Pretty amazing to be able to "catch" the booster back on a launch pad. 

There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone.

Rocket Science always amazes me!

I got to witness a launch in person last Friday while staying near the Space Center the night before leaving on my cruise. Very neat experience. My hotel was about 5 miles away and had an observation balcony. What was cool was seeing the launch, and not hearing until about 2 minutes after it disappeared from sight.

2 minutes ago, rjs4470 said:

I got to witness a launch in person last Friday while staying near the Space Center the night before leaving on my cruise. Very neat experience. My hotel was about 5 miles away and had an observation balcony. What was cool was seeing the launch, and not hearing until about 2 minutes after it disappeared from sight.

Sounds amazing. 

Still amazing to see the rocket capture. 

I read somewhere that the biggest breakthrough, on the Space X landing boosters on a ship or the current chop stick capture, came from someone simply asking "Why not?" when told it couldn't be done. 

5 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Still amazing to see the rocket capture. 

I read somewhere that the biggest breakthrough, on the Space X landing boosters on a ship or the current chop stick capture, came from someone simply asking "Why not?" when told it couldn't be done. 

And when you add what's stopping us to why not, off we go!

I wish we would hurry up and get back to the Moon.  We are way behind where we should be. 

Latest launch exploded, again.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/science/starship-launch-test-flight-8/index.html

 

Launched again and now they can't control the thing.  Having to clear airspace because they can't control the re-entry.

https://www.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-9-launch-05-27-25