[toomuchtodo]

> I think it's amazing achievement for the very first attempt.

People don't understand this enough. They took the stage of a rocket from supersonic speeds to a tiny barge in the ocean. Even though they didn't complete the objective, they were successful in showing that the theory holds up.

[51Cards]

On top of what you've said I don't think enough people get the scale of this task. This is decelerating, balancing, and maneuvering a 14 story tall object, from supersonic speed at the edge of space, onto a tiny barge in the ocean. It's mind boggling when you look at the scope of what they are pulling off.

[ChuckMcM]

Like dropping a drinking straw off the top of the empire state building and having it land in a glass of soda on the sidewalk a block away.

[StavrosK]

Except there's no glass, it just lands vertically on a coaster on the sidewalk.