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That was cool!

I like the technology, but every one of these events are done like an MTV Awards show.

I'd prefer just listening to the actual audio of the controllers rather than have perky talking heads emotionally repeating everything that the controllers say.

talk all they want, I can’t complain while watching history be made and rapid advancement of privatized space exploration right in front of our eyes

Fantastic work spaceX, now get some humans strapped to that thing

I concur. Perhaps keep Skippy and Buffy on the Left audio channel from the mission controllers on the Right?

The sight of the rocket blowing up reminded me of Challenger in a way I didn't expect. I admit I gasped out of shock.

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On the humorous side, one of the youtube comments, "rapid scheduled disassembly," made me laugh out loud.

kewl....

I had a similar reaction. Can't watch that Challenger tape, I turn away every time.

I was relieved to hear this was planned destruction.

That was way cooler than I expected it to be. Bravo SpaceX.

Crews are just dragging the capsule into port as we speak.
Fantastic work.

It should be noted we have numerous SpaceX employees that are pilots and aircraft owners and perhaps* some quietly lurk and listen here on BT.

Goals: 17,500 with my SO before my time is up.

and some of us actually worked on the tech development years before.....McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper....DC-X. I did the safety analysis - RCM & FMECAs.

I believe they still have to do the launch pad abort test again after the compsule blew up last year.

Vince

It is truly incredible what they have been able to do with the current technology. How we ever painted ourselves into a corner where we needed Russian engines for our rockets and have to hitch hike on a Russian spacecraft to the ISS is embarrassing. Privatization and competition seem to be working in our favor.

Really enjoy watching these videos of the launch and recovery. Looking forward to the first manned launch in the near future.

Probably like all of us I've been a space junky my entire life. Jim Lovell came to our little back-water town (Lawrence, KS) after Apollo 13 and gave a nice, probably canned, talk about it. I do remember him talking about herding urine droplets to out of the way corners which to a kid was funny of course. I got his autograph. Also "met" Gene Cernan and Buzz Aldrin separately sometime later which is another story.

Personally I could use a more detailed, less perky narration of these flights, but regardless, they are doing very cool things. I don't think NASA did such an inflight escape test on any of the rocket combinations, though I seem to remember they did some escape tower testing. Anyway, keep going SpaceX!

Looks like it would be a heckuva ride if you were in the capsule when it shot off.

Anyone know what g load likely is during that?