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Old January 10th 15, 10:47 PM posted to sci.space.station
Greg \(Strider\) Moore
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Default Falcon 9 Landing failure


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0UP08F20150110
"Close by not cigar".

But I sounds like an easy fix.

"Grid fins worked extremely well from hypersonic velocity to subsonic, but
ran out of hydraulic fluid right before landing," Musk wrote on Twitter.

Next flight will have 50% more fluid.

So getting closer!

 




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