At shortly before 3 a.m. this morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon space craft for the first time in a test run, signaling the coming return to manned space flight by the U.S.
UPDATE: The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket later made a successful landing on a platform at sea. Never ceases to amaze:
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(photo: Craig Vander Galien)
Elon has been a little bit looney lately but watching his rockets return from space and land precisely on their launch pads last year was straight out of a 1950s Sci Fi film. Magnificent! I do hope the impending 2nd Age of American manned Spaceflight doesn't just get captured by the military, e.g. Trump's stupid "Space Force".
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