That was odd... And a lingering fire to boot. LOL

I did. Wow, that thing is huge!

I did. :thumb: Wow, that thing is huge!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drone cam <a href="https://t.co/gVdMrMgUZq">pic.twitter.com/gVdMrMgUZq</a></p>&mdash; e^���� (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154674872041103360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Launch attempt today at 6:53pm EST. (I say attempt because weather is pretty iffy.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Falcon 9 and AMOS-17 are vertical on Pad 40 in Florida. Weather is 40% favorable for tonight’s launch window, which opens at 6:53 p.m. EDT, or 22:53 UTC → <a href="https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z">https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z</a> <a href="https://t.co/nT3MPjOPrc">pic.twitter.com/nT3MPjOPrc</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1158773608874795009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No landing on this one. Poor little booster has flown twice before, but now it's time to burn up.

SpaceX is still on for tonight at the moment, though they're delaying 30 minutes for rain. In other news, Rocketlab is going to try and reuse their first stage, so that's cool! Much smaller rocket, but still.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Electron booster recovery via helicopter video. <a href="https://t.co/iuo3A9NlTy">pic.twitter.com/iuo3A9NlTy</a></p>&mdash; Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1158864269242445826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Just totally amazing!

Still on for tonight. Window open till 8:21

Webcast is up. T-7.5 minutes.

Mission success, and they caught a fairing half again! Wonder if that means they're starting to get the hang of it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rocket fairing falls from space &amp; is caught by Ms Tree boat <a href="https://t.co/nJv0Ry1iKk">pic.twitter.com/nJv0Ry1iKk</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1158899839456800769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<iframe width="949" height="534" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dI-JW2UIAG0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The Navy 642A/B fire control computers still used toroidal core memory into the 80s.

I still had a way, not that I ever had to use it, to load our sub's fire control computer via paper-tape... Granted, we didn't have 642s, but we sure had them in our schools. The skimmers suffered them into the 90s.

LOL, they had sticks that they would use to press down and wiggle all the cards, in all the trays, before they booted it.

http://lenzenhuber-studios.com/scien...P-642_768h.jpg

That boat is ridiculous. LMAO

The crazy thing is that the fairing half they caught is probably worth more than the boat.