Musk Announces Return-to-Flight Date For Falcon 9 Rocket

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 10, 2015 @01:54AM from the there-and-back-again dept.

Rei writes: After being grounded for six months after a strut failure doomed the launch vehicle, Elon Musk has confirmed rumors that SpaceX plans to try for launch again on December 19th, with a static test firing on December 16th. SpaceX will also attempt a landing of their first stage — not at sea, but on land. Lastly, this will be the first launch of a Falcon 9 "Full Thrust" variant, where the propellants are supercooled (with the oxygen just above its freezing point) to increase their density and thus fuel flow and thrust.

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Re:The solution is simple... by Rei · 2015-12-10 03:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Unlike during the last Falcon 9 launch, I hope that they don't get impatient and turn on time warp again - everyone knows that it makes the physics unstable.

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