[Gene Eric]

I just walked my dog — boom!

[Sirius Lee]

as the Falcon 9 first stage returned for a landing after lifting the satellite toward orbit.

Is nobody still in awe of just how amazing a technological feat this is?

[Paul R.]

More MSM hyperventilating, this time by omission, leaving out the word “sonic”. I’ll bet 90% of readers not on to them would think the booster exploded during the landing, until they read the article, unless they had prior knowledge. In fact, there was a sonic boom(s) generated, as normal, prior to a successful landing.

(No, I do NOT include the supersonic portion of the descent as part of the “landing”. I would define “landing” in this case as beginning when the landing legs begin to deploy.)

[Viking2002]

I swear, I don't know if Elon Musk is a Saint or Satan. You have to hand it to him - he's doing things now that would take the federal bureaucracy until 2035 to get done.

[Dagnabitt]

Made the trip to Lompoc with my teenager son and daughter to see this in person. Could see the launch, stage separation and boost-back burn with the naked eye. Lost track of the first stage until it did the entry burn. Seeing how fast it fell toward earth until the landing burn was surprising. You don’t get a sense for the speed from the videos. Final landing burn brought the stage down safely, but we couldn’t see it touch down from our vantage point (off Ocean Avenue). Sonic boom was the final icing on the cake. Loud!