RE: SpaceX launches its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket
February 8, 2018 at 12:30 am
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2018 at 12:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 7, 2018 at 9:48 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(February 7, 2018 at 9:43 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Sounds like the burn to escape earth orbit was successful.
The Tesla Roadster hit 26,000 mph on the way out to the asteroid belt.
Perhaps the opening sequence of the 1970s film Heavy Metal is more prescient than credited.
The whole launch was a play on geekdom. The drone ship is Just Read The Instructions. The second one still under construction will be Of Course I Still Love You.
(which should probably be another line of evidence in Boru's villain thread)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
