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Falcon 9 booster lost after droneship landing (spacenews.com)
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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Eight years ago every single booster was lost on every single launch, and now it's, "Oh no, one caught fire!

On the ground,

after an on-target landing,

after a successful payload delivery to orbit,

after four previous launches and successful recoveries of the same booster!

RELIABILITY CONCERNS!"

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Falcon 9 recovery has become so routine now that anomalies are now notable. Not that it's a problem for the Falcon 9 program as a whole, but it's still sad to lose a booster. RIP B1086.

o7