SpaceX Rockets to Make Precise Return Landings
Mike Wall, Space.com
SpaceX's Mars-colony missions may take "pinpoint rocket landing" to a whole new level.Elon Musk's company has already brought a Falcon 9 booster safely down to Earth 11 times during orbital launches, on each occasion successfully targeting a relatively small landing zone: either the deck of a robotic ship at sea or a pad on terra firma near the launch site.
SpaceX's Mars-colony missions may take "pinpoint rocket landing" to a whole new level.Elon Musk's company has already brought a Falcon 9 booster safely down to Earth 11 times during orbital launches, on each occasion successfully targeting a relatively small landing zone: either the deck of a robotic ship at sea or a pad on terra firma near the launch site.