Comment Re:Not 'close' (Score 1) 342
Sorry, they met #1 and #2. The vertical velocity at contact with the barge was as close to zero as anyone could wish for. That's the only one that matters, given that it's a system with thrust-to-weight ratio > 1. The on-contact vertical velocity was lower than the vertical velocity on 95% of commercial transport airplane landings when the wheels touch the pavement. You'd be really surprised at how good this landing otherwise was, given the just-about-oscillating thrust controller issue that they had.