SpaceX publishes video of multiple orbital rocket booster fails
Sep 17, 2017, 7:30 AM
As the old saying goes, “try and try again.”
For Elon Musk and SpaceX, they have been taking that phrase to heart.
In a recent video titled “How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster,” SpaceX shows its viewers just how hard it can be to remotely land a rocket. On a small platform. In the ocean.
Dating back to September of 2013, the video goes through the trials and tribulations of making a rocket not only land, but also keeping it from exploding after it touches down.
And while attempt after attempt ended up in explosions to start, there were improvements throughout, including a successful landing on the ground in 2015 and another on the platform in the ocean in 2016 at the end of the video.
