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fleur-de-lisa

(14,704 posts) Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:03 PM Feb 2018

In case you missesd it, view GIF of boosters landing here. AMAZING!

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In case you missesd it, view GIF of boosters landing here. AMAZING! (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 OP

That's not the shuttle. Atman Feb 2018 #1

Not "shuttle"...boosters... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #2

There is another one...going to the ship HipChick Feb 2018 #3

Video of launch here. fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 #4

Incredible! mcar Feb 2018 #5

Fantastic. I'm so glad I saw it live too. RandomAccess Feb 2018 #6

Amazing to me whatever it is. I remember waiting Hortensis Feb 2018 #7

Kick Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #8

This was a stunning success and peggysue2 Feb 2018 #9

Atman

(31,464 posts)

1. That's not the shuttle.

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:04 PM

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But still wicked cool!

Wounded Bear

(64,642 posts)

2. Not "shuttle"...boosters...

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:04 PM

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HipChick

(25,615 posts)

3. There is another one...going to the ship

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:05 PM

Feb 2018

fleur-de-lisa

(14,704 posts)

4. Video of launch here.

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:07 PM

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mcar

(46,366 posts)

5. Incredible!

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:07 PM

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RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

6. Fantastic. I'm so glad I saw it live too.

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:23 PM

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Just remarkable.

He's problematic in a lot of ways, but I love Elon Musk anyway. (Except the colonizing Mars thing - that creeps me out. Totally.)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

7. Amazing to me whatever it is. I remember waiting

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 05:23 PM

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waiting for the splashdowns to know the latest crew made it back. This was Apollo 11 returning from the moon in 1969.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

8. Kick

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 06:03 PM

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peggysue2

(12,597 posts)

9. This was a stunning success and

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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 06:16 PM

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accomplishment. It opens the door for other mind-blowing missions and projects for a space-related future.

Personally? I want to live long enough to see our footprints on Mars. And Musk? He wants his ashes strewn on the Red Planet.

I'm cheering for us both and the rest of humanity.

Fabulous!

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