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SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 21, 2015 at 9:52 pm
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.
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 21, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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.
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 21, 2015 at 10:00 pm
Awesome.
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 22, 2015 at 5:12 am
This is fucking huge.
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 22, 2015 at 5:16 am
hyperlink or it didn't happen!
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 22, 2015 at 5:47 am
(December 22, 2015 at 5:16 am)ignoramus Wrote: hyperlink or it didn't happen!
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 23, 2015 at 5:51 pm
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?
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 23, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Humanity have been exploring other planets for decades.
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RE: SpaceX Lands Falcon First Stage
December 23, 2015 at 6:49 pm
Now, if they'd done this 15 years ago they could have called it the Millennium Falcon.
Useless bastards!
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