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In case you missesd it, view GIF of boosters landing here. AMAZING! (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Feb 2018
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Atman
(31,464 posts)1. That's not the shuttle.
But still wicked cool!
Wounded Bear
(58,713 posts)2. Not "shuttle"...boosters...
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. There is another one...going to the ship
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)4. Video of launch here.
mcar
(42,375 posts)5. Incredible!
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)6. Fantastic. I'm so glad I saw it live too.
Just remarkable.
He's problematic in a lot of ways, but I love Elon Musk anyway. (Except the colonizing Mars thing - that creeps me out. Totally.)
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)7. Amazing to me whatever it is. I remember waiting
waiting for the splashdowns to know the latest crew made it back. This was Apollo 11 returning from the moon in 1969.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)8. Kick
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)9. This was a stunning success and
accomplishment. It opens the door for other mind-blowing missions and projects for a space-related future.
Personally? I want to live long enough to see our footprints on Mars. And Musk? He wants his ashes strewn on the Red Planet.
I'm cheering for us both and the rest of humanity.
Fabulous!