+BestAtNothing you have no idea. Rocketry has no future, it's primitive. But under the surface is the cover up of UFO reality. And spare me your provincial posturing. It's real.
I'm not only amazed by the fact that they landed it, but how they did it. It was so on point. No engine gimbaling all over the place to keep it straight like the Blue Origin booster. Just came down, landing legs deployed, X marks the spot, like they had already done it a thousand times! Absolutely stunning.
+Philip Schulz Thing is, unless they've made an alteration that I'm not aware of, the Falcon 9 first stage is *incapable* of hovering. The Merlin engines can only throttle down to ~70% or so, which even on one engine is more than what is required to hover. So the burn needs to be perfectly timed such that the vehicle touches down at the exact moment its engine decelerate it to zero velocity. Too early, and the vehicle will arrest its descent and start to climb...too late, and boom. The technique they're using really requires damn near perfect data and control in order to be successful. And they did it.
Когда в новостях услышал о удачной посадке первой ступени, я думал, что сажали при помощи парашютов, но такой посадки даже не ожидал. Молодцы ребята, супер!
First time a first stage rocket went into space, delivered a payload of 10 satelites into orbit, and then delivered itself back to Earth. Space Shuttle was a re-entry vehicle that relied on (and ditched) first and second stage rockets to get into orbit. Blue Origin hopped up into space (not orbit) and landed, same as the DC-X was capable of in 1995. For more on the differences, use Google. This was amazingly historic. Every nerd I know is celebrating like it's New Year's Eve.
Holy shit, I'm speechless! What a GREAT way to end the year. Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX, what an achievement! I can't wait for Falcon Heavy!
+bhawkfan95 - Hopefully once a month or more throughout 2016! Even better when Falcon Heavy starts flying... Two of these landings at once, then a third a few minutes later!
bhawkfan95 Re-use of the second stage is _possible_ with the Falcon Heavy, but maybe not likely. Elon Musk said that re-using stage two compromises payload capacity just too much. They may still attempt it, but probably not.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG So they could demonstrate to the FAA that they could hit a target, before could get a permit to lob a 140-foot tall aluminum can at government property.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG Actual answer is that a barge landing requires less fuel even though it's harder to pull off. Reversing course to go back toward the launch pad takes a lot of fuel and reduces the payload range for whatever the primary mission is.
+Jonah Beale still doesnt include funding for a proper asteroid redirect mission. the funding they got only allows them to move a car sized boulder from an asteroid. Would have been much cooler to put it in orbit around the moon. But hay, what do the republicans care? God protects them and the earth from any possible collisions. nevermind how close we have been before. (between the earth and the moon)
+Jessie Janson Redirect? What we'll do is send a SpaceX rocket there, to mine the asteroid. And then the only thing that will hit the earth is a gentle* rain of Tesla Model 3 cars.
Williambcd Yes, lol. From my understanding they will be picking it up off the surface like a claw machine and pulling it away. whether they test the gravity bit im not sure. it would make sense for them to do it given the cost and the fact they plan to grab it. i would just prefer to have a larger craft ready and having tested this on something much larger rather then pushing this 10-15 years down the road. My fear is the unknown, something can go wrong or it may split the asteroid etc. its something we can know until we test it on a few of them and unlike the movies we wont have time to build such a craft. we may get a few days notice in some cases. Google "if the moon were only a pixel". on the map earth is about 148KM in. if you scroll to it, you will get a good grasp on how far that is and how close the an asteroid would have to be to go between the earth and moon and its then that you can realise just how close something would have to be to hitting us. anywhere near us is really too close for comfort.
+Williambcd SpaceX will lag behind innovations of NASA since they are for profit & their budget doesn't come close to NASA. SpaceX's feet of landing a rocket is amazing but all private space companies need NASA. NASA has to push the boundary of space technology because they can take the hit if it flops. Hopefully, NASA's budget will continue to increase.
I'm an engineer with Lockheed Martin here in Orlando and I just showed this video to my Dad who is a retired E.E. who worked at the Cape for GE doing radar guidance back in the space race days...they used this launch pad (then known as Launch complex 13) many times back in his day....I believe the redstone was launched from 13....I tip my hat to Space X, they are performing nominally.
Finally. Inseatd of constantly throwing away rockets. Even if its too risky to reuse due to potential damage - it can be recycled to lower costs of a new one.
BunnyCentauri He's referring to a static fire test, part of that analysis. The Wikipedia article for the landing has a reference to an article paraphrasing Elon with "The history-making Falcon 9 first stage will never fly again."
+BunnyCentauri They are in fact going to do that. The truth though is that the rocket will probably need a few modifications to really be reusable, so reflying this one might be too risky. The static fire will show if it could be reflown without severe modifications.
I'm seeing people making jokes about Russians being responsible for the dislikes on this video, but I'm also seeing some Russians (and fellow humans) happy to see a step forward in space-flight. This is a big day for SpaceX, but it is also a big day for the US, and for humans in general. Personally, I don't care who's 'Made in X' sticker is on the side, as long as it gets us off this rock!
I've seen a few comments asking about the significance of the video, so I decided to quickly make a general response. SpaceX is a privately owned company that is trying to change the way we look at rockets. (Since the Government is not helping fund them, they've received lots of financial support from Google to help build the future.) Founded by the billionaire Elon Musk who also co-founded PayPal and Tesla Motors. SpaceX is setting itself apart from its competition by experimenting with reusable rockets that have the potential to make space travel much more affordable and practical then it currently it is. This video shows one of the first ever successful landings, and does it almost flawlessly. (This was a brief overview from what I knew of the top of my head, feel free to add or correct something.)
***** Yeah. SpaceX developed Falcon 1 privately, but NASA gave them a ton of money under COTS for development of Falcon 9 and Dragon, then continued with CRS contract (they'll likely win CRS-2 as well), got CCDEV, and now has 2 secured missions under ComCrew. Lots of government support got them where they are. I think they could have done it on their own with a lot more time, but the role of NASA is huge for them.
***** Except for this one, since SpaceX privately financed the entire reusable launch system development program. NASA only funded the F9v1.0 vehicle and Dragon.
I wonder if these private financiers are the very same banks who keep getting their books from falling deeper into the red by having access to the cheap money the Federal Reserve has been printing at almost zero percent interest.
+Frank Sang I think they meant a better space age. The first space age, we sent a few people to space, went to the moon, built a space station and stopped. This could be the mark of space travel becoming much more of a thing, if they can make it so they could refill a rocket that just landed and take back off, the cost will be actually cheap enough for more people to go to space.
+Mitchell Phillips no where near as much as before? More. Look it up we are sending up more satellites that ever and more scientific ventures than in the Apollo era. More than before. Launching rockets has become so commonplace you don't even hear about it on the news which is why, is suppose, you think that we aren't working in space.
I had the enormous privilege of watching this live from the Lori Wilson Park Beach in Cocoa Beach, FL. It was also the very first time I've watched a live rocket launch and it was such a treat to see the 1st stage rocket come back to land. I thought it had been done before so I was even happier to discover that I had just witnessed the very first non-test event! Totally amazing!
I'm loving watching this thing land. I think a lot of people don't fully appreciate the significance of this achievement. These events are the types of things that alter things fundamentally and monumentally forever. So exciting to be able to witness it.
This is what Real America is about. Science, Technology, education and striving for new ways to make life great. Not wars and ffing up peace. Thanks Elon. you are great.
Somewhere inside I have strange feeling, which signals me that's beginning something new. Congrats to everyone who cooperated on this project. amazing story which still continue.
One big applause from The Netherlands. I was waiting for this moment since the grasshopper-tests. And now finally the moment is there. "Way to go" Space-X. Now second-stage landings and of course the big Falcon-Heavy's first launch and landing. Hope that will happen soon.
I feel privileged to have been alive for Sputnik, the moon landing, ISS, now SpaceX accomplishments. Oh, and the advancement from paper tape and punch cards to the internet. What's next world.
Question: does this represent a greater or lesser technological advance than landing men on the moon? I'll take greater because it opens up more potential and because it was for purely peaceful purposes, as opposed to the cold war purposes of the moon landings. But I'm open to counterarguments.
+Dave Power #6 It's hard to compare I think. It's far more complex in a lot of ways, relying on state of the art engine control and AI flight systems, but less of a daring leap than some of the moon landing advancements (which basically took us from nothing to the moon in a decade).
Electro phobia Certainly this sort of thing couldn't have been done in the 60s for lack of computer control. But I'm arguing that it's a more important tech leap and that it'll have greater effects.
Ean Moody The moon landings were more daring, I'll give you that. Astronauts faced great risk of death and didn't blink. But for advancing tech and humanity's ability to explore... I give the edge to SpaceX.
+Dave Power #6 The moon landings were a stunning human scientific and engineering achievement. The Apollo program elevated mankind from an early atomic to a spacefaring civilization in merely a decade, a remarkably short period of time. I'd imagine without the dick-measuring contests with the Soviets, we'd only consider landing on other terrestrial bodies late into the information age, or even beyond that. So yeah, the moon landings were immense achievements for that technological period. This is also an immense achievement, but for different reasons. NASA had an almost unlimited budget to get things done. SpaceX accomplished this using far less. If I were to use a historical analogy, it would be this: the Apollo program and space shuttles were like early computer mainframes. The ones that occupied entire floors of buildings. The Falcon 9 is the Apple I, and represents the first step towards opening up space for everyone.
+99CCFF 756e6b6e6f776e65786961 647072746c646b Thank Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania for Elon Musk's knowledge. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is an American aerospace manufacturer you can thank them too. Of course Elon Musk himself =)
+Fadex Wow you are one dumb fuck. Don't even try to pretend SpaceX would be the company it is today if it had been founded in any other country. Elon himself chose America to immigrate to, even going so far as to get Canadian citizenship to make the process easier (he immigrated from South Africa during the Apartheid era, and felt American officials would be more apt to grant citizenship if he applied as a "Canadian" than a South African). Musk could have gone to England, he could have gone to Australia, he could have remained in Canada (he already had Canadian citizenship, after all). Care to offer up an explanation why he still chose the US? Try not to hurt yourself. I'll help you out: He chose America for a very specific reason. Because only in America do you have the greatest chance of achieving your full potential, and Musk still acknowledges this today. Cry some more, you jealous faggot. Elon Musk is living proof that the American dream continues to thrive, which is why assholes like you try to downplay that aspect of it. :D
I am sick to see "Elon Musk did this" comments. I mean yes, he is the origin of the company and certainly have stunning management & scientist skills but we shouldn't forget that he is not alone and this video is the result of thousands of passionated people working together. Elon is like the spark that set alight all these people.
Incredible achievement on par with Wright brother's first flight. Congratulations to all the scientists and engineers who silently push humanity one step forward. Also sad that such historical moment has garnered so little attention compared to something like pewdiepie's latest spaz-out or Taylor Swift's new album.
The fact that I have no idea what those two other things are, but I came back to find this video, should tell you about the lasting impact of those things. This moment is going to be remembered a century from now.
Elon Musk is forcing innovation. I'm looking forward to seeing what Space X, Solar City, & Tesla accomplish in the next 10-20 years. Competition will follow thereafter and we'll all benefit.
I only saw this on action movies and games before. I never thought about this came true. congrats to every body at spacex. it's just incredible! AWESOME
Just like kids watching the Apollo and Soyuz launches in the 60s were inspired to work in aviation and rocketry, kids today will watch these SpaceX vids and dream about going to other planets and beyond.
+Tommy Ortiz Yes it is. Until now we've thrown away most of a rocket with every launch. The Space Shuttle was very expensive to refurbish: this is a rocket that you can (hopefully) just refuel and fly again.
People why do you connect such a great technical breakthough as something related to either the USA or Elon Musk. Its neither the 322 milion inhabitants, or better not all of them. nor Elon Musk who managed to achive that. Its a group of really hard and determined workng engineers and scientists who archived it. Relating this to a single country or person is just stupid. All of the basic knowlage to make this posible was discovered by people all over the world and like I said the most work is done by just a group of some good scientists and engineers. I really think what they did was amazing and I have to admire that Elon Musk has balls of steel. Investing a huge amount of money to test if this is possible with everyone saying it is not really takes someone special. This landing was definitivly a breakthough and so gratulations to all of the people who made this possible. I really hope that everything went as smooth at it looked like and waiting for you final report. Hopefully the rocket wasnt weakend to much and really can be reused.
+nukularpictures Where did Elon receive his education? Where did Elon decide it was a good place to found his company? Where else do you honestly believe this could have been possible in such a quick and perfect manner? Where do you think the company was founded? Where do you think the vast majority of engineers and scientists are from? Which country is the majority of the money and knowledge for this project coming from? Where do you think the future of space exploration is if not the USA? Seriously, you can try to leech off of USA writing history once again, but it's futile. This was USA's moment, deal with it. Oh also, I'm not even from the USA.
+Algo1987oo я имею ввиду обычные запуски, при которых разгонный блок сгорает в атмосфере. По сравнению с таким полётом, схема спейс-икс даёт огромную экономию.
+David Stevens I have to say, that's interesting. Every liberal I know is excited about this and finds SpaceX really really cool and a great model of private company efficiency. I think NASA will do better at space science (companies will have no reason to go out and do research). But for the launch vehicle, NASA needs to get out of that whole area. And SLS is a complete waste of money, despite Congressional support for it.
+David Stevens Liberals are ecstatic that Republican Senator Richard Shelby is shitting his pants that his baby United Launch Alliance couldn't do what SpaceX did with their Russian engined overpriced rockets.
+Tomi Fowler If it was reversed, the dirt and dust being blown away by the thrust would be going inwards towards the rocket, not outwards as it is coming down :)
Amazing! This is an incredibly hard thing to accomplish. Funny how Bezos/Amazon tweeted 'welcome to the club'...Yeah right. What SpaceX accomplished is in a different league. Plus, just look at the Bezos landing. I'd never want to fly in that thing. It was all over the map. The SpaceX landing was stable and perfect. Truly remarkable. Congrats!
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What a time to be alive
+BestAtNothing between this and the hot pants, it surely is.
+BestAtNothing Here's the Future
+BestAtNothing you have no idea. Rocketry has no future, it's primitive. But under the surface is the cover up of UFO reality. And spare me your provincial posturing. It's real.
nobody entertain this ufo douche. this is an epic moment of scientific achievement, troll with your nonsense elsewhere
+mikeissweet congrats on entertaining him.
Finaly someone is investing in the future, thank you great Elon.
+NoxuzBlog | Abraham Rodríguez blue origin's did this a month ago..
+Ssheets321 And Spacex did this 6 times 2 years ago if you want to talk about sub orbital flights.
+Ssheets321 Trololo
+Ssheets321 it was sub orbital though
+Sarvesh Fotedar what do you think the first stage of a falcon 9 rocket is......sub orbital. Lol
I'm not only amazed by the fact that they landed it, but how they did it. It was so on point. No engine gimbaling all over the place to keep it straight like the Blue Origin booster. Just came down, landing legs deployed, X marks the spot, like they had already done it a thousand times! Absolutely stunning.
+Philip Schulz Very classy landing, just the way Spacex and Elon is.
+Philip Schulz Thing is, unless they've made an alteration that I'm not aware of, the Falcon 9 first stage is *incapable* of hovering. The Merlin engines can only throttle down to ~70% or so, which even on one engine is more than what is required to hover. So the burn needs to be perfectly timed such that the vehicle touches down at the exact moment its engine decelerate it to zero velocity. Too early, and the vehicle will arrest its descent and start to climb...too late, and boom. The technique they're using really requires damn near perfect data and control in order to be successful. And they did it.
+Philip Schulz As EnDSchultz1 said, the F9 first stage can't actually hover, the engine is too powerful. So they have to nail it or they'll fail it.
+EnDSchultz1 Once it's been done, it can be rinsed and repeated many times. Incredible how far we've come.
+masterofmusic as a species*
I'm 73, seen some amazing space shots in my lifetime...this, by far, was the most amazing yet. Congrats Space X.
Elon Musk and his team just did a giant step for humanity. Congrats guys. Next time I see you champagne is on me.
Humans amaze me everyday. (Yes I'm an alien).
+Mathieu Riesling when are you going to visit us
YOUR STRANDED! LOL! I bet you hit the only tree for miles huh! Don't worry, were fast learners, we'll get you home yet!
zuluknob Let them know we are among them.
Lol
I know, right. We invented nuclear weapons before figuring out FTL travel. Who does that!?
I watched it live it was incredible congrats to everyone at space x
+Alex Forman I started clapping and tears were filling. After all the shit they got from media, they shit on them this hard.
i know my teammate on my robotics team makes stupid jokes about how they are secretley making bombs on purpose
+Alex Forman I set my alarm for 2am to catch it. Feeling like shit at work has never felt that great.
+TheGamingg33k, what shit did they get from the media?
You're such a hipster bro! So nice of you to let us all know you watched it live.
oh. my. god. That is a beautiful sight. That's a pencil in a shoebox right there, people.
+NLLights For reference, the size of an adult lion.
+Steven Burgess I thought it was like one of those fridges, but more complicated.
+you238 At least one company I know of made fridges out of leftover rocket parts in USSR. So you are not that far off)
+NLLights The first two replies watched the livestream. The rest didn't.
+NLLights
It was coming in so fast! Had me worried for a second!!!!!!!!!!
Когда в новостях услышал о удачной посадке первой ступени, я думал, что сажали при помощи парашютов, но такой посадки даже не ожидал. Молодцы ребята, супер!
Bah, I did that in Kerbal Space Program already, old news if you ask me! Where's my Nobel Peace Price?!
+reeelife me too! But I used infinite fuel cheat XD
+reeelife Yeah, I'll be impressed when they travel to Duna.
Hyperedit lel
lol OP comment wins KSP ftw
Hey has anyone seen jebidiah.......oh $h!t i think i left him at duna
First time a first stage rocket went into space, delivered a payload of 10 satelites into orbit, and then delivered itself back to Earth. Space Shuttle was a re-entry vehicle that relied on (and ditched) first and second stage rockets to get into orbit. Blue Origin hopped up into space (not orbit) and landed, same as the DC-X was capable of in 1995. For more on the differences, use Google.
This was amazingly historic. Every nerd I know is celebrating like it's New Year's Eve.
+HairyNevus
11 satellites, plus one mock payload from spacex.
Holy shit, I'm speechless! What a GREAT way to end the year. Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX, what an achievement! I can't wait for Falcon Heavy!
Hell yeah, SpaceX! Looking forward to this being a regular occurrence!
+bhawkfan95 - Hopefully once a month or more throughout 2016! Even better when Falcon Heavy starts flying... Two of these landings at once, then a third a few minutes later!
+SuperSMT I'm gonna take the day off for that. And if there is a scrub, I'll take another day off.
+SuperSMT Seeing more than one of these landing seconds apart would be crazy. Plus the upper stage if they ever get that nailed down...
+John Hogan it'd be totally worth it
bhawkfan95 Re-use of the second stage is _possible_ with the Falcon Heavy, but maybe not likely. Elon Musk said that re-using stage two compromises payload capacity just too much. They may still attempt it, but probably not.
I live near here and when the rocket landed it sounded like a nuke !!
+KMOffical Sonic boom, probably! Cool to hear.
a sonic boom from slowing down? Thats a first
+NatureHacker I think it was from the entry
+KMOffical Heard many nuclear explosions, have you?
+ReverendKyle78 lol zero
SONG?
Darude - Sandstorm
+TAOFLEDERMAUS Its called Let the Bodies hit the Floor
it's called " "
+TAOFLEDERMAUS Excerpt from John Cage's 4'33"
makes you wonder why the fuck they tried to land it on a barge in the first place...
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG So they could demonstrate to the FAA that they could hit a target, before could get a permit to lob a 140-foot tall aluminum can at government property.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG because getting permission to do it on land is harder. They had to prove they are accurate.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG because it can adjust its position for launch trajectory and not the other way around.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG Cuz some agency(idk which one) didn';t allow them to land on a landing pad due to safety reason.
+NIkkiandJohnVLOG Actual answer is that a barge landing requires less fuel even though it's harder to pull off. Reversing course to go back toward the launch pad takes a lot of fuel and reduces the payload range for whatever the primary mission is.
Wow, this is looking up to be an amazing holiday season. Apparently NASA also got its budget raised.
+Jonah Beale still doesnt include funding for a proper asteroid redirect mission. the funding they got only allows them to move a car sized boulder from an asteroid. Would have been much cooler to put it in orbit around the moon. But hay, what do the republicans care? God protects them and the earth from any possible collisions. nevermind how close we have been before. (between the earth and the moon)
+Jessie Janson Redirect? What we'll do is send a SpaceX rocket there, to mine the asteroid.
And then the only thing that will hit the earth is a gentle* rain of Tesla Model 3 cars.
Williambcd Yes, lol. From my understanding they will be picking it up off the surface like a claw machine and pulling it away. whether they test the gravity bit im not sure. it would make sense for them to do it given the cost and the fact they plan to grab it. i would just prefer to have a larger craft ready and having tested this on something much larger rather then pushing this 10-15 years down the road. My fear is the unknown, something can go wrong or it may split the asteroid etc. its something we can know until we test it on a few of them and unlike the movies we wont have time to build such a craft. we may get a few days notice in some cases.
Google "if the moon were only a pixel". on the map earth is about 148KM in. if you scroll to it, you will get a good grasp on how far that is and how close the an asteroid would have to be to go between the earth and moon and its then that you can realise just how close something would have to be to hitting us. anywhere near us is really too close for comfort.
+PurgatorialFlame Sadly, we will always lose something when the budget bill is 2,000 pages long
+Williambcd SpaceX will lag behind innovations of NASA since they are for profit & their budget doesn't come close to NASA. SpaceX's feet of landing a rocket is amazing but all private space companies need NASA. NASA has to push the boundary of space technology because they can take the hit if it flops. Hopefully, NASA's budget will continue to increase.
1 roscosmos employee dislikes this.BTY why did this achievement got a dislike?
probably more BO than Roscosmos... (poor Roscosmos, what will you become)
Edit : i'm talking about recent drastic budget cuts Roscosmos just subished
+Electro phobia Now it's both. Who told them anyway?
+Andy Black Because some people just want to see the world burn :/
+Andy Black FUCK YOU this is stolen from Soviet technology
+Andy Black well... for such an accomplishment, this video is a poor 13 second glimpse of it.
I'm an engineer with Lockheed Martin here in Orlando and I just showed this video to my Dad who is a retired E.E. who worked at the Cape for GE doing radar guidance back in the space race days...they used this launch pad (then known as Launch complex 13) many times back in his day....I believe the redstone was launched from 13....I tip my hat to Space X, they are performing nominally.
pheNOMENAL!
What a great way to end the year and what a time to be alive!
I just can't get enough of watching this, it's like something out of sci fi but it's real this time!
I remember when that only happened in science fiction movies. What a sight!!!
Finally. Inseatd of constantly throwing away rockets. Even if its too risky to reuse due to potential damage - it can be recycled to lower costs of a new one.
Better than recycling; this one and its parts won't fly again, but analysis of any damage will help the next ones all land just as safely.
+Tuxfanturnip Actually Elon just said on Twitter that there is no damage and this part is ready to fly again!
BunnyCentauri He's referring to a static fire test, part of that analysis. The Wikipedia article for the landing has a reference to an article paraphrasing Elon with "The history-making Falcon 9 first stage will never fly again."
Tuxfanturnip Well.. what are they going to do? Put it in a museum? Meh... would be a waste of $16 million if you ask me!
+BunnyCentauri They are in fact going to do that. The truth though is that the rocket will probably need a few modifications to really be reusable, so reflying this one might be too risky. The static fire will show if it could be reflown without severe modifications.
Dislike from ULA :D
+Spacediving I figured that was Jeff Bezos.
Or Blue Origin
+revengefrommars Brace yourself, second dislike from Bezos incoming!
not from ULA maybe from Blue Origin!
ULA is fucked.
So are the ones that make it back getting names? I think "Millennium" sounds appropriate?
"Solstice" for December 21st?
+MikeM8891 Pikachu. Gonna catch them all.
+SuperSMT I love that idea. Someone please draw a fan art poster of the "Solstice" Falcon 9 booster! I need one in my life
add Falcon after that and then we're on to something
Ze Steve
It's.... Falcon already.
Whoo, awesome feat.
And we're finally getting closer to 50s sci fi movie openings.
These 12 seconds will probably be looked back on as some of the most inspiring of 2015.
I'm seeing people making jokes about Russians being responsible for the dislikes on this video, but I'm also seeing some Russians (and fellow humans) happy to see a step forward in space-flight. This is a big day for SpaceX, but it is also a big day for the US, and for humans in general. Personally, I don't care who's 'Made in X' sticker is on the side, as long as it gets us off this rock!
I've seen a few comments asking about the significance of the video, so I decided to quickly make a general response. SpaceX is a privately owned company that is trying to change the way we look at rockets. (Since the Government is not helping fund them, they've received lots of financial support from Google to help build the future.) Founded by the billionaire Elon Musk who also co-founded PayPal and Tesla Motors. SpaceX is setting itself apart from its competition by experimenting with reusable rockets that have the potential to make space travel much more affordable and practical then it currently it is. This video shows one of the first ever successful landings, and does it almost flawlessly. (This was a brief overview from what I knew of the top of my head, feel free to add or correct something.)
+Steven Eng The first ever successful landing of a stage of an orbital-class launch vehicle - in the world.
***** Yeah. SpaceX developed Falcon 1 privately, but NASA gave them a ton of money under COTS for development of Falcon 9 and Dragon, then continued with CRS contract (they'll likely win CRS-2 as well), got CCDEV, and now has 2 secured missions under ComCrew.
Lots of government support got them where they are. I think they could have done it on their own with a lot more time, but the role of NASA is huge for them.
+Ambient Morality My tax money well spent indeed.
***** Except for this one, since SpaceX privately financed the entire reusable launch system development program. NASA only funded the F9v1.0 vehicle and Dragon.
I wonder if these private financiers are the very same banks who keep getting their books from falling deeper into the red by having access to the cheap money the Federal Reserve has been printing at almost zero percent interest.
Incredible.
This is the best Xmas gift ever. Historical landing !
That's absolutely incredible! Good job SpaceX!
SpaceX just made my year complete.
Welcome to the space age people
+Tak bernama rupanya you are joking right... we have been in the "space age" since the 50's look up space age on wikipedia.
+Frank Sang I think they meant a better space age. The first space age, we sent a few people to space, went to the moon, built a space station and stopped. This could be the mark of space travel becoming much more of a thing, if they can make it so they could refill a rocket that just landed and take back off, the cost will be actually cheap enough for more people to go to space.
Mitchell Phillips First space age? The space age is ongoing. In fact the space age is gonna continue as long as we keep sending up rockets.
Frank Sang Yea, but I was talking about when it was at its prime. We still do space stuff yea, but no where near as much as before.
+Mitchell Phillips no where near as much as before? More. Look it up we are sending up more satellites that ever and more scientific ventures than in the Apollo era. More than before. Launching rockets has become so commonplace you don't even hear about it on the news which is why, is suppose, you think that we aren't working in space.
NASA is like, DAT landing tho.
I had the enormous privilege of watching this live from the Lori Wilson Park Beach in Cocoa Beach, FL. It was also the very first time I've watched a live rocket launch and it was such a treat to see the 1st stage rocket come back to land. I thought it had been done before so I was even happier to discover that I had just witnessed the very first non-test event! Totally amazing!
I'm loving watching this thing land. I think a lot of people don't fully appreciate the significance of this achievement. These events are the types of things that alter things fundamentally and monumentally forever. So exciting to be able to witness it.
PLOT TWIST: it's just the launch video backwards.
+Isaac Campos except for the part where hundreds of thousands of people saw it with their own eyes and recorded it...
Logan Humphries dude... Of course it was recorded... At launch.
so explain the home videos
and landing on a different pad than it launched from
Logan Humphries what home videos, you're being brainwashed dude...
Not only did it land perfectly, but it landed right in the center of the pad.
This is what Real America is about. Science, Technology, education and striving for new ways to make life great. Not wars and ffing up peace. Thanks Elon. you are great.
Somewhere inside I have strange feeling, which signals me that's beginning something new. Congrats to everyone who cooperated on this project. amazing story which still continue.
this gave me chills watching this. yet another step in the advancement of humanity's capabilities.
*starts playing Starcraft Terran theme*
SCV good to go sir!
Seeing this again almost 7 years later is awesome and then people thought this was impossible now spaceX has flown a rocket 14 times (B1060-14)
One big applause from The Netherlands. I was waiting for this moment since the grasshopper-tests. And now finally the moment is there. "Way to go" Space-X. Now second-stage landings and of course the big Falcon-Heavy's first launch and landing. Hope that will happen soon.
And once again unfettered investigation opens another door. Hats off to the men and women that made this possible. Great job
You just had to land in the middle of the X didn't you :D
I feel privileged to have been alive for Sputnik, the moon landing, ISS, now SpaceX accomplishments. Oh, and the advancement from paper tape and punch cards to the internet. What's next world.
This is history people!
Can't stop watching this, so beautiful... so perfect... so accurate... just amazing!
Very impressive!! Congratulations!!
Oh yes baby!! You did it Elon! This video will be in a key moments of human history archive 500 years from now.
440 dislikers are ULA employees and Jeff Bezos
Question: does this represent a greater or lesser technological advance than landing men on the moon?
I'll take greater because it opens up more potential and because it was for purely peaceful purposes, as opposed to the cold war purposes of the moon landings. But I'm open to counterarguments.
it's just completely different... AI in the sixties would never have allowed this
+Dave Power #6 It's hard to compare I think. It's far more complex in a lot of ways, relying on state of the art engine control and AI flight systems, but less of a daring leap than some of the moon landing advancements (which basically took us from nothing to the moon in a decade).
Electro phobia Certainly this sort of thing couldn't have been done in the 60s for lack of computer control. But I'm arguing that it's a more important tech leap and that it'll have greater effects.
Ean Moody The moon landings were more daring, I'll give you that. Astronauts faced great risk of death and didn't blink. But for advancing tech and humanity's ability to explore... I give the edge to SpaceX.
+Dave Power #6 The moon landings were a stunning human scientific and engineering achievement. The Apollo program elevated mankind from an early atomic to a spacefaring civilization in merely a decade, a remarkably short period of time. I'd imagine without the dick-measuring contests with the Soviets, we'd only consider landing on other terrestrial bodies late into the information age, or even beyond that.
So yeah, the moon landings were immense achievements for that technological period.
This is also an immense achievement, but for different reasons. NASA had an almost unlimited budget to get things done. SpaceX accomplished this using far less.
If I were to use a historical analogy, it would be this: the Apollo program and space shuttles were like early computer mainframes. The ones that occupied entire floors of buildings. The Falcon 9 is the Apple I, and represents the first step towards opening up space for everyone.
Какая-то сцена из фантастического фильма :) не верится, что такое возможно. Очень круто.
It's the beginning a whole new era in space travel, Hello Star Trek 2020! Love it!
Like a scene from Science Fiction. Go SpaceX!
Amazing. Great job USA.
+99CCFF 756e6b6e6f776e65786961 647072746c646b USA didn't do shit. Elon Musk did.
Fadex Well good job whoever did it :P
+99CCFF 756e6b6e6f776e65786961 647072746c646b Thank Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania for Elon Musk's knowledge. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is an American aerospace manufacturer you can thank them too. Of course Elon Musk himself =)
+Fadex Wow you are one dumb fuck. Don't even try to pretend SpaceX would be the company it is today if it had been founded in any other country.
Elon himself chose America to immigrate to, even going so far as to get Canadian citizenship to make the process easier (he immigrated from South Africa during the Apartheid era, and felt American officials would be more apt to grant citizenship if he applied as a "Canadian" than a South African).
Musk could have gone to England, he could have gone to Australia, he could have remained in Canada (he already had Canadian citizenship, after all). Care to offer up an explanation why he still chose the US? Try not to hurt yourself.
I'll help you out: He chose America for a very specific reason. Because only in America do you have the greatest chance of achieving your full potential, and Musk still acknowledges this today.
Cry some more, you jealous faggot. Elon Musk is living proof that the American dream continues to thrive, which is why assholes like you try to downplay that aspect of it. :D
cory stereo It seems somehow my answer touched your american pride and feelings. go choke on your freedom, lol.
This is the future of space exploration.
Well done SpaceX
Can't get much smoother than that. Bravo.
I am sick to see "Elon Musk did this" comments. I mean yes, he is the origin of the company and certainly have stunning management & scientist skills but we shouldn't forget that he is not alone and this video is the result of thousands of passionated people working together. Elon is like the spark that set alight all these people.
на тросе опустили?:))) темнота в помощь...)))
+Дед Западло нафига трос? Взлет сняли и потом пленку в обратном направлении прокрутили вот тебе и посадка ракеты
Congratulations from Russia)))
Best Christmas present ever. Thank you SpaceX!
in this little video I have brought more gladness, than 2 hour Star Wars: THE FORCE AWAKENS. Congratulations, SpaceX!
finally i live in the future.
Awesome!
Just like in the old 40s scifi movies. Great landing!
That is actually incredible to watch. True feat of engineering, what a time to be alive!
RUclips: Replay?
Me: Yes please.
Congratz Space X from russians space fans! it's revolution !
Good Job USA, Good job! Like from Russia. We are all on one side.
This is seriously incredible. #respect!!!
Incredible achievement on par with Wright brother's first flight. Congratulations to all the scientists and engineers who silently push humanity one step forward.
Also sad that such historical moment has garnered so little attention compared to something like pewdiepie's latest spaz-out or Taylor Swift's new album.
The fact that I have no idea what those two other things are, but I came back to find this video, should tell you about the lasting impact of those things.
This moment is going to be remembered a century from now.
Elon Musk is forcing innovation. I'm looking forward to seeing what Space X, Solar City, & Tesla accomplish in the next 10-20 years. Competition will follow thereafter and we'll all benefit.
I watched it live, also watched all the others live. I'm glad to have lived to see something as historical as this.
Lets get to Warp Speed now!
I just replayed this thousand of times ! amazing 12 secs !
Guys, come up with Warp Drive now.
1 downvote from Blue Origins?
I only saw this on action movies and games before. I never thought about this came true. congrats to every body at spacex. it's just incredible! AWESOME
Just like kids watching the Apollo and Soyuz launches in the 60s were inspired to work in aviation and rocketry, kids today will watch these SpaceX vids and dream about going to other planets and beyond.
Can someone explain what happened. Is this a test for a smooth landing rocket or something. They as hard as i can to not sound supid
They launched satellites into orbit with this rocket, and it came back down to land.
they just made space travel 70% cheaper
+Pikapetey upwards of 90%
It can go higher than 90% with each re-use.
+Tommy Ortiz Yes it is. Until now we've thrown away most of a rocket with every launch. The Space Shuttle was very expensive to refurbish: this is a rocket that you can (hopefully) just refuel and fly again.
Great Work, Ilon! Really amazing landing. Together we can send the first man on Mars!
C'est ėnorme!!!
This is so AWESOME in the true sense of the word!
It's amazing how fast the whole procedure is from launch, deploying and 1st stage landing took just over 20 minutes.
People why do you connect such a great technical breakthough as something related to either the USA or Elon Musk.
Its neither the 322 milion inhabitants, or better not all of them. nor Elon Musk who managed to achive that.
Its a group of really hard and determined workng engineers and scientists who archived it. Relating this to a single country or person is just stupid. All of the basic knowlage to make this posible was discovered by people all over the world and like I said the most work is done by just a group of some good scientists and engineers.
I really think what they did was amazing and I have to admire that Elon Musk has balls of steel. Investing a huge amount of money to test if this is possible with everyone saying it is not really takes someone special.
This landing was definitivly a breakthough and so gratulations to all of the people who made this possible.
I really hope that everything went as smooth at it looked like and waiting for you final report. Hopefully the rocket wasnt weakend to much and really can be reused.
+nukularpictures Chill.
+nukularpictures Where did Elon receive his education? Where did Elon decide it was a good place to found his company? Where else do you honestly believe this could have been possible in such a quick and perfect manner? Where do you think the company was founded? Where do you think the vast majority of engineers and scientists are from? Which country is the majority of the money and knowledge for this project coming from? Where do you think the future of space exploration is if not the USA? Seriously, you can try to leech off of USA writing history once again, but it's futile. This was USA's moment, deal with it.
Oh also, I'm not even from the USA.
Damn you are right. Totally forgot about the money that spacex got from the nasa. well i guess the usa is ok then :)
Во сколько раз это дешевле чем у роскосмоса ?
+Algo1987oo а что у нас, разве цена отличается? Ракета там, ракета тут.
+Algo1987oo я имею ввиду обычные запуски, при которых разгонный блок сгорает в атмосфере.
По сравнению с таким полётом, схема спейс-икс даёт огромную экономию.
+Algo1987oo говорили в перспективе станет в 10 раз дешевле
+Николай Никакоюс недостаточно читать комиксы. просмотрите на чёрные ящики истребителей и задайте вопрос: как русский хлам вообще летает?
Николай Никакоюс всегда есть тот, кто додумается первым. А у нас сейчас в космонавтике нет человека, который потянет за собой всех вперёд.
This is absolutely amazing! Go SpaceX!
7 years how far we come and now it is a routine.
As a typical liberal I must be overly offended by this not being by NASA. FLAGGED!
+David Stevens I have to say, that's interesting. Every liberal I know is excited about this and finds SpaceX really really cool and a great model of private company efficiency.
I think NASA will do better at space science (companies will have no reason to go out and do research). But for the launch vehicle, NASA needs to get out of that whole area. And SLS is a complete waste of money, despite Congressional support for it.
+David Stevens Liberals are ecstatic that Republican Senator Richard Shelby is shitting his pants that his baby United Launch Alliance couldn't do what SpaceX did with their Russian engined overpriced rockets.
+David Stevens What are you talking about? Liberals are over the fucking moon.
+photopawn37 Lol. Indeed.
Рад за Америку, жаль, что живу в гнилой стране Рашке(
+aleksandr pyzurev жаль, что ты лузер, и не можешь уехать XD
Nickolay S. уехать в никуда? удачи ...
unum ошибаешься, тут только 1 чмо, это ты, поганое создание
reversed,lel
+Tomi Fowler except for the part where hundreds of thousands of people saw it with their own eyes and recorded it...
Logan Humphries its reversed anyway,pure illuminati
yup, obviously because that is logical
+Tomi Fowler If it was reversed, the dirt and dust being blown away by the thrust would be going inwards towards the rocket, not outwards as it is coming down :)
MarcusN i said it was illuminati,you have no explanation to do,btw im waiting for someone who think this is all serious
universe alive, thats the sexiest rockectship a human has ever made, thanks for helping to usher forth a new area of space exploration space-x!
Very proud of your team right now. Great Job!
So impressive :) Congratulation for the hard work!
Amazing! This is an incredibly hard thing to accomplish. Funny how Bezos/Amazon tweeted 'welcome to the club'...Yeah right. What SpaceX accomplished is in a different league. Plus, just look at the Bezos landing. I'd never want to fly in that thing. It was all over the map. The SpaceX landing was stable and perfect. Truly remarkable. Congrats!
1 more step towards the exciting future of humanity.
Congrats Space-x, you've made another giant leap for all mankind.