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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by marvin on Saturday July 06, 2013 @04:41PM (#6000011)
Expanding on your post, the previous Falcon 9 launch had an unplanned engine shutdown in the first stage.
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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by mikeash on Saturday July 06, 2013 @05:04PM (#6000067)
Yep, and the first three Falcon 1 launches all had major failures, with the first one ending in a pretty big kaboom.
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