The future of space rocketry (Off-Topic)

by Mid7night , Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Sunday, December 27, 2015, 23:35 (3486 days ago) @ naturl selexion

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.

Missed that they didn't land in the ocean, thanks for that. Sorry if I sounded adversarial, that wasn't my intent. :)

We are in violent agreement that SpaceX did a really cool awesome thing. :D