Growing up in the 60s the world was a launching point for man to go the stars. It seems that our curiosity cooled way too much over the past 50 years. Now we have Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to spark our imaginations again.

Here is a link to last nights launch and landing of the Falcon 9 SpaceX platform.
Also here is a link to the Amazon Origin vehicle from a few weeks back.

The SpaceX vid is the full programming, with the launch at around 23 mins. and the end of mission a little past 42 mins.

I still see the wonder of space, am I the lone nerd?

 

No, you're not alone. This feat was truly amazing!! It’s just this kind of technology that will allow for manned moon and solar system missions in the future, where we can land and then return to earth.

gary.

 

Absolutely you are not alone. I thought we'd have long ago been able to fly up to the moon or some other planet for visits long ago. It has been the disappointment of my life that the space program stalled for so long. I'm quite pleased.

 

I get to see photos from a few probes that were launched back in the day and are still doing their thing out there. Otherwise I just go to Stars Wars movies. Industrial Light and Magic brings me all the space I'm going to see in my lifetime. What else can I say that won't end up in the politics sub-forum, Ken.

 

That was AMAZING. And that happened last night? I had no idea it was scheduled.

Actually, though, Zippy, on the Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos) link you linked the first flight, not the first stage landing mission from a few weeks back.

 

Oops, grabbed the wrong clip, put a better clip in..

 

Had a young coworker go work for Space-x a few years ago.
Yes, I was rather jealous.

 

I realize that we have many problems in the world, and it seems a waste of money, but I see so much of the technology (that I am using at this very moment), is an offshoot of "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." So many things involved in our daily lives come from that speech and the program that took us off of this planet. I actually do still see the wonder and promise with my aging eyes.

I see in these guys the ideas that can be translated into what makes our lives better. The space program gives us many things, including the computing devices that we carry in our pockets. I really love GPS, it means I no longer have to ask for directions, it's one of my favorites actually.

While many view research for the sake of research to be a waste of money, I see it as a way to a better future.

 

OMG, I would be jealous too.

 

I realize that we have many problems in the world, and it seems a waste of money, but I see so much of the technology (that I am using at this very moment), is an offshoot of "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." So many things involved in our daily lives come from that speech and the program that took us off of this planet. I actually do still see the wonder and promise with my aging eyes.

I see in these guys the ideas that can be translated into what makes our lives better. The space program gives us many things, including the computing devices that we carry in our pockets. I really love GPS, it means I no longer have to ask for directions, it's one of my favorites actually.

While many view research for the sake of research to be a waste of money, I see it as a way to a better future.
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For me it is about a country that turned its back on the unifying goal of space exploration in favor of the divisive special interests that now control the budget. We could have been the Federation of Planets. Now we are just the dustbin of history.