Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets Reusable

Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets ... by gregpilling on Saturday March 09, 2013 @10:35PM (#5350593)

That was pretty cool. Why was I the 314th person to watch it. Surely there must be more interest in rockets like the Sci-fi books always described? In most books, the rockets came down like the Grasshopper.

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets ... by vegardx on Saturday March 09, 2013 @11:34PM (#5350711)

There's a good reason for it, and usually is a sign that the video is immensely popular. You can find out why on Youtube it self: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets ... by InclinedPlane on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:53AM (#5351209)

In short, there are two algorithms for counting views on youtube videos. There is a simplistic algorithm which calculates views up to 300, then there is a more complex algorithm which kicks in that is more thorough. This has the consequence of temporarily freezing the view count for very popular videos at 300 + how ever many different worldwide regions (google-wise) got in that last view effectively simultaneously.

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets ... by jonmrodriguez on Saturday March 09, 2013 @11:16PM (#5350677)

Don't worry, this video of the same test has 3.2 million views :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PEXLODw9c

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Testing Technology To Make Rockets ... by dontstealmyname on Saturday March 09, 2013 @10:47PM (#5350615)

I was also the 314th person to watch it so google must be freezing the view count.

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