Recycling rockets, Musk said, keeps the cost of a Falcon heavy launch at about $90m, compared with $435m for the launch of a Delta IV Heavy operated by the United Launch Alliance. The Falcon, Musk added, also possessed almost twice the payload capacity of the Delta. Crazy at it sounds, that’s how the rocket business works.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Spectators at Cocoa Beach near Cape Canaveral watch the rocket launch. An hour after the launch, SpaceX was unable to confirm that the booster had landed safely on a recovery barge in the Atlantic Ocean. “I hope SpaceX are successful and can design a spacecraft reliable enough that we can put human beings on it.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2018 20:53 UTC