I don't think anyone knows yet. Just waiting on confirmation.

The guys in the SpaceX control room look like they are still in high school. Sheesh. Most of them can't be older than 25.

I like the contrast between them and the NASA feed. NASA is all suited up. SpaceX not at all.

Came in on target but too hard. Broke a leg. Is not upright.

Might have caught the barge on an ocean swell. Looked choppy out there.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First stage on target at droneship but looks like hard landing; broke landing leg. Primary mission remains nominal → <a href="https://t.co/tdni53IviI">https://t.co/tdni53IviI</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688799901463883776">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Well, damn. Apparently they need to build islands in the ocean to land on in the future.

Interesting idea DaFace.... What about an deep sea oil rig like set up?

If they keep getting hosed by big waves, it wouldn't surprise me to see them try it.

On a side note, SpaceXStats has launched with a new web site with all sorts of info about past/future missions, as well as the most informative "live" feed I've seen:

https://spacexstats.com/

We could out-source it to China...

http://www.janes.com/images/assets/9...847_-_main.jpg

On a side note, why are they testing from California? You lose delta-v on a westward burn as opposed to burning east like they do in Florida. Taking advantage of the earths rotation helps a lot.

They explained it in the webcast that it's a combination of 1) the shortest path to the orbit they need to reach and 2) taking a path that goes over land as little as possible (for safety).

Looks like a successful deployment, so primary mission success! I'm starting to think that the barge may be the issue rather than the rocket, so we'll see what happens in the future as they try and get the water landing figured out.

Next launch is in 3 weeks on February 6th!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Definitely harder to land on a ship. Similar to an aircraft carrier vs land: much smaller target area, that&#39;s also translating &amp; rotating.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688814634489413632">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">However, that was not what prevented it being good. Touchdown speed was ok, but a leg lockout didn&#39;t latch, so it tipped over after landing.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688816554306191360">January 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Interesting - it sounds like it wasn't the waves after all. Hopefully they can keep working out these little bugs.

On the plus side, they wouldn't have been able to actually reuse this one anyway since it was the old-style body (1.1) and wouldn't have been compatible with the full-thrust anyway.

Man. It was right on.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First stage approaches center of landing droneship in Pacific <a href="https://t.co/lI3q6LnwVP">pic.twitter.com/lI3q6LnwVP</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688905957422706688">January 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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This is a failure, but it may be my favorite video yet. Great shot of it coming down and landing, but the leg just didn't lock. Bonus awesome explosion.

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