tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post514156674208195923..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Today's Falcon 9 Mission Was a MilestoneSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-84473545443092366332021-06-18T12:03:41.027-04:002021-06-18T12:03:41.027-04:00I have been a commercial pilot since 1976 and I...I have been a commercial pilot since 1976 and I'm still amazed every time the contraption I'm flying manages to get into the air. It never gets old.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875771168878913283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68132929529571066702021-06-18T02:42:43.657-04:002021-06-18T02:42:43.657-04:00Well, to me, watching planes take off is still ama...Well, to me, watching planes take off is still amazing. So watching rocket launches become 'common' will still be amazing, for forever.<br /><br />The neighbors think I'm a loon because I watch the planes and helicopters flitting about like I'm 6 years old. <br /><br />Same with watching trains.<br /><br />And something that's not mentioned by SpaceX launching DoD and NatSec loads on previously-flown rockets is that that means SpaceX has totally flogged the dogsnot out of ULA, which is facing, come 2022, the inability to launch any Gov flights on their rockets using foreign-sourced motors or parts, which is why Blue Origins has totally hosed ULA with their slowrolling of the BE-4 motor.<br /><br />Unless, somehow, Congress changes the laws regarding foreign stuff powering US launches. Which I suspect is coming in the next 4 months as the panic over the looming deadline, with Musk and SpaceX chuckling savagely on the sidelines, builds and builds.<br /><br />SpaceX. Doing more for less than any other launcher in the world. <br /><br />ULA's management must be considering seppuku by now. Or taking up basejumping without parachutes.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com