I’m watching live. President is just arriving and things look like they are still a go though some nearby weather.
To me it is a big day and a chance to prove once again the importance of our country continuing and accelerating endeavors into space. It pays dividends in so many ways not only to forward spin off technologies, harness the power of freedom through public/private partnerships, but also a big part of making America great again. Exploration is part of our DNA as a people.
It’s a welcome sign that DNA has not only survived but flourished despite the naysayers and those who would deny it.
Hope it goes well and reignites that spark we once had and could have again.
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Damn! No launch today... Called off due to weather. Launch now scheduled for Saturday.
Gene’s comments when leaving the moon:
*As I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I’d like to just say what I believe history will record: that America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.*
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I just wish someone else was at the helm of SpaceX. Musk might be a visionary, but he is still frecking nuts. Look at what he just named his kid. Remember last year how he screwed the stock price of tesla by making a bad joke about 420.
I remember watching the Gemini launches in school. That was a Big Deal, a TV in school. I hope most kids see this as a big deal & not cgi scify.
I am so glad to see us back in space on our rocket, not on a Russian rocket.
Tallwalker, how did you meet Gene Cerman?
I just wish someone else was at the helm of SpaceX. Musk might be a visionary, but he is still frecking nuts. Look at what he just named his kid. Remember last year how he screwed the stock price of tesla by making a bad joke about 420.
I remember watching the Gemini launches in school. That was a Big Deal, a TV in school. I hope most kids see this as a big deal & not cgi scify.
I am so glad to see us back in space on our rocket, not on a Russian rocket.
Tallwalker, how did you meet Gene Cerman?
Elon does seem to channel the Mad Hatter quite a bit but damn the guy does things that no one thought possible and now it seems common place. I mean who thought we coudl bring the first stage of a rocket back to earth for re-use and now it is just another thing they do at SpaceX. I am also hoping that Starlink kicks land-based ISPs in the balls and makes them rethink their **** business decisions.
Regardless off all that jargon, I’m just fired up to see this new era of U.S. Space Exploration. I think we can all agree that it is very exciting. I’ll be watching at home with my girl, the animals, and some good bourbon on Saturday. Where will y’all be watching history?