[Grue3]

>Nobody else does this. I have absolutely no idea what you could possibly be referring to.

Believe it or not, we've been landing spacecraft for decades. Does "space shuttle" ring a bell?

[benjaminl]

The Space Shuttle was a space craft, not a rocket. The SpaceX equivalent to the Space Shuttle is the Dragon spacecraft. Dragon V2 does land exclusively on the ground.

[anarazel]

In addition to all that (spacecraft, srbrs, atmosphere), a space shuttle launch literally cost more than a billion.

[Dylan16807]

The shuttle throws its lower stages into the ocean.

[joegaudet]

Which were recovered and refurbished to keep cost down.

[mikeash]

OK, that's one orbital rocket that's recovered on land. You said "everybody else" which implies at least several, so what other examples are there? (Hint: none.)

[Grue3]

Buran. It only flew once, but it did work!

Apollo Lunar Module, if Moon counts.

[mikeash]

Buran, fair.

Lunar module doesn't count, the reduced gravity makes everything a hundred times simpler.

[rkallos]

The space shuttle couldn't land and take off on a planet whose atmosphere doesn't support it, hence why SpaceX is trying to do the same via rocket propulsion.