Space x

[180°off]

Anybody been watching this stuff? Thus is some alien technology right here!

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[jowano]

I followed the live stream of the Falcon 9. I find it all fascinating. Pity it couldn't stick the the landing. They should nail it next time. Last night there was a sighting of the ISS over Cape Town. Nice coincidence.

[Clank]

Huh? What's the story here? Hmmmm.......

[180°off]

This rocket goes into space gets rid of its payload and comes back to earth. Not only comes back, but lands on the ground. U have to Google it. It's unbelieveable. It's how man is going to get to mars.

[90GTVert]

[sjfishon]

dont see whats so hard, you just do everything in reverse,, with your eyes closed

[180°off]

I see aliens and mars in our future! And no I did not eat any schrooms!

[aeroxbud]

Jan 19, 2016 3:54:28 GMT -5 180°off said:

I see aliens and mars in our future! And no I did not eat any schrooms!

I think you did

I would love to see a Mars landing in my lifetime. My Mum told me everyone over here stayed up into the early hours to watch the Moon landing at the time.

[jowano]

I've heard a few people say that we are living in an unfortunate time. "To late to discover space and to early to travel it". Seem about right. I still get very excited about it all though.

Here is the full version of the take off and satelite deployment. Unfotunatly the video glitches out right before the rocket lands on the barge.

Herelink is the video of the landing.

The progress is very impressive!

[90GTVert]

Most of what I've heard about humans landing on Mars is 2030s-2050. Funding is an obstacle because we'd rather bomb people/things on Earth for some reason. Then there are some in betweens. One is they have to send unmanned stuff to Mars and figure out if they can successfully convert CO2 to an oxygen supply there. The launch of that mission is 2020 if all goes as planned. Since Mars isn't just across the street, I think it's the better part of a year to get there as well with current technology.

[FrankenMech]

I watched all the moon landings as a kid. I got to see my uncle bounce around in the 'simulations'. The US really screwed up big time when we did not put a permanent base on the Moon. We need an Earth orbiting transfer station and a nuclear powered space tug to transfer payloads to the Moon or Mars and back. Technology grows and expands over time.

The Spacex technology will help lower the cost of getting a payload into earth orbit. It is incredibly tough to land a rocket back on Earth. They have landed a rocket back on the ground but trying to land on a moving and heaving barge on the ocean is really extra tough.

[Sitticuss]

If their were hot space babes...on the moon or mars we would so be there my now......

[sjfishon]

it is amazing what we have done in 100years, just think of 1916, nuf said;;;;;;;;;;

[Deleted]

I was skeptical of Space X first landing on the water-based platform. But they definitely improved the technology that I'm certain they will do it again. Their presence provides a very peaceful and effectively efficient way to burn fuel!