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		JshWright on April 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High Weird bit of trivia... The pad the the rockets are landing on is a helipad (green perimeter lights). I suppose that makes sense for the video, since there isn't, AFAIK, an FAA spec for rocketpad lighting...

varjag on April 23, 2013 [–]

Takes off and lands vertically, same thing really :)

adlpz on April 24, 2013 | [–]

Well there is the whole fire thing going on too :P

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