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SpaceX wows world with a ho-hum launch of a reused rocket, landing it on a tiny boring barge

Timbo

Re: Question: How many engines does....

"You're seeing the flame from the main engines, looking down the length of the stage."

in which case, one should be the unextended "legs" on the side of the 1st stage and NOT the grid fins....

But as mentioned the grid fins are at the top of the first stage, so the pic implies the 1st stage is heading back to earth "upside down".

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