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Spacex Falcon 9.1 launch today Sunday 9am PDT - webcast live now (Original Post) bananas Sep 2013 OP
They're going to try to restart the engines just before the booster lands in the ocean bananas Sep 2013 #1
Watching now - thanks for the heads up!!! Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #2
12 minutes to launch! nt bananas Sep 2013 #3
This brings me back to being a kid, sitting in front of the Radiation King TV... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #4
Watching it now. Tidy Cat Sep 2013 #5
a LOT of waiting for vehicle downlink after the launch.. Old Navy Sep 2013 #6
That was so cool. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2013 #7
Magnificent launch. Tidy Cat Sep 2013 #8
that was really nice! andtheBeast Sep 2013 #9

bananas

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1. They're going to try to restart the engines just before the booster lands in the ocean
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 11:46 AM
Sep 2013

as a step towards making reusable boosters which fly back to the launch pad.

 

Cooley Hurd

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4. This brings me back to being a kid, sitting in front of the Radiation King TV...
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 11:51 AM
Sep 2013

...watching NASA launch Saturn V's towards the moon!

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