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#1420
by
bioelectromechanic
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:12
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When's the presser?
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#1421
by
just-nick
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:12
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We haven't seen the last of this.. Sore Loser..
Congrats @SpaceX on landing Falcon's suborbital booster stage. Welcome to the club!
https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/679116636310360067
I LOL'd.
I second that LOL....
Yeah, I see "good nature'd ribbing" at the most.
I'm sure we're going to see the media play this as a bit "rivalry of billionaires" thing, like Vanderbuilts with racing yachts, but in reality I think that, as competitive as both guys are, there's a lot less "competition" going on than all that.
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#1422
by
Scylla
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:12
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#1423
by
francesco nicoli
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:13
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Colman: "Yeah and man I remember on this forum all the detractors and naysaygers like that night gator guy, hey Jim how does it feel to go from one end of the spectrum where you thought this was impossible to witnessing history? Elon Musk really is a magician eh?"
Yeah, Jim's gruffness can wear thin at times.
But let's not forget that Elon "the magician," whom I admire and appreciate very much, stands now proudly on nearly 60 years of foundational work--of which the Night Gator has been part. As marvelous as this achievement is, how does it compare with the work of the Atlas, Titan and Saturn people, who invented much of this from scratch.
Oops...even von Braun built on Goddard and others.
I suspect Jim is smiling right now, anyway. Who wouldn't be?
Bezos wouldn't, I suspect.
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#1424
by
kirghizstan
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:13
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I think Gwen's reaction was quite similar to most people on here. just grabbing your head in disbelief
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#1425
by
bioelectromechanic
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:15
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kept looking for Elon
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#1426
by
ulm_atms
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:17
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This is the most beautiful picture I have seen in a long time.....
SpaceX Twitter source. (Photo by Ben Cooper...got to give the guy props)
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#1427
by
abaddon
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:17
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kept looking for Elon
Bet he's at the Cape...
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#1428
by
Rocket Science
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:17
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#1429
by
raketa
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:24
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Elon promise to make it this year and he deliver beside setback with CRS-7. Awesome job Elon.
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#1430
by
kevinof
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:25
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Big congrats to Musk and his team. And also to Orbcomm, Air Force and the FAA who had the balls to give the go ahead for this. Fantastic and wonderful moment.
It's 230 am here. Think I need a beer.
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#1431
by
abaddon
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:25
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So, I know it's the tiny detail lost in the glare of the evening's events, but are we gonna hear about the S2 relight or what? Since SpaceX went with the Orbcomm mission over the SES mission to allow the test to take place in a way that would not break the mission if it failed, it's kinda important.
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#1432
by
OxCartMark
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:25
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The webcast is really dumbed down compared to previous ones. They seem to be aiming for a different audience today.
I think they had enough foresight to believe that they were putting history in the can and that this would show over and over again to a wider audience. Hopefully maybe in some elementary schools where some new engineers will be conceived.
Is there a rocket involved in all of this somewhere? They even missed the retract.
True, I too would have been happier with more. But from another perspective this a team congratulation video. And we also got some extra coverage that we've never had before, we could hear the cheering and the relative volume levels of the cheering at the various events, both S2 and S1. And we got the double sided timeline and live landing coverage.
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#1433
by
Lee Jay
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:28
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#1434
by
Elmar Moelzer
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:30
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How close to the X did they get?
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#1435
by
abaddon
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:30
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#1436
by
BigDustyman
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:31
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I see bezos got in a dig about the first stage only being suborbital
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#1437
by
OxCartMark
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:32
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How close to the X did they get?
If this is a bingo game I'm feeling good in taking that part of the "X" where the two legs intersect. We'll see.
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#1438
by
StuffOfInterest
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:33
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This is the most beautiful picture I have seen in a long time.....
SpaceX Twitter source.
That is going to have to be my new screen background when I get back to work.
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#1439
by
Helodriver
on 22 Dec, 2015 01:33
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This is the most beautiful picture I have seen in a long time.....
SpaceX Twitter source.
Photo by Ben Cooper.
