Why SpaceX's Rocket Landing On A Drone Ship Is A Big Deal

The Falcon 9 Rocket successfully landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You on April 8. There couldn't have been a more perfect launch than yesterday's. The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing, and SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off right on schedule. As we watched from a few miles away, the glare of the rocket's flames was searingly bright, hard to look at but impossible to look away from, like the sparklers kids play with on the Fourth of July. The sound, too, was like Independence Day, the boom and shake of a thousand fireworks going off, crashing through the sound barrier. The cargo made it safely into orbit, where it's on its way to the International Space Station.