SpaceX: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster", hN uses it as evidence that SpaceX iterated through visible failures and is open and humorous about them.
- video recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users, 2018–2026HN uses it as evidence that SpaceX iterated through visible failures and is open and humorous about them.
- demo recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2016–2017HN links it in SpaceX landing threads as the best first-person view of how hard a booster landing is.
- demo recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2014–2021Used as the go-to clip showing SpaceX's reusable-rocket landing tests, often in comparisons with other vertical landing programs.
- demo cited on HN 8 times, 2015–2018HN commenters cite it as evidence that Dragon's built-in launch escape system works and that a failed launch need not kill the crew.
- talk cited on HN 3 times, 2020–2025Referenced as Musk's original statement of SpaceX's multiplanetary plan.
Questions
Which SpaceX video does Hacker News recommend most?
How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster: recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users between 2018 and 2026.
Is this every SpaceX video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.