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To: BenLurkin

The SpaceX rockets have the look of the sci-fi rockets I grew up reading about as a kid. Very cool.


4 posted on 08/08/2021 3:40:10 PM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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To: Flick Lives
they're amazing - modular - the boosters are stacked one on the other, the first round fires, drops out, next round. And, the boosters are recyclable.
6 posted on 08/08/2021 3:45:40 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Flick Lives

“The SpaceX rockets have the look of the sci-fi rockets I grew up reading about as a kid. Very cool.”

Yeah, they look like how I imagined rockets in books like “Rocket Rescue”


14 posted on 08/08/2021 4:07:15 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Flick Lives
Was kind of thinking that.
it reminded me of something that would have been on the 60's tv show Thunderbirds or the cartoon Scott Mcloud Space Angel.


31 posted on 08/08/2021 6:47:51 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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