18, 2016 @04:11PM (#10926974)
Buran, fair.

Lunar module doesn't count, the reduced gravity makes everything a hundred times simpler.

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