[ilkkao]

I like how SpaceX is willing to take risks. Their second launch tower is still months away from being finished, and now they're trying to catch the booster using the first one.

[bpodgursky]

If they blow up the first tower, it will be 3+++ months to get FAA flight clearance again, so no great loss.

[dotnet00]

FAA doesn't care if they blow up the tower, as long as SpaceX can explain why it happened and show that it didn't cause undue risk to the public.

People freaked out and said the same thing after IFT-1 dug up the concrete underneath the launch mount, and yet the investigation was closed within 6 months and SpaceX conducted IFT-2 2 months later.

[dmix]

FAA is doing the testing, SpaceX is sitting around watching FAA