ScottWashburn  | 06 Feb 2018 9:24 a.m. PST |
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| zoneofcontrol | 06 Feb 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
Thanks, will go and check it out. |
| Cacique Caribe | 06 Feb 2018 11:18 a.m. PST |
Here's hoping for a successful test. Dan |
Shagnasty  | 06 Feb 2018 1:31 p.m. PST |
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 martinjpayne1964 | 06 Feb 2018 2:02 p.m. PST |
Well done SpaceX for a successful launch. 👍 |
 Parzival | 06 Feb 2018 2:24 p.m. PST |
… And they finally gave us a flying car, too!  |
| Bowman | 06 Feb 2018 2:55 p.m. PST |
Made it up after a few delays. link Musk said he thought it had a 50/50 chance of a successful launch. |
| PzGeneral | 06 Feb 2018 4:11 p.m. PST |
ALL RIGHT SPACE X!! Made me smile like the old Apollo days  |
| Micman | 06 Feb 2018 4:19 p.m. PST |
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| Forager | 06 Feb 2018 11:42 p.m. PST |
Awesome!! I loved seeing the boosters that landed! |
| Gunfreak | 07 Feb 2018 12:43 a.m. PST |
Well, now we know it works, who volunteer to be on the next launch? |
| Phil DAmato | 07 Feb 2018 1:07 p.m. PST |
Seeing the car in space reminds be of the scene in the movie Heavy Metal. I can hear the Riggs song Radar Rider. But of course no one can hear in space. Phil |
| Ed Mohrmann | 07 Feb 2018 11:05 p.m. PST |
I've heard nothing on the core landing – supposed to be
on the drone water platform (I hesitate to call it a
'drone ship). The two side boosters looked to be
perfectly landed and in tandem, at that. |
| Parzival | 08 Feb 2018 8:01 a.m. PST |
I read that "the core recovery was unsuccessful." Not sure what that precisely means, but I think we can say it didn't stick the landing.  EDIT: Excerpt from news article (and no, I had not read this before I posted):
Following the launch, SpaceX was able to recover the two side boosters, landing them safely at Cape Canaveral. However, the central core did not stick the landing on a floating drone ship 300 miles off the Florida coast. Musk said late Tuesday the booster hit the water at 300 mph because it could re-light only one of the three engines needed to land. |
