"Delightfully Frustrating" Falcon 9 Scratch Project Goes Viral
Contributed by
ScratchEd Team, September 18, 2015
The game mirrors Elon Musk's near-impossible feat of landing a rocket, safely upright, on a barge.
Play the game here a : Falcon 9 Lander
and read the widespread coverage here:
Daily Mail UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3239703/Could-land-Elon-Musk-s-Falcon-9-barge-Game-lets-skills-test-reveals-just-difficult-is.html#comments
TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/this-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-isnt-going-to-land-itself/
Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/17/web-game-landing-falcon-9-pretty-much-impossible/
Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/try-landing-the-spacex-falcon-9-yourself-with-this-flas-1731352484
CNET
http://www.cnet.com/news/try-and-fail-to-land-the-space-x-falcon-9-with-this-video-game/
The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/9/17/9344475/spacex-falcon-9-landing-game
Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a17389/this-spacex-game-lets-you-know-how-hard-a-barge-landing-is/
The Daily Dot
http://www.dailydot.com/geek/spacex-falcon-9-browser-game-physics-puzzler/
MSN
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/well-if-you-think-its-so-damn-easy-to-land-spacexs-falcon-9-you-try-it/ar-AAenIIs
All of this publicity stemmed from a Reddit post which led to an article on MSN.
Scratcher Dixiklo's Falcon 9 Lander project, a fun twist on the classic Lunar Lander game, has spread like wildfire on the internet.
The game mirrors Elon Musk's near-impossible feat of landing a rocket, safely upright, on a barge.
Play the game here a : Falcon 9 Lander
and read the widespread coverage here:
Daily Mail UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3239703/Could-land-Elon-Musk-s-Falcon-9-barge-Game-lets-skills-test-reveals-just-difficult-is.html#comments
TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/this-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-isnt-going-to-land-itself/
Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/17/web-game-landing-falcon-9-pretty-much-impossible/
Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/try-landing-the-spacex-falcon-9-yourself-with-this-flas-1731352484
CNET
http://www.cnet.com/news/try-and-fail-to-land-the-space-x-falcon-9-with-this-video-game/
The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/9/17/9344475/spacex-falcon-9-landing-game
Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a17389/this-spacex-game-lets-you-know-how-hard-a-barge-landing-is/
The Daily Dot
http://www.dailydot.com/geek/spacex-falcon-9-browser-game-physics-puzzler/
MSN
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/well-if-you-think-its-so-damn-easy-to-land-spacexs-falcon-9-you-try-it/ar-AAenIIs
All of this publicity stemmed from a Reddit post which led to an article on MSN.
