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This was an incredibly insightful comment, thank you. I've been following SpaceX relatively closely; as a South African I've cheered on Elon since his PayPal e
by herodoturtle 6y ago
This was an incredibly insightful comment, thank you.
I've been following SpaceX relatively closely; as a South African I've cheered on Elon since his PayPal exit - and so for example I had friends over for dinner on the night of the twin Falcon landing (and more recently the crewed Dragon mission).
Please forgive my fanboyism, but now that I've read your points that you've just made, it has shed a whole new (fascinating) light on something I was already passionate about.
Incredible times we're living in.
Ad astra.
- JshWright 6y agoPolar launches out of Florida are not some special SpaceX magic. It has more to do with the capabilities of the Eastern Range.
- herodoturtle 6y agoYeah, I hear ya. This was not the 0x5F3759DF of rocket science. My friends and I are simply rooting for a fellow South African. Everything SpaceX do is special SpaceX magic to us. And those live-streaming youtubers from the NASA channel are a fun bunch. Their commentary during the static fire tests the other day kept us company whilst we were working - good fun. I guess I'm just easy to please.
- m4rtink 6y agoSure, but the first polar launch from Florida since 1969 happened this August on a Falcon 9, so they do have a role in making this a reality. Did anyone else fly that trajectory actually since August or is it SpaceX only so far ?