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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by tachyonbeam on Sunday June 11, 2017 @07:54PM (#14534455)
Yet nobody else had landed and reused the first stage of a rocket. They are doing truly novel things.
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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by Teever on Sunday June 11, 2017 @08:40PM (#14534591)
Didn't NASA do that in 1996?
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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by NoGravitas on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:38AM (#14537689)
If I understand correctly, the Space Shuttle's SRBs were recovered, refurbished, and reused starting in 1982?
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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by ams6110 on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:35PM (#14539744)
Yes, though they didn't make controlled landings, they used parachutes.
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