Elon Musk: Falcon 9 is ready to fire again
At the moment, most rockets fall into the sea or burn up in the atmosphere after flight, making it impossible for them to return to their launchpad.
Falcon 9 is back in the hangar at Cape Canaveral, posting a photo in which the rocket appears to be in very good shape., He tweeted, “No damage found, ready to fire again”.
Elon Musk announced on Twitter results of inspection of recovered first stage of Falcon rocket.
The explosion of rockets upon landing was a common enough occurrence.
The endgame for both Blue Origin and SpaceX is to significantly reduce the costs of space travel.
This, combined with the fact that SpaceX will also be sending some astronauts to the ISS (International Space Station) in 2017 was (maybe) the reason that USSR had to use this technology.
On picture above You can see crane during positioning first stage after landing and about reusable technology You can read here.
The reusable rocket is expected to revolutionise the global space programme. However, this will likely be dwarfed by the wider significance of SpaceX’s achievement, which has brought us a step closer to cheap, reusable rockets.
While a Falcon 9 Rocket costs $16 million, its refueling requires a mere $200,000, according to The Verge.
This news was confirmed in the early hours of this morning by Space X CEO Elon Musk, along with an image of the slightly dirtier looking booster in a hanger somewhere. It was second successful landing of rocket stage in 2015, but first during regular commercial mission. SpaceX is aiming to revolutionise the rocket industry, which up until now has lost millions of dollars in discarded machinery and valuable rocket parts after each launch.