9 points | by TMWNN 8 hours ago ago
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video thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856452
also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855872 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855859
/r/space discussion <https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/china_success...>
China is now the second country, and third entity after SpaceX and Blue Origin, to recover a booster after launching a payload to orbit. While its predecessors use landing legs, the Chinese rocket uses a wire net to catch the booster.
Neither Blue Origin nor China has yet reused a booster. SpaceX has a fleet of boosters, including one that as of 9 July 2026 has been reused 36 times. <https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/spacex-launches-...>
Thank you. Video from the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9XDsiG40Uk
(comment itself: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/comment/owna...)
video thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856452
also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855872 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855859
/r/space discussion <https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/china_success...>
China is now the second country, and third entity after SpaceX and Blue Origin, to recover a booster after launching a payload to orbit. While its predecessors use landing legs, the Chinese rocket uses a wire net to catch the booster.
Neither Blue Origin nor China has yet reused a booster. SpaceX has a fleet of boosters, including one that as of 9 July 2026 has been reused 36 times. <https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/spacex-launches-...>
Thank you. Video from the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9XDsiG40Uk
(comment itself: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/comment/owna...)