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This is a reusable Falcon 9 not the Grasshopper. The Grasshopper program ended last year and used a smaller rocket (AFAIK).
by dmayer 12y ago
This is a reusable Falcon 9 not the Grasshopper. The Grasshopper program ended last year and used a smaller rocket (AFAIK).
- wxm 12y agoWikipedia lists the F9R also as "Grasshopper v1.1" -- cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Grasshopper_v1.1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Grasshoppe...
- dmayer 12y agoAh, did not see that. It's confusing since the Falcon 9 Wikipedia page also has the Falcon 9 Reusable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Falcon_9-R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Falcon_9-R