Happy 8th Anniversary, Falcon 9....

[scaesare]

Cool video on the 8th anniversary of the first successful Falcon 9 landing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737931955306697065

Hard to believe it's been 8 yrs ago already... (and I also dug up a thread on the landing at the time, but it was specifically some helicopter footage, so created this new one...)

 

[ecarfan]

I remember that booster landing like it was yesterday. My wife and I were at my parents house and as it touched down we were jumping up and down and yelling and my dad looked at us as if we had lost our minds. Which we temporarily had.

 

[Electroman]

And that first successful landing was a bulls eye.

I remember screaming with joy and calling a couple of my friends to tell them. None of them really cared or understood how big this was.

 

[JB47394]

None of them really cared or understood how big this was.

This must be what fans of obscure musical genres must experience.

 

[scaesare]

This must be what fans of obscure musical genres must experience.

And fans of cult classic movies...