Its fascinating how many new firsts we’ve all had the opportunity to see
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So, to summarize, firsts:
- First private flight to ISS
- First crewed flight by SpaceX
- First US flight to space since '11
- first humans to fly in a rocket that will be orbital ready and land the rocket
Did I miss anything?
Looks like they’re still waiting on the rain and clouds to clear. 
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first humans to fly in a rocket that will be orbital ready and land the rocket
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if the buran from russia ever took people up it would have that title because the buran was the GOOD shuttle from the ussr cause they got the first blueprints not fucked with by the bureaucrats of congress
the shuttle had been cut back it was a glorified gilder
the buran had the ability that the shuttle needed engines in space not just basic rcs and reaction thrust and full autonomy and faster reusability and cheaper but making it killed the ussrs funds
the russians make ships the shuttle was a big wallet hole
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Which is the major positive of private space flight.
I’m now saving up $1m for a rideshare to space
Time to sell the boat.
As far as I heard it flew more like a brick with a spoiler.
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Huzzah competition.
It’s amazing how things can be made faster/cheaper/stronger/safer when there’s a whole slew of competitors instead of just one or two.
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Hey, what’s wrong with that?
bruised ego
you can make a lead brick fly if you go fast enough
pre fueling helium going
Fortunately it only had to fall in a controllable way. xD
Fully erect!
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you can actually fly the apollo era capsule lifting bodies are weird
I guess in a few minutes we get a decision about the weather. Think that was at T-45.
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fillng the rocket
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hhhhyyyyyyypppppppeeeee!
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The weather looks visibly clearer.
I’m optimistic
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Not for today. But in our lives, also
first reusable stage one landing,
first reusable stage 1 dual landing,
first sea landing
Non human space endeavours that are pretty spectacular
- Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
- (while many of us werent around for the launch or too young) Voyager 1 and 2 leaving the solar system
- The Rossetta space probe and its baby the Philae Comet Lander. A big first!
- The Pluto New Horizons mission
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