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#240
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malu5531
on 01 May, 2017 11:58
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Congratulations! Amazing footage from stage separation all the way to landing.
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#241
by
StuffOfInterest
on 01 May, 2017 11:59
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Congratulations to the camera operator who gave us the most impressive video yet of a launch and landing.
A side congratulations for whatever weather deity made the skies that clear for the camera operator.
And of course, congratulations to all involved with the operation. It is getting to be old hat but still very impressive.
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#242
by
daveglo
on 01 May, 2017 11:59
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Congrats, I guess. Missed it commuting to work. Replays?
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#243
by
cartman
on 01 May, 2017 11:59
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Congrats to SpaceX for the successful mission and for giving us this epic footage! Lets hope they have enough tracking cameras for the Falcon Heavy mission
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#244
by
northenarc
on 01 May, 2017 12:00
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That's definitely not getting old yet, that was truly amazing, cinematic. Congrats to SpaceX once again, what they're making routine is astonishing.
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#245
by
dawei
on 01 May, 2017 12:00
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I normally try to keep my exhilaration at seeing a launch internal to my brain so as to not disturb the rest of the house and remove the last remaining doubts that I am certifiably crazy .... But this time I couldn't contain myself and was cheering loudly as the return unfolded. Congrats to all involved! Simply awesome to watch.
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#246
by
chad1011
on 01 May, 2017 12:01
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Congratulations to SpaceX, NRO, USAF, the range, FAA, and definitely the tracking camera guy! Nice and smooth on the countdown and an incredibly routine landing!
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#247
by
Star One
on 01 May, 2017 12:05
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Congratulations to all concerned and the outstanding landing coverage.
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#248
by
Michael Baylor
on 01 May, 2017 12:11
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Amazing new camera angles today.
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#249
by
Digitalchromakey
on 01 May, 2017 12:13
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Congratulations to all.
I cannot remember how many wows I uttered aloud after MECO, but as others have written, it was truly amazing footage, showing just how special what SpaceX are doing really is.
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#250
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dmc6960
on 01 May, 2017 12:31
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Typical SpaceX. Just look how lame their first stage is, it just cuts tail and runs after letting go of the second stage. Must be afraid of the ocean or something. Pffft.
Congrats!
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#251
by
Rocket Science
on 01 May, 2017 12:46
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Congrats to all, well done! Better than a cup of coffee to wake up to!
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#252
by
Elmar Moelzer
on 01 May, 2017 12:53
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Congrats to all involved! Awesome launch!
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#253
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 01 May, 2017 12:57
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#254
by
sevenperforce
on 01 May, 2017 13:00
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Gorgeous, truly gorgeous. Most magnificent launch/landing footage I've seen. Being able to watch MECO, separation, and boostback ignition from the same tracking camera more than makes up for not having an interstage or upper stage camera. Congrats!
Also, a big thanks to SpaceX for giving us telemetry on the way up AND the way down. People are going to be analyzing the hell out of the EDL telemetry for ages.
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#255
by
tleski
on 01 May, 2017 13:01
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The best morning TV show ever!
Congratulations to all involved!
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#256
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Llian Rhydderch
on 01 May, 2017 13:01
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Congrats to all, and thanks again for the awesome coverage of events by NSF's intrepid team of citizen journalist reporters!
What SpaceX has done here is really quite an entrepreneurial and engineering accomplishment. Notably, all of the reusable technology development was done by private market incentives!
It was the entrepreneurial vision and very large private investment of Elon Musk, as well as the execution of 100s of people at SpaceX over years, that developed this this reusable technology over the past 7+years, that are now beginning to make this all look routine.
Silicon Valley software iterative and incremental development culture applied to the rocket launch industry!
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#257
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Phil Stooke
on 01 May, 2017 13:05
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"...the execution of 100s of people at SpaceX "
I had heard that this approach was used in North Korea to encourage hard work among the survivors, but I didn't expect it to be used in the USA as well. Still, these days, who knows?
edit/Lar: (party thread people, use it!)
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#258
by
Lee Jay
on 01 May, 2017 13:07
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Wow...great visuals!
Congrats to SpaceX for a successful launch and landing!
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#259
by
Oersted
on 01 May, 2017 13:13
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"...the execution of 100s of people at SpaceX "
I had heard that this approach was used in North Korea to encourage hard work among the survivors, but I didn't expect it to be used in the USA as well. Still, these days, who knows?
Haha, I lol'ed... :-)
Amazing footage indeed. Would have loved a closer ground-to-booster view on landing but that's my only quibble.
Congrats to the NRO on being able to snoop even more on all of us
