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A comment on Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry. Parent comment

Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by Danjoe4 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:15AM (#40520302)
Pretty sure their chief innovation is the rocket doing a backflip and landing back on the ground.
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Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by throwaway238492 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:23AM (#40520345)
Wasn't that the DC-X? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X
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Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by forgot-im-old on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:25PM (#40528211)
Yes DC-X was the first reusable rocket booster, it was cancelled about 5 years before SpaceX carried the torch.
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