The hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launches

Ars Technica
By Eric BergerApr 18, 2024, 8:30 am82 pts
Enlarge / Is that sooty rocket lifting off with the CRS-3 mission in 2014 a reused booster? No, it is not. (credit: SpaceX) Ten years ago today, when a Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida, something strange happened. Dramatically, as the rocket lifted off, a fountain of dirty water splashed upward alongside…

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