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[everyday math]

AMAZING! CHILLS

 

[DrForester]

 

[SpikeDaPenguin]

HOLY COW THEY DID IT! I'm breathless!

 

[E-Cat]

I'm still shaking.

 

[duderon]

That was the most spectacular thing I've ever seen.

 

[Yamauchi]

USA USA USA

 

[Elfforkusu]

That's a game changer and complete validation of the concept.

I thought they'd do it (it's one of the reasons I interviewed there 2.5 years ago!), but it's fantastic to see it happen.

 

[Macheezmo]

THAT WAS AMAZING!!

 

[Nelo Ice]

YES! YES! YES!

 

[Mufc1427]

Just beautiful.

 

[MasterOfPastures]

YYEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!

DO IT AGAIIIINNNN!!!

 

[Oriel]

Lol, nobody gives a fuck about the primary mission.

 

[everyday math]

*Mind blown*
Some would think this is a gif in reverse. Suprise!

 

[OgTheClever]

USA USA USA USA USA USA!

Too much chanting, not enough clapping.

 

[theshizzle]

Congratulations SpaceX.

 

[Africanus]

This is going in the history books!

 

[Jezbollah]

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Lol, nobody gives a fuck about the primary mission.

Was laughing about this as well.

 

[SigSig]

WOW

 

[Deleted member 80556]

I can't lie. I thought for a sec that it was going to explode or something. Unbelievable.

 

[Mentat]

YES!!!! Congratulations to everyone responsible for this!

 

[Oriel]

1st Sat deployed.

 

[Yamauchi]

I can't lie. I thought for a sec that it was going to explode or something. Unbelievable.

I did, too, when it lit up.

 

[pulsemyne]

First satellite is away.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Lol, nobody gives a fuck about the primary mission.

Paying the bills is never as exciting as doing the crazy shit.

 

[whiteninja]

Sonic booms that was crazy hearing that again since the shuttles.

 

[Kud Dukan]

Time to change the thread title guys!

 

[Puppet Shadow]

One of the coolest things I've seen in my life.

I really hope this gets at least as much press as the botched Miss Universe pageant does tomorrow.

 

[Africanus]

What are the satellites for again?

 

[everyday math]

Title change!

 

[Par Score]

This is all going utterly perfectly, couldn't be happier for SpaceX

 

[Ether_Snake]

I MISSED IT

 

[Chittagong]

Haven't used this gif in ages but now it's time

We just need banderas seeing the landing now

 

[Heretic]

Incredible.

 

[Extollere]

This is crazy...

So, this is the first time this attempt was successful? I remember hearing about this some time ago, but nobody has done this yet right? Pretty amazing.

 

[Trouble]

What are the satellites for again?

http://www.orbcomm.com/

 

[antonz]

Crazy to think that thing is traveling almost 16,000 miles per hour

 

[DoubleYou]

I have no idea what I'm looking at right now but I'm hyped as fuck.

 

[Jezbollah]

So just to emphasize.

Return to flight.
Ninja, superchilled fuel giving 30% MOAR POWER.
Night flight return to fucking land.

Elon Musk is a BOSS. Literally

 

[Quote]

This is crazy...

So, this is the first time this attempt was successful? I remember hearing about this some time ago, but nobody has done this yet right? Pretty amazing.

Nothing remotely close I'm pretty sure.

 

[lednerg]

http://www.orbcomm.com/

ORBCOMM is a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication solutions designed to remotely track, monitor, and control fixed and mobile assets in key markets​

So, Skynet.

 

[Elfforkusu]

This is crazy...

So, this is the first time this attempt was successful? I remember hearing about this some time ago, but nobody has done this yet right? Pretty amazing.

Correct.

Rockets have been sent up and landed in tests before, but nobody's ever sent up a first stage that did its job and then came back in one piece.

Well, nobody until tonight.

 

[Tacitus_]

Crazy bastards actually did it!

 

[chaosblade]

This is crazy...

So, this is the first time this attempt was successful? I remember hearing about this some time ago, but nobody has done this yet right? Pretty amazing.

Of this sort, yes. SpaceX has done some test landings, and Jeff Bezos' company managed a landing, but this is the first one during an actual mission, from that height, for that size rocket.

 

[Africanus]

Mission success!

 

[John Kowalski]

man that's a lot of screaming engineers

 

[Jezbollah]

Nothing remotely close I'm pretty sure.

First successful landing, full stop. There were two crashes and one ditch into sea due to poor sea conditions for the automated barge.

 

[Oriel]

All 11 sats deployed. Now to work on recovering the 2nd stage next.......

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Well done to all the men and women involved. It's an important milestone.

 

[ScepticMatt]

now for second engine relight test ... no stream?