Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - CRS-8 Dragon - April 8, 2016 - UPDATES (Read 285575 times)

Jarnis · « **Reply #280 on:** 04/08/2016 09:09 pm »

CONGRATS SPACEX! That's how you do it... First try, perfect flight, perfect landing (welll... bit off center and not on my bingo square, but... I'll allow that), perfect delivery of Dragon to orbit...

I'm literally on goosebumps watching the landing replay.

neoforce · « **Reply #281 on:** 04/08/2016 09:09 pm »

Wait, what about this?

congrats SpaceX!

toren · « **Reply #282 on:** 04/08/2016 09:10 pm »

My first post and what a better way than to congratulate Elon & the SpaceX team (& NASA).

Many happy returns!

llanitedave · « **Reply #283 on:** 04/08/2016 09:10 pm »

Speechless and breathing hard. What a fantastic experience! And to make it even better, I don't think it quite made my bingo square, but it was pretty darn close!

Mapperuo · « **Reply #284 on:** 04/08/2016 09:10 pm »

Launch and landing

cebri · « **Reply #285 on:** 04/08/2016 09:10 pm »

Thank you Elon, thank you.

Skylab · « **Reply #286 on:** 04/08/2016 09:10 pm »

AMAZING! Congrats SpaceX, a huge step towards useful reusability!

Rhyshaelkan · « **Reply #287 on:** 04/08/2016 09:11 pm »

Congrats SpaceX!!

Jeff Bezos can't touch this club.

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #288 on:** 04/08/2016 09:11 pm »

I'm celebrating down here in New Zealand with a fist pump and a bloody awful instant coffee as my motorcycle is serviced. Well done, Team, well done!

wesley · « **Reply #289 on:** 04/08/2016 09:11 pm »

Woke up early in the morning from Korea to see the event.
This is the sight I wanted to see for the last couple of years and SpaceX has finally delivered!
Congratulations to everyone!

CorvusCorax · « **Reply #290 on:** 04/08/2016 09:11 pm »

AT LAST !!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Persistence prevails!!! BIIIIIIG congrats to SpaceX on that carrier landing!!!! Btw, is that even the first rocket to ever succesfully land on a ship?

Fingers crossed they nail the rendezvous and berthing as well, but at least in terms of DeltaV that will be small step for a fully functional dragon in good orbit - when compared to the launch :-)

I'm BEAMing with joy :-) - Gonna hit the party thread!

Perchlorate · « **Reply #291 on:** 04/08/2016 09:12 pm »

I was 9 when the Russians put Sputnik in orbit. I watched almost all of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, the shuttles...all of it.

At 68, it is a real thrill to see this remarkable achievement, on top of the "Land" landing on 12/21/15.

In deference to Jim and the old guard, SpaceX stands on their shoulders. But they surely do stand tall today. Heartiest congratulations on the first-try, on-time launch, the successful Dragon launch, and the creme de la creme, landing on OCISLY. Go SpaceX!

RocketGoBoom · « **Reply #292 on:** 04/08/2016 09:12 pm »

It is a good thing that SpaceX had that Blue Origin patent declared invalid ... because they just violated it !!!

Great job SpaceX.

symbios · « **Reply #293 on:** 04/08/2016 09:12 pm »

AMAZING and nerve-racking, so much hinges on every launch…

Gongratz to everyone and especially to SpaceX

qralt · « **Reply #294 on:** 04/08/2016 09:12 pm »

That was awesome! Congrats SpaceX!

Baranquilla · « **Reply #295 on:** 04/08/2016 09:12 pm »

Congrats SpaceX! All your hard work gets an awesome reward!

mlindner · « **Reply #296 on:** 04/08/2016 09:13 pm »

One small step in mankind's vicarious living through SpaceX in SpaceX's quest for conquest of the solar system. To a day that we all walk on another planet.

jg · « **Reply #297 on:** 04/08/2016 09:14 pm »

Absolutely stupendous! And they said it couldn't be done....

Congratulations to SpaceX.

Thanks to NSF, Chris and the crew.

Alpha Control · « **Reply #298 on:** 04/08/2016 09:14 pm »

Really exciting! CRS-8 will stand out in the list of cargo missions for a long time.

Fantastic day for spaceflight. Go Dragon! Go BEAM! And Go ASDS with your new sure-footed passenger!

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Ometh45 · « **Reply #299 on:** 04/08/2016 09:15 pm »

Well done SpaceX amazing landing