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#400
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:51
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#401
by
FinalFrontier
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:57
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Elon to ChrisGebhardt: "You really understand the details."
WAY TO GO CHRIS G!!!
Keep up the great coverage put the traditional reporters to shame.
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#402
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Bynaus
on 31 Mar, 2017 05:58
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Congratulations SpaceX! We all hoped this day would finally come, and now it is here. What an amazing time to be alive.
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#403
by
darkenfast
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:12
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Wow! I've been a member here since 2005, and have watched SpaceX go from just another "powerpoint" company to a player that has rocked the world-wide space industry.
Congratulations to them, their customers, KSC/CCAFS and everybody else!
Congratulations to Chris B., NSF and again, Chris G., for the great coverage!
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#404
by
high road
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:22
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Congrats to SpaceX on making history. Now we'll see what cheap access to space does for space business and exploration.
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#405
by
Lumina
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:31
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Congratulations to the SpaceX team!
Carl Sagan ended "Pale Blue Dot" with the stunning line "Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze." That breeze first stirred on 21 December 2015. This second stirring means that the breeze is real and that it will become stronger and stronger. The occasion was truly historic, on a par with that first warp flight in Star Trek : First Contact in terms of its implications for the future of spaceflight, access to space and living on other worlds.
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#406
by
Aussie_Space_Nut
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:37
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Amazing that we all get to see this happening! Well done SpaceX! :-)
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#407
by
Joffan
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:41
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Awesome launch by SpaceX. Absolutely feee nominal.
And great work here at NSF to cover it all, with a shout-out to the instant knowledgeable coverage of the post-launch briefing.
Elon's used flight-proven rocket store arrives on the scene.
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#408
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MP99
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:55
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F9 has now flown twice as often as any other rocket this year- another first for SpaceX.
So has 1021
Oh, well played! :-)
So pleased that this went off without a hitch. It should have worked in theory, but "the difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than it is in theory".
Now, onwards to lower refurb times and becoming more and more routine.
Cheers, Martin
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#409
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Ben the Space Brit
on 31 Mar, 2017 06:58
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Well done to SpaceX for proving that the dream is possible. Now the challenge is to do it again and again and again until those cost savings start appearing on balance sheets!
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#410
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gregpet
on 31 Mar, 2017 07:27
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Woo Hoo!
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#411
by
vandersons
on 31 Mar, 2017 08:22
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Huge congratulations to the whole SpaceX team that made this launch and landing a reality! That was a great one to be watching live. Please keep up the great work you're all doing.
Btw. It gave me a small chuckle when the announcer on the technical webcast nearly lost his cool voice when he announced that Falcon had landed (sounded like a somewhat suppressed elated shout
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#412
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Stevenzop
on 31 Mar, 2017 09:19
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Huge congratulations to SpaceX and everyone who worked so hard to make this work.
As an engineer in a different industry I've found it incredibly inspiring to watch the tenacity of the SpaceX engineers as they tried, failed, tried again, failed a little less, achieved that first landing which then ultimately lead to this point. Many others would have given up long before now, but apparently the SpaceX team is made of sterner stuff. Bravo, and here's to many more!
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#413
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CuddlyRocket
on 31 Mar, 2017 09:45
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Congratulations to the SpaceX team; to SES for taking a risk for the future, and to all those who had a part in this historic day.
But most of all, congratulations to Elon Musk. He said he was proud of the SpaceX team (and rightfully so), but it is his SpaceX team!
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#414
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Hauerg
on 31 Mar, 2017 10:28
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It was half past midnight here in Austria when HISTORY was made.
Congratulation to Elon and the teams he das assembled over the years.
Still a long way to go to 24h turnaround but if ANYbody can make it, SpaceX can do it.
And we should be thankful that they have not to deal with the quarterly sh*t of a public company.
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#415
by
Apollo-phill
on 31 Mar, 2017 10:36
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50 years.......... of world changing events .…...
30 March 1967 The Beatles " Sergeant Pepper" album cover was photographed.
30 March 2017 SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage first reuse flight and fairing recovery .
Congratulations to ALL STAFF at SpaceX !
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#416
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 31 Mar, 2017 10:41
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#417
by
kcrick
on 31 Mar, 2017 11:53
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Congrats to SpaceX on an historic flight!
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#418
by
Alastor
on 31 Mar, 2017 11:54
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That. was. amazing !!!
If anyone had the capability and motive to do it, it was spaceX, and now, thanks to Musk, we enter a new era for spaceflight, nothing less than that !!!
I cannot wait to see RoombX in action and fairing recovery images !!!
And did I hear second stage reusability was on the table ?!?
You are spoiling us, Elon !!!
I am at a loss for words, right now !!!
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#419
by
Robotbeat
on 31 Mar, 2017 12:20
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The odds of this happening just improved significantly:
Even if SpaceX doesn't do it, someone will. The Rubicon has been crossed.
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