SpaceX launches its largest rocket from California coast
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, making its West Coast debut from Space Launch Complex-4. (Matt Hartman / September 29, 2013)
Oh Yes, This is DIFFERENT than the ones he's been shooting off from Florida! .. & you can read why in the dkos article below . .this one is from the L.A. times, which does not go into that part of it .. . .;)
A new rocket, the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1, launched today, and preliminary indications are that it was a smashing success, carrying a Canadian science satellite and three small secondary payloads into orbit. Astoundingly, SpaceX managed to successfully re-start the first stage engines after separation, a first in the history of space flight.
You won't find it on the front page of Google News, CNN, or the New York Times. There is a reason for that: SpaceX, the private space launch company founded by Elon Musk, is being a little paranoid about this one:
“We’re being, as usual, extremely paronoid about the launch and trying to do everything we possibly can to improve the probability of success, but this is a new version of Falcon 9." -- Elon Musk
So what's new about it? A lot. Follow below the fold for the list, and the revolution that is upon us.
Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
. Here it is. ;) 
