Ground Control to Major Tom
Intrepid Cat said it best: Some day watching a launch like that will be a regular boring thing. Today I am ugly crying because they actually did it, and it worked, the math held, and the boosters landing in parallel was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I'm obsessed with the video of the take-off and the landing of the 2 booster rockets. The video starts one minute before blast off; if you want more, SpaceX has an hour's worth of static shots right here. Watch the cameras mounted on the boosters pick up Earth's outline and see if you're not just a little teary. Just thinking about the calculations that went into the parallel landings right on the FH logo made my head hurt. The geeky white boys at the end, cheering themselves and their accomplishment, are a 21st century reincarnation of the geeky white boys showcased in Apollo 11 smithsonianmag.org. I love the idea that eternity now contains a mannequin circling the sun in a bright red ...