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SpaceX Predicts 75-80% Chance of Landing Success: Updated

SpaceX Predicts 75-80% Chance of Landing Success: Updated

Update: Whether he is sandbagging, or really just wanted to clarify, SpaceX founder Elon Musk used Twitter to correct media reports (including this one) that cited the odds of successful first stage landing at 75-80%. \ Odds of rocket landing successfully today are still less than 50%. The 80% figure by end of year is […]

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SpaceX: Conditions Go for Launch, No for Landing

SpaceX: Conditions Go for Launch, No for Landing

From SpaceX: “SpaceX is still tracking towards a 6:03pm ET liftoff of DSCOVR, but unfortunately we will not be able to attempt to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9. The drone ship was designed to operate in all but the most extreme weather. We are experiencing just such weather in the Atlantic with […]

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