The booster catch was insane!
The booster catch was insane!
Muskyness aside; it is pretty impressive to watch, almost looks like the footage has been reversed.
Audio is really annoying.
106 6 Replylol, how is the audio annoying? Those are literally the engineers who worked on this, one of the most difficult engineering problems in human history, having nailed it on their first try.
If you want pure rocket audio, look into cosmic perspective after a few weeks.
31 8 ReplyTheir first try?
12 4 Replyone of the most difficult engineering problems in human history
This made me laugh.
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Musk just owns the company, which sucks. There are clearly a lot of very talented people there who do actually work while Musk is in his K-hole.
16 0 ReplyLove the game, hate the player.
7 0 ReplyWell no dispite musk since he's well publicized to be a hinderence aide from the money he provides.
8 1 ReplyCould you link a source? I just want to believe this; I've never actually seen evidence of it.
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Muskyness aside;
Out of morbid curiosity I went into the comment section for some insta posts about this. It's just full of worship for Musk, and complete disregard for the actual engineers & Shotwell.
This thread has been far more pleasant.
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Indeed, it was insane! Super impressive that they got it on the first try.
As an aside, I'm curious how you found the mp4 download link for a twitter video. Is there one for every video? Are they embeddable?
Edit: It appears that they are embeddable!
32 3 ReplyThis is the website, it didn't look like it was embedding into the post, so I uploaded it. Maybe it would have embedded if I waited longer.
13 1 ReplyThanks!
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Holy fuck they did it
27 3 ReplyWoke up at 5am PST to watch live. What a rush
8 0 ReplyWhat is the advantage if catching the rocket instead of letting it land? Less weight?
6 0 ReplyYeah, less weight without landing legs, plus faster turn around since it's already were it needs to go.
9 1 ReplyI'm also guessing less wear of the launch/landing pad?
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Absolutely amazing tech, I cannot wait to see it used more widely.
Also, I can only imagine how much better this already great advancement would be if it were to utilize rotating detonation engines, assuming it would be possible to use RDEs to land in an atmosphere with.
5 0 ReplyAmazing!
5 1 ReplySomebody's youth wasted on Moon Cresta finally paid off.
2 0 Replyimgur notsomuch
1 0 ReplyIs it playing for you?
1 0 Replynope. just showing imgurs banner
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Too many dicks on the dance floor.
8 39 ReplySeriously, there are no women in that entire crowd. Come to think of it they’re all white too.
Well, I suppose it’s tradition.
8 30 ReplyThe average percentage of women in aerospace is ~13.4%
SpaceX has 14.1% female.
NASA has 35.5% women.
Boeing has 24.1% women.
Virgin Galactic has 25% women.
Blue Origin has 20% women.
Lockheed has 32% female.
Grumman has 24.5% female.
Raytheon has 29% female.
Maybe women in aerospace just don't want to work for Musk?
24 0 ReplySpaceX is ran by a woman, Gwynne Shotwell. Musk is the CEO, but she runs the show as the COO - this is because of her.
22 3 ReplyYou forgot to change user when replying to yourself?
Dicks don't launch rockets. Brains do. SpaceX has plenty of brains with, and without dicks attached.
Stop being a salty shit.
18 2 ReplyPut it back in the deck, Skippy...
2 1 ReplyMaybe that's why they are so good, copying NASA prime?
2 2 ReplyIsnt middle front at 46s a woman?
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