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SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
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They just showed it live from Cape Canaveral AF Station. Pretty neat seeing a trick like that with such a big-ass first stage. Hopefully it will be in reusable condition.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein 
I just watched that as well. I couldn't stand all the hootin' and hollerin'. It felt like an MTV awards show. I'd have rather just seen the event in quietude. The video and associated telemetry and some C-SPANesque announcer. Having said that, what an amazing event! It may have been me, but the landing, while spot on, seemed a bit harsh. Like, much higher velocity than I would have expected.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
Awesome.
Once again science advances the human experience. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" 
This is fucking huge.
(insert your own 'That's what she said'-type joke here.) Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
hyperlink or it didn't happen!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. (December 22, 2015 at 5:16 am)ignoramus Wrote: hyperlink or it didn't happen! Ask and ye shall receive: Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
This is great news. Soon humanity will explore other planets. How will people who convince themselves to pray in a particular direction pray in space I wonder?
Humanity have been exploring other planets for decades.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
(December 23, 2015 at 6:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Humanity have been exploring other planets for decades. I meant having humans on a planet other than the Earth. This has not happened yet. I should have been clearer.
Now, if they'd done this 15 years ago they could have called it the Millennium Falcon.
Useless bastards! Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" |
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