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Falcon 9 booster rocket only moves slowly on Earth

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - We had an unexpected bonus to our lighthouse tour (see previous blog) as we were leaving Cape Canaveral.  A Falcon 9 booster rocket was being returned to the SpaceX facility.  SpaceX or more correctly Space Exploration Technology Corp. is a private enterprise on CC launching payloads into space, and soon, to the Space Station.
     Elon Musk, the individual behind Tesla automobiles, is also the "father" of Space X.  The key is reusable rocket boosters...to make the business viable and save money.  This is very new technology.
     This booster was utilized in  an October 30 launch from CC.  After a four minutes-plus burn the booster uncoupled 20-plus miles above the Earth.  Now for the hard parts:   return to Earth, don't burn up in the atmosphere and touch down upright on a 'barge' out in the ocean.  In order to do all this, the rocket performed a "flip" so that it was descending with engine thrusters forward.  The rocket is then 'steered' to the barge and the small landing pad on it.
     The only thing remotely comparable might be fighter jet pilots landing on an aircraft carrier.
     spaceflightnow.com is a good website to check for more info.