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What is noteworthy is the clip also shows the SpaceX team’s heartfelt pride in their accomplishment. In essence, a team led by a visionary consisting of a diverse crew of scientists, engineers and technicians, all a product of a meritocracy-based selection process, made history and were joyous in that moment.

1 posted on 10/18/2024 7:19:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Now compare the demonstrated performance in space launch by SpaceX with political hackery of a group of California virtue-signaling luddite bureaucrats trying to shut down Musk’s vision for space on their turf:

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX rocket company has sued the California Coastal Commission, alleging in federal court that the panel’s members are biased because of the billionaire owner’s conservative political views, according to papers obtained Wednesday.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleges “unconstitutional overreach” by the commission after members criticized Musk’s political leanings during a meeting about whether to approve more frequent SpaceX launches off the California coastline.

“Rarely has a government agency made so clear that it was exceeding its authorized mandate to punish a company for the political views and statements of its largest shareholder and CEO,” SpaceX alleges in the 45-page lawsuit.

I hope all in America on election day will vote for former President Trump, and not the hollow phony-baloney contrived politics of 'joy' by his opponent.

Time to make America A-O.K. again.

2 posted on 10/18/2024 7:20:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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For those who lived through the ‘60s, it was a decade of tragedy and triumph.


The same could be said for the Orion team in 1963.

The promise of Project Orion was cancelled in 1964 - Mars by 1968, Saturn by 1970.


4 posted on 10/18/2024 8:00:35 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Most people don’t understand the significance of Super Heavy being recovered at the launch tower.

When the current generation of ‘politicians’ are a vague memory, this will be a milestone in human history.


5 posted on 10/18/2024 8:21:03 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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I witnessed the space program from its infancy and as a result I graduated in 1972 with a degree in electrical engineering.

I would not be smart enough to be a SpaceX engineer and have a profound respect for the SpaceX talent and Elon Musk. I have lived through an amazing time in history. My only regret is that I was not able to share an Ale with Ben Franklin and George Washington.


9 posted on 10/18/2024 9:17:54 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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When hauling freight into orbit becomes as cheap as trucking it here on earth, everything changes.


11 posted on 10/18/2024 10:29:09 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: SeekAndFind; volare737

13 posted on 10/20/2024 11:19:36 PM PDT by Cronos
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