Comments on: SpaceX and Rocket Lab complete launches

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:24:52 +0000

And the landing looked to be pretty much “dead center”.

By: MDN

MDN — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:09:27 +0000

And, they landed the first stage in higher wind conditions than any previous attempt, so effectively expanded the weather condition envelope for future flight operations. I suspect this was partly motivated to refine the flight control logic for a more reliable tower grab vs landing leg touchdown scenario for Super Heavy as well.

By: geoffc

geoffc — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:24:08 +0000

And both fairings were previously flown on the SpaceX launch. And the refurb time was about 38 days on the 8th flight of a booster, down from the previous record of 51 days.

Moving in the right direction!