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They launched the biggest most powerful rocket in the world yesterday. Along with a red Tesla convertible they are going to put in Orbit. Did you happen to see the launch from your backyard, Moe? 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Should be Riding
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I observed it as it was dropping its first stages (way up in the clear blue). the building shaking kinda gave away the fact that it didn't launch at 1:30, but at closer to quarter to 4. I did see the two first stages deceleration firings. Those were almost on top of each other being so close to each other side by side. That was a freaking buck rogers moment for sure. Night time landing are even more amazing. the heavy ROARED!
Yeah, I kicked myself for not seeing the lift off. As I would have seen the two falcon 9's strapped to the center falcon 9. Clearly.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Check Pants
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They should have put a '68 Rambler Ambassador in orbit instead. I know I would be more impressed. 
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Loquacious
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Ryk a real classic however they might have to send the fossil fuel with it whereas anyone in the universe can create electricity.
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Learned Hand
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What did it for me was the side-by-side landing of the booster rockets.
Felt like I was in a sci-fi movie... but instead, it was the real thing!
Very cool....
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What did it for me was the side-by-side landing of the booster rockets.
Felt like I was in a sci-fi movie... but instead, it was the real thing!
Very cool....
That was great.
But, had that been IN a sci-fi movie, no one would believe it !!
I watched the last Falcon 9 launch too.
Excuse my ignorance but I had no idea that launch to deploying the satalite was only approx 30 mins !!
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Loquacious
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we should do this every weekend!
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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Ryk a real classic however they might have to send the fossil fuel with it whereas anyone in the universe can create electricity.
I know how heavy they are sans fuel, I volunteered to push by hand a comely Lass back in 1970, six blocks to a gas station as she was out of fuel. She was driving an Ambassador convertible with the top down. In short order I was running out of gas too, so I told her to fiddle with her tube top and sit on her purse for better exposure, didn't take long and I had three guys helping me push. The rockets takeoff and the booster landings should have stroked Elon s ego enough, the lightweight car in space, Meh. Now a 6200 Lbs Rambler, that's a real payload.
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Aren’t there any littering laws in space? You can just dump anything you want out there. There’s already plenty of space junk floating around 
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Isn't that Tesla bound for a Mars Orbit? Mars isn't nearly as cluttered as the Earth, yet.
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Isn't that Tesla bound for a Mars Orbit? Mars isn't nearly as cluttered as the Earth, yet.
Give us time though, we can clutter it up just fine
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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dont forget all the wasted tax dollars
we should do this every weekend!
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dont forget all the wasted tax dollars
Spacex is a private company. That rocket didn’t cost you a dime you cheap bastard, Yota. 
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Didn't they get the tax credit for the electric car? 
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really paul? do some homework & come back when you are better informed.
we should do this every weekend!
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Last edited by Yota; 02/18/2018 7:52 PM.
we should do this every weekend!
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