Yesterday, a private space company SpaceX made the second attempt of landing of reusable rocket Falcon 9 on floating in the ocean "unmanned" barge. This time the worst developments reviewed the draft Elon musk side, but the reason for frustration is still there: despite the fact that the aircraft landed on a ship, the landing was too hard for anyone to survive.

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Yesterday, a private space company SpaceX made the second attempt of landing of reusable rocket Falcon 9 on floating in the ocean "unmanned" barge. This time the worst developments reviewed the draft Elon musk side, but the reason for frustration is still there: despite the fact that the aircraft landed on a ship, the landing was too hard for anyone to survive.

This is the second failed attempt a safe landing of the Falcon 9. In January, the apparatus also landed at the certain point, but then his posture was even more hard, and it exploded. In principle, this is not surprising: according to the founder of SpaceX Elon musk, the task of successfully land space rocket on the ship is approximately equivalent to balancing a broom on the palm during the storm. By the way, in February another landing attempt was cancelled due to the storm.

With the help of reusable rockets SpaceX commercial project hopes to significantly reduce the cost of space missions. Most modern spacecraft are disposable and fall into the ocean after running out of fuel. Falcon 9, in turn, are equipped with advanced systems, which should help her safely back to Earth, but developers still have to "hone" the speed and angle of the landing of the rocket.