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Elon Musk: Falcon 9 is ready to fire again

The private space technology company SpaceX has successfully landed a rocket back on land after a mission into orbit.

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So SpaceX is in possession reusable capability which can be adopted in their rockets to reduce launch costs and result in further reducing of launch costs for customers. The closest it had previously come was in January and April 2015, both attempts to land a 14-storey section of the rocket which ended in explosions when the rocket fell over on landing. He seemed not to be sure as far as sending this rocket into space was concerned. The company also brought back to the earth its rocket after launching 11 commercial satellites into space. Apart from SpaceX and Blue Origin, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is in the field.


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Elon Musk announced on Twitter results of inspection of recovered first stage of Falcon rocket.

On picture above You can see crane during positioning first stage after landing and about reusable technology You can read here. Although the Space Shuttle program was created to be re-usable, it required so many part replacements and repairs after each trip that it was not possible to truly benefit from any cost savings.

The first Falcon 9 launch of SpaceX, in June, was a disaster, given the fact that the rocket blew up only a few moments after its deployment. Once the rocket’s second stage engines ignited, the booster stage engines detached. The success of space entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX was more impressive.

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Though this particular history-making rocket appeared to be unscathed, Musk has said it’s unlikely to be used for another mission and will probably be put on display instead.

The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 shown in a time exposure at Cape Canaveral Fla. on Dec. 21