Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter
by cma on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:56AM
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> Could Boeing built a self-landing reusable rocket? Almost certainly.
McDonnell Douglas is part of Boeing and (before they were part of Boeing) did the DC-X prototype.
One failure ended the program, but it was transfered from McDonnell to NASA at that point I think and funding was shifted towards the reusable VentureStar. But it did demonstrate reuse and went through a partial failure of a hydrogen explosion and recovery:
McDonnell Douglas is part of Boeing and (before they were part of Boeing) did the DC-X prototype.
One failure ended the program, but it was transfered from McDonnell to NASA at that point I think and funding was shifted towards the reusable VentureStar. But it did demonstrate reuse and went through a partial failure of a hydrogen explosion and recovery:
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_DC-...