SpaceXs Year of Fiery Triumphs and Explosive Failure

Published: Dec. 29, 2016, 8:12 a.m.

b'Maybe 2016 wasn\\u2019t your year. Buck up, at least your $60 million dollar rocket bearing a $200 million dollar payload didn\\u2019t explode on the launchpad. Or, perhaps your year was great. Again, some perspective: Did you land four rockets on ocean barges after inserting satellites into orbit around the Earth? No? Neither? Then lay off the superlatives, because SpaceX probably had both a better, and worse, 2016 than you.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'