Great achievement. Really depresses me to see so many, including the mainstream media, only focus on the hard-landing fireball and barely mention the 6 1/2 minutes of brilliant rocket and aerodynamic test flight with full return to base, never before done by any major space organisation, much less on the first try, with a stainless steel vehicle built and launched from the sand dunes of West Texas, and with full public scrutiny.
Heck, the damn thing even landed as it was supposed to, on the prepared landing pad, just had a fuel problem that strangled the engines at the last moment.
The next test version is already completed and will be launched soon.
Gives you some faith in (some of) humanity's future.
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