OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!

[Robert Thompson]

Elon just tweeted :

"feels like a giant weight off my back"

So he was feeling the pressure just a little I guess 

If you were watching him he kinda fell back into his chair with his hands behind his head after deployment ( I think it was deployment but might have been mvac meco)

The Admiral Ackbar slump of deliverance.

[Lars_J]

Looking at the replays, I'm not seeing the sort of Fireball or Twist issues from the first two launches, in case anyone was wondering if those had popped up again.

Yep, and the strongback seemed to hold up much better this time. No visible damage. (from what we can see at a distance)

[sanman]

Aww, why'd they finish the webcast so soon?

[TheFallen]

Launch is breaking news on msn.com 

Somehow it's more important than floating weed!

CNN.com didn't update their headline yet 

[Beemer]

Launch is breaking news on msn.com 

Somehow it's more important than floating weed!

Ya think? 

[jongoff]

Elon just tweeted :

"feels like a giant weight off my back"

So he was feeling the pressure just a little I guess 

If you were watching him he kinda fell back into his chair with his hands behind his head after deployment ( I think it was deployment but might have been mvac meco)

The Admiral Ackbar slump of deliverance.

+10

[ericr]

Two thumbs up for Falcon & the SpaceX team!

Go Dragon!

[RocketEconomist327]

Any bets on how many congressmen feel that shift in the air and suddenly change their views of "commercial space"?

Don;t count on it, you wish they did, but they have a lot of reasons not to.

Many will go down kicking and screaming.  Ken Monroe is probably already writing the hearing notes on how horrible COTS was for the tax payer dollar.

Its incestuous in DC.

[Halidon]

Via @SpaceX

[AJA]

I know a lot of people have already mentioned it, but for those who missed out on watching the launch live, pay special attention to the Solar Array Deployment part. Those cheers would easily hold their own against any sporting event.

Thank you SpaceX, and Elon for SHOWING the audience the fun in space-launches. Forget all the pedantism about it being a private company, and the valid arguments of COTS freeing NASA up for bigger things - my takeaway from today is going to be the conveyance of undiluted excitement to people watching An informal mission control, unbridled emotions, with the only thing holding people together there being pure love for spaceflight just add to the inspirational value

[Beemer]

I know a lot of people have already mentioned it, but for those who missed out on watching the launch live, pay special attention to the Solar Array Deployment part. Those cheers would easily hold their own against any sporting event.

Thank you SpaceX, and Elon for SHOWING the audience the fun in space-launches. Forget all the pedantism about it being a private company, and the valid arguments of COTS freeing NASA up for bigger things - my takeaway from today is going to be the conveyance of undiluted excitement to people watching An informal mission control, unbridled emotions, with the only thing holding people together there being pure love for spaceflight just add to the inspirational value

Hear! Hear!!! 

[manboy]

Launch is breaking news on msn.com 

Somehow it's more important than floating weed!

CNN.com didn't update their headline yet 

Fox News has it on their front page.

[majormajor42]

Elon just tweeted :

"feels like a giant weight off my back"

So he was feeling the pressure just a little I guess 

If you were watching him he kinda fell back into his chair with his hands behind his head after deployment ( I think it was deployment but might have been mvac meco)

The Admiral Ackbar slump of deliverance.

Just what I was thinking 

[daver]

WTG SpaceX and Elon!

[Beemer]

Now that things are calmed down I'm having trouble staying awake for the presser 

[sojourner]

WTF? CNN's headline?
http://www.cnn.com/

[Beemer]

WTF? CNN's headline?
http://www.cnn.com/

Idiots. 

[sojourner]

Ah, they fixed it.

[Halidon]

I know it's a ways off (understatement), but the first time there's a night launch with a boost-back first stage recovery it will be a sight to see!

[Robotbeat]

First, the cnn headline said "NASA enters private sector", now it says "SpaceX launches historic mission."