{"id":7628,"date":"2014-05-03T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2014-05-03T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T18:18:00","slug":"video-a-tribute-to-the-prototype-falcon-9-reusable-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7628","title":{"rendered":"Video: A tribute to the prototype Falcon 9 reusable booster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a> test of their 2nd generation\u00a0reusable first stage prototype rocket is combined with the monologue\u00a0and Hans Zimmer music\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/3WzHXI5HizQ\" target=\"_blank\">from the trailer<\/a> for the movie <em>Interstellar<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9933rIJEVw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a compilation of videos of the reusable first stage \u00a0test flights:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmU1XuFLmTRUpcK939lL375sPsZMmPLQv\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX Grasshopper 1. 2 &amp; F9R test flights &#8211; YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><em>At <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspacewatch.com\" target=\"_blank\">NewSpace Watch<\/a><\/strong> I help provide daily coverage of the activities of SpaceX and the many other entrepreneurial space companies doing amazing things.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest SpaceX test of their 2nd generation\u00a0reusable first stage prototype rocket is combined with the monologue\u00a0and Hans Zimmer music\u00a0from the trailer for the movie Interstellar: === Here&#8217;s a compilation of videos of the reusable first stage \u00a0test flights:\u00a0SpaceX Grasshopper 1. 2 &amp; F9R test flights &#8211; YouTube. === At NewSpace Watch I help provide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7628\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: A tribute to the prototype Falcon 9 reusable booster<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Z2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26206,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26206","url_meta":{"origin":7628,"position":0},"title":"Roundup: Reusable rocket vehicles","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Significant progress is being made towards space transportation systems that operate repeatedly rather than just fly once and then discarded. 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