SpaceX soft landing fails

[Jackalope]

Reminds me of.....

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An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a, "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, did we land or were we shot down?"

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Reminds me of a particularly hard landing coming into Anchorage - reminiscent of a hard landing on a carrier deck. On exiting the cabin, I commented to the crewman at the door: "Navy pilot, eh?"