The future of space rocketry (Off-Topic)

by naturl selexion, Friday, December 25, 2015, 17:25 (3488 days ago) @ Mid7night

45 miles? Ok, technically not "space" (Karman line is 62 miles) but that's still 237,600ft, at which point it still had to make a U-turn at above Mach-7, and successfully hit a target in the middle of a floating barge in the ocean... Baby steps. ;)

Nope, not space and not to orbit. That does not in any way diminish the accomplishment. It just makes accurate headlines more difficult.

They landed on land this time. The previous two barge attempts failed.