OT - SpaceX Launch

[Den60]

They are going to try to put 11 satellites in orbit and then land the launch vehicle for reuse (like Bezos did, though with a smaller rocket). You can watch it here in about 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4

[Den60]

Scrubbed for today.

[Bolt-O]

Stuck the landing. Awesome.

[Den60]

Yes, very impressive. Suck that, Putin. It's about time we started putting Americans back in space on American rockets.

[Bolt-O]

[Den60]

Wished they could have done it in daylight, but that was impressive. Bezos did it first with Blue Horizon but that was a much smaller rocket. Musk is actually developing a rocket to get us back to the moon and beyond, though I think this whole getting to Mars with humans will take much longer than currently speculated.

[Bolt-O]

I think there is a plan to send astronauts up to the ISS with this. We'll see, not sure yet if reused boosters is a good idea for human transport yet.

[Den60]

I think there is a plan to send astronauts up to the ISS with this. We'll see, not sure yet if reused boosters is a good idea for human transport yet.

SpaceX next launch vehicle will be big enough to start talking about going back to the moon. I do question how comfortable astronauts would feel sitting atop a used rocket but then it was Alan Shepard who once said "“I looked at those toggle switches I had to turn on cue. I looked at the dials I had to turn on cue, and I thought to myself, “My God, just think, this thing was built by the lowest bidder.”

[Mister Hoarse]

SpaceX next launch vehicle will be big enough to start talking about going back to the moon. I do question how comfortable astronauts would feel sitting atop a used rocket but then it was Alan Shepard who once said "“I looked at those toggle switches I had to turn on cue. I looked at the dials I had to turn on cue, and I thought to myself, “My God, just think, this thing was built by the lowest bidder.”

Hahahahaha! Awesome.

[Highboltage]

I think there is a plan to send astronauts up to the ISS with this. We'll see, not sure yet if reused boosters is a good idea for human transport yet.

At least you know they were put together right!

[captaind]

If we do make it to Mars, sure as hell the NFL will use that to extort money for new stadiums.

[KNSD]

Rockets are so 20th century. Where is the damn "Railgun to Space" facility?