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How not to land an orbital rocket booster.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZA0s7EA...en-by=elonmusk

That's awesome. Here's the full-length version:

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The Thaicom booster rocking back and forth at 1:25 is insane. :eek:

"That's not an explosion, it's rapid disassembly!" ROFL

Took a side trip on the way from LAX to the Chargers game. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1fdd332c9c.jpg

Cool man. Did you get anymore pics during your pilgrimage to Mecca?

There really isn't a ton to see there, but here are a few more!

Here's a shot of the building. (Rocket is to the left of this view.)

https://i.imgur.com/A63ATWx.jpg

Other angle of the rocket with Mrs. DaFace for scale.

https://i.imgur.com/VTmXvmv.jpg

And here's a shot of the hyperlook test track they have running down the street beside the building.

https://i.imgur.com/gUWDsUc.jpg

I'm happy you got to do that. Thank you for sharing, Xman.

It's pretty cool to see up close. Oddly, I'd say that it wasn't as tall as I'd expected, but the base is bigger than I expected, and the legs are huge!

Cool shots!

Tell Mrs. DaFace she is almost there. Just needs to stand on tippy toes next time.

Awesome, just awesome.

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So cool. I am only a little envious!

Were you able to ride it? If so, how long did it take to reach the intersection?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting 10/7 launch of EchoStar 105/SES-11 on a flight-proven first stage rocket booster from Pad 39A in Florida.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/912679608935313408">September 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iridium-3 launch slated for 10/9 from Vandenberg, AFB in California—setting up back-to-back launches in early October.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/912680164827447296">September 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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If anyone is a night owl and interested, Elon is giving a Mars update from Australia tonight at 11:30 Central.

http://www.spacex.com/mars