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AMAZING THEY DID IT :) hah! Tears in my eyes here this is absolutely incredible to watch. I stayed up for this, I hope I didn't wake up the neighbours and it will take days to wipe the grin of my face.
edit: haha, nice downvote, whoever it was. :)
Stuck the landing! Congratulations! 10/10. Would land again.
Stuck the landing! Congratulations! 10/10. Would land again.
Stuck the landing! Congratulations! 10/10. Would land again.
Stuck the landing! Congratulations! 10/10. Would land again.
Completely amazing! I'm sure I heard a "holy shit" or two there in the audience. :) EDIT: One question for the rocket scientists here: exactly how reusable do they expect these returned first stage rockets to be? What is the process of certifying that a returned rocket is fit to fly, and what components are most likely to need repairing/replacing with each launch?
AMAZING THEY DID IT :) hah! Tears in my eyes here this is absolutely incredible to watch. I stayed up for this, I hope I didn't wake up the neighbours and it will take days to wipe the grin of my face.
We just witnessed a major moment in history. Unbelievable. edit: haha, nice downvote, whoever it was. :)
They really poured on the PR, lots of people going "Hi, I'm lead mechanical engineer for this or that" and then delivering a perfect speech that would have taken a lot of prectice to deliver to a camera as smoothly like that. It's nice to see a lot of the lessons from media training. :D
I used to sell test equipment and software to SpaceX's launch ops, avionics, and calibration crews, starting between launches 2 and 3. It was touch and go back in those days. These guys have worked their tails off for over a decade and deserve every bit of congratulations they receive.
Walking into the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne was always a humbling experience. Instant "I am the dumbest person in this room" syndrome.
Congrats guys!!
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Completely amazing! I'm sure I heard a "holy shit" or two there in the audience. :) EDIT: One question for the rocket scientists here: exactly how reusable do they expect these returned first stage rockets to be? What is the process of certifying that a returned rocket is fit to fly, and what components are most likely to need repairing/replacing with each launch?
A follow-up question to that would be - how much $$ do you save per launch by reusing the first stage?