Comments on: Splashdown!

By: kuhnigget

kuhnigget — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:21:40 +0000

Dear Elon Musk,
Please invest in a SteadyCam.
Yours sincerely,
Kuhnigget
(cleaning up his keyboard)

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:33:20 +0000

Man, that video totally gave me flashbacks to being in grade school and the teachers bringing us all to the cafeteria to watch Apollo splashdowns on the school’s one color TV.

I’ll be in my bunk.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:05:29 +0000

Wow, that looked really gentle.

By: MaDeR

MaDeR — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:26:59 +0000

“Now, when will they (Space X) begin to be able to take our people up to the Space Station and back?”
They claim they can do it by 2015. In practice I think it will be more like 2017.

“move its manufacturing et al up there”
In hundred years maybe, optimistically.

By: oldebabe

oldebabe — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:44:06 +0000

That’s the second time Dragon has gone from here to there and back. Good. Now, when will they (Space X) begin to be able to take our people up to the Space Station and back?

When, in fact, is a Space X type commercial org going to (be able to) move its manufacturing et al up there? While it would be certainly most cost effective for launching, etc., is it even do-able? Baby baby-steps? If not, the Station experience in that regard has all been for naught.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:35:35 +0000

Congrats again SpaceX.

Good to see another successful splashdown – can’t wait till you’re landing on retrorockets as planned.

By: Huitzilopochtli

Huitzilopochtli — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:21:13 +0000

I had no ideea that Mars has so much water!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:23:28 +0000

I LOVE Apollo 13!