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Re:SpaceX just landed a rocket on a drone ship for the first... by samstave on Saturday April 09, 2016 @01:44PM (#11462322)
Is this the first rocket with legs?

Seems like every thing else in history has really been a missile. This thing can land, so seems like it's literally the first rocket. Do we have a definition of missile vs rocket?

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Re:SpaceX just landed a rocket on a drone ship for the first... by ygra on Saturday April 09, 2016 @01:57PM (#11462404)
A missile historically has been anything that was thrown or launched. Nowadays it usually means a self-propelled weapon.

A rocket is just something with a rocket engine. Note that missiles do not need to use rocket engines and rockets don't need to carry warheads.

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