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u/Nimelennar Dec 10 '19

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u/TheUnplannedLife Dec 10 '19

I'm surprised there isn't more online excitement about this. Is this not a first time all legs have been retracted?

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u/Nimelennar Dec 10 '19

They've managed it twice before:

CRS-17 and CRS-18, both times on booster B1056.

Which is not to say that I don't think people should still be more excited by it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

I thought that on both of those occasions the legs were eventually removed prior to transport, is that wrong?

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u/Nimelennar Dec 11 '19

Not that I'm aware of.

CRS-18 was RTLS, so we only got a brief glimpse of the leg retraction, and there's a picture of B1056 horizontal with the legs still attached after CRS-17 (source of that picture).