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llmart

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18. Aww.. that's too bad.

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #17)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 01:38 PM

Jan 17

I've seen some launches - mostly of Eloon's while visiting Cocoa Beach. It was too far away and not very exciting since both of them were just to take stuff to the space station. Fun coincidence - my son's father and I got married the Saturday of the first moon landing. We watched them walk on the moon on a tiny, borrowed black and white portable TV.

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Nasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jan 17 OP

Pretty cool indeed. byronius Jan 17 #1

Amazing technology Roy Rolling Jan 17 #2

No...they need to be the first men on the sun Bengus81 Jan 17 #4

Elan Musk is going to the sun after he figured how to defeat the pesky heat Brother Buzz Jan 17 #20

I've had a front row seat to following this mission. llmart Jan 17 #3

Way cool! electric_blue68 Jan 17 #9

I'm planning a trip down that week in hopes it's a "go". llmart Jan 17 #10

Oh, that's great! Hope there'll be a launch! electric_blue68 Jan 17 #13

Did you know that this is the first time a woman has been the launch director? llmart Jan 17 #14

I think I read that! Another advancement for women! electric_blue68 Jan 17 #17

Aww.. that's too bad. llmart Jan 17 #18

I love it! My sis and I - our parents let us stay up.... electric_blue68 Jan 17 #19

I'm excited BeneteauBum Jan 17 #5

I'm sure the tangerine publicity hound will make an ass of himself sometime during the mission gfwzig Jan 17 #6

like. :) AllaN01Bear Jan 17 #7

He'll probably talk ad nauseum about all the times he flew into space. llmart Jan 17 #12

Or say why haven't they strapped 2 rockets together, that way you could go twice as fast? muriel_volestrangler Jan 17 #15

I literally laughed out loud at that! llmart Jan 17 #16

He's also a very aesthetic..... reACTIONary Jan 17 #22

:) AllaN01Bear Jan 17 #8

All good luck to this new mission! electric_blue68 Jan 17 #11

This is huge. LudwigPastorius Jan 17 #21