&quot;I want to <i>stick a landing</i> this year&quot;<p>That&#x27;s a gymnastics phrase for landing on your feet (with no bounce) during a dismount and is a pretty appropriate analogy for what they&#x27;re trying to do with the Falcon 9 first stage.<p>To carry the analogy further, the second landing attempt could have been a &quot;one hop&quot; landing if they&#x27;d had a bigger drone ship.  The first landing (which needed a bit more propellant to keep the stage upright) would have succeeded as a &quot;one step&quot; dismount - if the stage could actually take a step with it&#x27;s legs.