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#380
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watermod
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:09
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Thanks for a completely new lease and face on space!
Look forward to the future you have created!
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#381
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AndrewM
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:13
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Congratulations to everyone involved with this historic mission. This was a fun launch to run a parody account for (Pad 39A).
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#382
by
CameronD
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:17
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#383
by
Mikeace1
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:20
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Congrats SpaceX. I watched it with my 8 year old daughter, and she said if it blew up on landing she was going to cry. After it landed, she said if she was at Hawthorne, she would be screaming her head off. The realization that she knew what was at stake and how it would change the world makes me a proud dad. 'Merica.
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#384
by
macpacheco
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:38
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Flawless relaunch of a F9 booster. Picture perfect mission.
This amazing accomplishment leaves me with just one thought, the Daft Punk song:
One more time !
One more time !
One more time !
I gonna celebrate !
Oh yeah, all right
Don't stop the dancing !
A toast for this to become routine !
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#385
by
manoweb
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:49
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Thanks, congratulations to Mr. E. Musk and his vision. Today was an historic first, and I am referring to the fairing recovery, I hope we will have more details soon. From the engineering point of view the second flight and landing on the barge were not really a surprise, as the SES person said. But the fairing recovery was what I have been hoping for years! What a dream become reality!
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#386
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edkyle99
on 31 Mar, 2017 02:54
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Congratulations once again to SpaceX and to Elon Musk. Fairing half recovery. Seriously? That man, Mr. Musk, what is one to say? He leads.
- Ed Kyle
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#387
by
Brian Mc
on 31 Mar, 2017 03:20
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Congratulations to Space X and all involved!
A truly epic day in spaceflight.
We now live in a world where expendable boosters are no longer the way forward or even acceptable.
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#388
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S.Paulissen
on 31 Mar, 2017 03:31
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I'm with ed. There's nothing left to say. Historical first reflight.... Plus fairing recovery is crazy. Wow.
Elon's ability to take risk and make it his (dog) is second to none.
Congrats SpX. You've earned that place in the history books.
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#389
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Tuts36
on 31 Mar, 2017 03:43
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What a day! I've been celebrating tonight with grilled steaks and beer. So I hope this congratulatory post makes sense to everyone here at NSF, because I think most of the people here are at least as enthused as I am about today's spectacular launch!
Almost 3 years ago, I first joined the NSF community to learn as much as I could about the crazy new commercial launch provider that was attempting to develop a RE-USABLE rocket, in an era of spaceflight stagnation. I spent hours poring through the massive video restoration thread, watching as the landmark clip of a rocket stage firing its engines and deploying landing gear above the atlantic was painstakingly salvaged from an (almost!) hopelessly mangled mpeg file.
Today feels like the culmination of SpaceX's efforts. Irrefutable proof that re-use is not only possible, but that it is THE next step forward for spaceflight.
Even if SpaceX doesn't realize its ultimate goal of taking humanity to Mars, I think history will show that today's relaunch & landing is a watershed moment for space travel. Every government agency and commercial space provider will now seriously invest in re-usable spaceflight systems, if they weren't convinced already. Elon Musk was right when he said that this is necessary if we aspire to be multi-planetary as a species.
I am grateful to NSF for the continuous, dedicated, intelligent coverage of all things related to space exploration. It is one of a few sites that I visit daily. It is my antidote for depressing political news coverage. It is a daily dose of optimism, much needed.
Congratulations to SpaceX for today's milestone - and succesfull fairing recovery as the cherry on top!
Congratulations and thank you to SES for taking a chance on a flight proven rocket!
Kudos to NASA, because they have been supportive of SpaceX's endeavors every step of the way - as Elon Musk acknowledges at every opportunity. So cool that the launch happened at 39-A. Hallowed ground indeed!
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#390
by
punder
on 31 Mar, 2017 03:58
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#391
by
Endeavour_01
on 31 Mar, 2017 04:14
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Congratulations to Elon Musk and everybody at SpaceX! Wow, glad to witness history. This is the stuff we will tell our kids about!
Launch & Land & Re-launch!
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#392
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TomH
on 31 Mar, 2017 04:30
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The future began today. Congratulations SpaceX and E. Musk.
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#393
by
joek
on 31 Mar, 2017 04:37
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Congratulations SpaceX. Thanks for continuing to push the envelope (and the industry). That everything proceeded routinely and with no drama or fanfare (at least visible to us outside observers) is causing me a bit of cognitive dissonance, but is the greatest compliment I can think of.
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#394
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fthomassy
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:00
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SpaceX: Wow, one more milestone. You made it look easy!
NSF: Thank you Chris B and Steve for the simulcast coverage with the livestream! But Chris G you were the real stand out today throughout the launch, historical landing and that amazing presser. Glad you were there!
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#395
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ppb
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:01
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A watershed day in the history of spaceflight. And they snuck in fairing recovery to boot. Musk is a real visionary.
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#396
by
tyrred
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:01
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What a wonderful gift!
Today's historic re-launch and re-landing made my millenium... though I'll be arguing for weeks against my tinfoil-hat brother about the camera blackout of the landing itself... even a CGI artist apparently can be fooled into thinking that it's impossible to land a rocket like god and Heinlein intended!
Go SpaceX!
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#397
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:33
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Historic launch photos from SpaceX.
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#398
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:41
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#399
by
FinalFrontier
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:48
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How great is that?! Super mega congratulations to Spacex, NASA, and everyone involved. Big thank you to NSF Chris G Chris B and co. for covering this so well. Amazing history making moment, somebody finally managed to re-use a first stage and land it TWICE. How cool is that!
This is the start of a new era here is to hoping the development path continues to improve this stuff. No longer a theory, IT CAN BE DONE!!!
