Not EXACTLY the kind of backcountry aviation we are all passionate about here, but space is backcountry well beyond what most of us have experienced.
This is a monumental feat and the SpaceX folks are cracking the code on this revolutionary technology.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/19/14663 ... drone-view
SpaceX Rocket Landing
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Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:07 am
Re: SpaceX Rocket Landing
Last year's landing on a barge in the ocean. If this isn't backcountry, i don't know what is.
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