Business Onion · Part 2 - The Impossible Landing · 2:52
For sixty years, every rocket was thrown away after one flight. The whole industry said reusing them could never pay off — and the Space Shuttle was their proof. Then on December 21, 2015, a SpaceX booster fell back from orbit and landed itself, upright, on a concrete pad. This is how reusable rockets went from a joke in a Texas field to the moat behind a trillion-dollar company — and how SpaceX flew NASA's astronauts while Boeing, paid far more, couldn't.
Part 2 of 4. Follow for Part 3 — "The $1.77 Trillion Bell."
Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and figures are verified.
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