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Space

Musk Predicts Roughly 70 Percent Landing Rate In 2016

Pat Host

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

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Musk Predicts Roughly 70 Percent Landing Rate In 2016

Screen shot from SpaceX video showing Falcon 9 from Jason-3 mission toppling over on water barge. Photo: Defense Daily.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) founder Elon Musk predicts the company will successfully land its booster stages in roughly 70 percent of attemps this year and “hopefully” 90 percent in 2017, he said Monday in a Twitter post.SpaceX on Sunday successfully launched NASA’s Jason-3 radar altimeter from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. But the company almost landed the Falcon 9 booster stage on its water barge drone ship after video showed the rocket softly landing feet-first on the target in the center…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

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HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

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Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

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