Red_Dragon wrote:

not so quick there, young man

 Steely_D wrote:

'zactly

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Well, signs of life existed there 124 years ago...and we're just receiving them now.

Scientists detect signature of life on a distant planet, study suggests

just heard that a couple stranded astronauts made in back to earth
who knew?

Space debris is falling from the skies. We need to tackle this growing danger
Why failing to control defunct satellites leaves everyone at risk from their impacts.

 islander wrote:

If I looked up I'd have a bunch of water in my eyes.

 islander wrote:

Too many trees & ceilings, but thanks for the heads up.

Meteor showers tonight. stay up late, look up. 

Suck it China!

Wild view!  16 20 story skinny office tower comes screaming out of the sky and performs a perfect parallel park.

 miamizsun wrote:
I was not in the camp of believers thinking he would pull this off on the very first try. I figured an abort and land in the ocean, possibly even a crash and some destruction to stage 0, for the first attempt.  To pull this off on the very first try is a testament to just how much they've modelled their hardware.

 Beaker wrote:

yes, musk and the spacex team have pulled off a remarkable task
some of the video is spectacular
kudos to them

Making history

 rgio wrote:

Absolutely in-fcsking-credible.

Putting the booster back on the launch pad is an amazing bit of engineering.

IFT 5, yo.

Gonna try to catch a 16.65 story (233 ft) tall booster.

7:25am CT current liftoff time

Voyager 2 shuts down science experiment as power stores dwindle

           NASA crashes DART into asteroid