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I'm surprised how I almost ended up tearing up and was close to crying while watching this. Saying this as someone who is not a huge NASA or space enthusiast.

I'm surprised how I almost ended up tearing up and was close to crying while watching this. Saying this as someone who is not a huge NASA or space enthusiast. I did study physics, and I'm more into science than the average person though.

war1025 6y ago
I made my wife and kids sit and watch it with me. Oddly enough, I think the first time they landed the rocket booster felt more significant to me. SpaceX launches have made space flight ordinary in a way that is pretty remarkable.
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- andrewflnr 6y ago
  In a way I think landing the boosters is harder, and certainly was more of a first-time thing when SpaceX did it. I was bummed that the cameras cut out for the booster landing on this mission.
  - JshWright 6y ago
    The droneship landings always cut out. The rocket interferes with the radio link transmitting the video feed.
    - ric2b 6y ago
      At this point I was expecting the drone to simply retry to transmit the video a few seconds or minutes later. I guess we just don't have the technology.
- fma 6y ago
  Yeah same with me...first booster landed was significant. I was hoping to see it this time as I was watching it with my family and they never saw it before...and it's too bad both live feeds (on the rocket, and boat) cut out...and the next shot the rocket magically is there.
- karatestomp 6y ago
  The double-booster landing and Tesla launch was more impressive, even if the third core went boom. Once you can safely launch over and over, replacing your payload with a human terrarium is neat but very much an already-been-done thing. Not like they were flying it—I imagine the only thing they had control over was a manual “uh oh” lever. Landing boosters, on the other hand, is some crazy Ray Bradbury-looking shit, and seeing two touch down in sync on land was nuts.
justatestttt 6y ago
I pulled over on the side of the street to watch this with my kiddo on my phone. It was a historic moment that I didn't want to miss. I really wish that we didn't have to make EVERY experience ultra casual these days though...it was disorienting to keep hearing the astronauts referred to as "Bob and Doug". These are veteran Air Force and Marine pilots. They deserve their honorifics being honored if anyone does.
- varjag 6y ago
  To be fair they called the president by the last name and honorific, in that brown-nosing speech towards the end of broadcast.
  - spopejoy 6y ago
    > brown-nosing speech towards the end of broadcast Was there any truth to the claims made that Trump has been exceptional in space support?
    - adventured 6y ago
      What does exceptional mean in this context? The Trump Admin has pushed for increasing NASA funding. Their funding had barely budged for the better part of a decade until Trump became president. From $19.2b the last Obama year (they got $18.7b in 2010, to show how little increase they received) to a requested $25.2b for 2021 (typically they get more than is requested). If that request sum comes through, much less higher, it'll be the single largest funding increase year to year in decades.
      - varjag 6y ago
        This is nothing compared to increases under Kennedy administration.
    - varjag 6y ago
      He certainly isn't compared to mid-century administrations.
jdm2212 6y ago
I was in a cab and made my wife watch the livestream on my phone. I'm not even into spaceflight; I just can't help but watch and marvel at the fact that we can put a person into space on a rocket... and then land the rocket. It's insane. And if they didn't do it over and over again with eyewitnesses I would refuse to believe it.
davrosthedalek 6y ago
Me too, and I'm not even an American (but live in the US)! Would have wished they would make it a little bit less "good for the US" and a little bit more "good for the free world".
- proactivesvcs 6y ago
  As a Brit that sometimes finds USA patriotism a little excessive, I have to admit that I grant them an exception when it comes to feats like spaceflight. USA! USA!

war1025 6y ago

I made my wife and kids sit and watch it with me. Oddly enough, I think the first time they landed the rocket booster felt more significant to me. SpaceX launches have made space flight ordinary in a way that is pretty remarkable.

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andrewflnr 6y ago
In a way I think landing the boosters is harder, and certainly was more of a first-time thing when SpaceX did it. I was bummed that the cameras cut out for the booster landing on this mission.
- JshWright 6y ago
  The droneship landings always cut out. The rocket interferes with the radio link transmitting the video feed.
  - ric2b 6y ago
    At this point I was expecting the drone to simply retry to transmit the video a few seconds or minutes later. I guess we just don't have the technology.
fma 6y ago
Yeah same with me...first booster landed was significant. I was hoping to see it this time as I was watching it with my family and they never saw it before...and it's too bad both live feeds (on the rocket, and boat) cut out...and the next shot the rocket magically is there.
karatestomp 6y ago
The double-booster landing and Tesla launch was more impressive, even if the third core went boom. Once you can safely launch over and over, replacing your payload with a human terrarium is neat but very much an already-been-done thing. Not like they were flying it—I imagine the only thing they had control over was a manual “uh oh” lever. Landing boosters, on the other hand, is some crazy Ray Bradbury-looking shit, and seeing two touch down in sync on land was nuts.

justatestttt 6y ago

I pulled over on the side of the street to watch this with my kiddo on my phone. It was a historic moment that I didn't want to miss. I really wish that we didn't have to make EVERY experience ultra casual these days though...it was disorienting to keep hearing the astronauts referred to as "Bob and Doug". These are veteran Air Force and Marine pilots. They deserve their honorifics being honored if anyone does.

varjag 6y ago
To be fair they called the president by the last name and honorific, in that brown-nosing speech towards the end of broadcast.
- spopejoy 6y ago
  > brown-nosing speech towards the end of broadcast Was there any truth to the claims made that Trump has been exceptional in space support?
  - adventured 6y ago
    What does exceptional mean in this context? The Trump Admin has pushed for increasing NASA funding. Their funding had barely budged for the better part of a decade until Trump became president. From $19.2b the last Obama year (they got $18.7b in 2010, to show how little increase they received) to a requested $25.2b for 2021 (typically they get more than is requested). If that request sum comes through, much less higher, it'll be the single largest funding increase year to year in decades.
    - varjag 6y ago
      This is nothing compared to increases under Kennedy administration.
  - varjag 6y ago
    He certainly isn't compared to mid-century administrations.

jdm2212 6y ago

I was in a cab and made my wife watch the livestream on my phone. I'm not even into spaceflight; I just can't help but watch and marvel at the fact that we can put a person into space on a rocket... and then land the rocket. It's insane. And if they didn't do it over and over again with eyewitnesses I would refuse to believe it.

davrosthedalek 6y ago

Me too, and I'm not even an American (but live in the US)! Would have wished they would make it a little bit less "good for the US" and a little bit more "good for the free world".

proactivesvcs 6y ago
As a Brit that sometimes finds USA patriotism a little excessive, I have to admit that I grant them an exception when it comes to feats like spaceflight. USA! USA!