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Cheers, [[User:N2e|N2e]] ([[User talk:N2e|talk]]) 23:52, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
== Early history ==
Here is some even earlier history, from before the November 2011 public rollout of the new propulsive-return approach to reusability.
*January 2009: [http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/01/musk-ambition-spacex-aim-for-fully-reusable-falcon-9/ Musk ambition: SpaceX aim for fully reusable Falcon 9] (Note: this was a full year and a half prior to the first launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket, and only a few months after SpaceX first ever successful orbital flight, after three failures.} So SpaceX were batting only 0.250 on launches, and Musk is publicly talking about the essential need of reusability for space launch in general, and for SpaceX Falcon 9 in particular—at a time when none of the serious space launch companies were doing so, nor spending private money to do so (although many are/were willing to take government contracts to work on anything their state patron will pay them for and on which they can earn a profit..
This earlier-date material <u>might</u> be worth extending the history back a bit earlier than it now is. If others have an opinion, leave it here. Or you are welcome to use this source to add earlier history yourself. Cheers. [[User:N2e|N2e]] ([[User talk:N2e|talk]]) 03:33, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
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