Add rate limit info to docs

r-spacex · Aug 9, 2018 · ed30209 · ed30209
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 No authentication is required to use this public API
 
 ## Rate Limiting
-No rate limiting is implemented at this time, but please be respectful with your usage
+The API has a rate limit of 50 req/sec per IP address, if exceeded, a response of 429 will be given
+until the rate drops back below 50 req/sec
 
 ## Development 
 [Dev Info](https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/docs/development.md)