Posted: Nov 25, 2015 12:03 pm
Yeah, the Musk comment is a bit silly, the high altitude speed doesn't really make that much of a difference for the actual touchdown, although it would be more difficult to get the rocket landed at an exact position (e.g. a floating barge). Then again, Musk is seen as some sort of holy saint of rocket science nowadays, so if he says it doesn't count it doesn't count right (just paraphrasing the interweb)..