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Historic Landing of Falcon 9 First Stage
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6oiLNyKKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4 Original but I think it's out of sync.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQxtOR300E The rocket going up. - Fan footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9hNa0zYxE The rocket coming down. - Fan footage

Stage 2 was successful as well.

http://i.imgur.com/AGChkrz.gif

Gif if you want it.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/679127406813188097 Elon sure is stoked.

"At long last, welcome to the future."

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6oiLNyKKI[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4 Original but I think it's out of sync.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQxtOR300E The rocket going up. - Fan footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9hNa0zYxE The rocket coming down. - Fan footage

Stage 2 was successful as well.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/AGChkrz.gif[/img]

Gif if you want it.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/679127406813188097 Elon sure is stoked.

"At long last, welcome to the future."
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newbie.tf
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Absolutely insane what engineers can do. It doesn't even make sense how something like this could happen. It went to space, left some shit up there, and came fucking back. That's CRAZY.

Absolutely insane what engineers can do. It doesn't even make sense how something like this could happen. It went to space, left some shit up there, and came fucking back. That's CRAZY.
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KevinIsPwnAbsolutely insane what engineers can do. It doesn't even make sense how something like this could happen. It went to space, left some shit up there, and came fucking back. That's CRAZY.

The weirdest thing about it is that it had to fly sideways at around 3,500 mph and flip just to land. I can't even do a front/blackflip and yet a fucking rocket does it after going 3.5k mph sideways.

[quote=KevinIsPwn]Absolutely insane what engineers can do. It doesn't even make sense how something like this could happen. It went to space, left some shit up there, and came fucking back. That's CRAZY.[/quote]

The weirdest thing about it is that it [b]had to[/b] fly sideways at around 3,500 mph and flip just to land. I can't even do a front/blackflip and yet a fucking rocket does it after going 3.5k mph sideways.
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It's amazing how far humanity as a race has come along for stuff like this to be possible imagine whats will be possible in the next 50 years or so

It's amazing how far humanity as a race has come along for stuff like this to be possible imagine whats will be possible in the next 50 years or so
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I can't imagine how it must have felt for rocket engineers like Werner von Braun to send off years and years of their blood, sweat and tears; their life's work. Hoping that you've done your job and it and the valuable people and things it is carrying will be safe, like letting your child travel abroad on their own for the first time. That feeling of it completing the journey and returning to you safely must be something else, especially if you have shared all the work, worry and delight with so many other, like-minded people for such a long period in your lives. This could be a huge step for space exploration.

I can't imagine how it must have felt for rocket engineers like Werner von Braun to send off years and years of their blood, sweat and tears; their life's work. Hoping that you've done your job and it and the valuable people and things it is carrying will be safe, like letting your child travel abroad on their own for the first time. That feeling of it completing the journey and returning to you safely must be something else, especially if you have shared all the work, worry and delight with so many other, like-minded people for such a long period in your lives. This could be a huge step for space exploration.
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