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problems and questions coming up

every time they got the Falcon 9 to the pad

and then of course there were

many doubts if they could ever get it to land

and at first it did seem like a bad idea

and like something that just might never be worth their time

but now no one doubts the merits of Space X

landing and reusing their falcon 9 boosters

as of today about 75 percent of all Falcon 9 flights have successfully landed

and been recovered

and about half of all missions have been on flown boosters

they clearly have figured out a system that works incredibly well

and has already changed the game

or perhaps you remember

when SpaceX started using

super chill propellants for their Falcon 9

they were scrubbing constantly

for instance SCS 9

one of the first missions to use supercharged props

was scrubbed four times because of issues with the supercharged propellant

and people

were questioning whether or not it was worth it

and if they could ever get it to actually just

work out without being super finicky

including ula's tory bruno

but the ultimate question why

we've set it at the beginning and we'll say it again

now that you understand everything

using as much of the rocket to slow down

in the atmosphere as possible

essentially for free

that's a great

reason right there

and then by doing the flip as late as possible

they minimize gravity drag

and they won't waste too much

delta v landing the rocket

in order to fulfill the goal of being a

super heavy lift

fully reusable rocket

they have to squeeze absolutely

every little drop of performance out of the vehicle

in the early days of this testing program

we're going to see a lot of failures

space will learn a lot of lessons

but they're cranking these things out so fast

they can rapidly iterate and learn at a pace

that will certainly lead to getting results in a hurry

but the reality is

I know the last minute aspect looks scary but frankly

every part just simply needs to work

this all just needs to become more reliable period

and if I know anything about SpaceX

they will force this thing into being reliable because

they don't seem to take no for an answer

after all

nothing that's physically possible is impossible

but at the end of the day

who knows

space could play around this for a while and then say

you know what

let's just focus on what gets us the absolute highest

chances of safely landing and recovering period

and then they could make some just drastic changes

I mean

Elon is already talking about catching the booster

with the launch tower

and maybe even doing that same thing with starship

who knows maybe someday we'll see them

blowing a bunch of fans up at starship and

catching it in a giant net

I mean

I feel like nothing is off the table for spacex but

for now I'm excited to see them

try this more and more because it sure is exciting

so what do you think

do you think SpaceX will

figure out this maneuver and make it reliable

and routine or do you think

they'll wind up back at the drawing board

and have to come up with another

completely different solution altogether

let me know your thoughts in the comments below

I will quick thank you to a lot of people who helped make this

video possible

including Deklan Murphy from flightclub.io

you guys should definitely be familiar with this

if you're out ever trying to take pictures of a rocket

be sure and check out his

rocket photographer toolkit

there's a ton of really fun stuff to play with though too

so definitely check out flightclub.io

it is awesome

and Declan does amazing work

and check them out on YouTube too

because he's doing an awesome job

explaining some of the differences we're seeing

between these missions

and also Casper Stanley

who made a lot of the awesome 3D renders in this video

check out his rocket explorer app

on the steam store which is

super super cool and another thanks to Corey at

sea underscore bass 3D on Twitter

for some of his incredible animations as well

and a lot of the footage you saw from this

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with my friends at cosmic perspective

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that's gonna do it for me

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