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Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX.

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On 12/22/2015 06:15 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 22/12/2015 9:59 PM, benj wrote:
>> On 12/21/2015 10:37 PM, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw wrote:
>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:42:02 -0500, Robert Clark wrote:
>>>
>>>> Launch with an attempt at a return-to-launch-site landing pushed
>>>> back to
>>>> today, Monday evening:
>>>
>>> An update, since no one seems to have posted it, (in ras.science at
>>> least):
>>>
>>> The landing was successful and the crowd at SpaceX went nuts.
>>
>> This is a HUGE advance for science!
>
> Huh?
>
> This is engineering, not science.
>
> Clearly, it's good engineering. But it's still not science.
>
> Sylvia.
>
Nah. Blowing things up real good is engineering! Getting a rocket to 
land on it's butt like a 50's sci fi movies is science! The term is 
"science fiction", not "engineering fiction", right?

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Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2015-12-21 13:42 -0500
  Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw <chakatfirepaw@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 03:37 +0000
    Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-12-21 21:48 -0700
    Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 16:20 +1100
      Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-12-22 15:08 +0000
      Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2015-12-22 16:38 +0000
        Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 09:35 -0700
    Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 05:59 -0500
      Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 22:15 +1100
        Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 13:17 -0500
        Re: Attempt at a return to launch site landing by SpaceX. noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 13:31 -0800

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