November 23 2015 will be marked as a historic year for space travel. Blue Origin a company set to compete with SpaceX has done it. They landed a booster successfully on a target with the goal of reusing it. While this was a test flight and the rocket was nothing in size compared to SpaceX's Falcons, they proved the concept viable–which is to land the booster vertically on a designated point on earth with the intention of reusing it. I hope the two teams at Blue Origin and SpaceX have enough magnanimity to share their data. Undoubtedly the efforts of both these companies are going to set a new standard especially in lowering the cost of access into space. If both the cargo pod and the boosters of the rocket can be wholly or partially be reused the cost of sending satellites into space, let alone people will come down. That is good news for all of us as it means streaming wireless technology will expand rapidly. Kudos to Jeff Bezos founder of Blue Origin and Amazon.com and all the best to Elon Musk's SpaceX until their next launch.
Mars is the next Human frontier, lets save our fossil fuel for Mars climate change and not waste it damaging Earth.
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