"Rocket blasts into orbit, launches 11 satellites then makes an amazing landing back on Earth"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0AsLJ9UaPQ


"SpaceX has made history after successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket into space and returning it to Earth in one piece.
The upgraded 23-story-tall rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:29pm EST, and touched down nearby a few minutes later.
It was the first time an unmanned rocket returned to land vertically at Cape Canaveral, and represented a tremendous success for SpaceX.
The firm, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is striving to make rockets reusable to drive launch costs down and open up space to more people"


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/science/spacex-rocket-landing.html?_r=0

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3369783/WATCH-LIVE-Falcon-9-liftoff-SpaceX-successfully-launches-reusable-rocket-land-Earth-one-piece.html#v-1575276983494526344

Lalastica.

Lalasticlala

Watched this on TED talk some time back and I was like wow! I was even thinking this was gonna happen next year or next two years not knowing it is near. He said something about it being the future if I can remember correctly, rockets returning to the launch site and to be relaunched after some hours unlike what was obtainable in the past; more like a reusable rocket; saves money especially.

Waiting for his Hyperloop project to become reality.

Feraz:
Watched this on TED talk some time back and I was like wow! I was even thinking this was gonna happen next year or next two years not knowing it is near. He said something about it being the future if I can remember correctly, rockets returning to the launch site and to be relaunched after some hours unlike what was obtainable in the past; more like a reusable rocket; saves money especially.

Waiting for his Hyperloop project to become reality.

The success of this programme is a giant step towards Musk's vision of humans colonising mars

olyrayy:


The success of this programme is a giant step towards Musk's vision of humans colonising mars

Seems whatever he tries to do, he achieves. . .one of my mentors he is!

Really, its amazing





The Electric man. . . Lol.... Elon!!

Cool

What a giant step and a quantum leap to mankind.

Good and Bad step! An opportunity for the Nigerian government to be buying old rockets in future!

Lalasticlala, I know it's not easy; history was made. Can this be moved to the FP?

Wow wow wow, spaceX finally did it, Elon finally did it. I remember watching how sometime back he spoke on previous failures, how its a very difficult task to achieve due to technical challenges but that they are determined to keep trying till the dream is achieved.

People like Musk motivate me.