SpaceX’s Rocket Recovery Attempt Thwarted By Humanity’s Oldest Enemy: The Sea — techcrunch.com

We are fairly proud of our mastery of nature, but occasionally it can remind us that no matter how many billions, nor how many autonomous drone cargo ships we throw at it, it can still thwart our great designs. SpaceX is still aiming to launch DSCOVR, an observatory satellite, later today, but the  first-stage rocket recovery attempt that was planned along with that mission has been sadly scrubbed, owing to nature’s wrath.

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