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1 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Jan 27, 2013 7:28:18am

So many rocket posts lately that I want to post this, just because:

2 TDG2112  Sun, Jan 27, 2013 7:48:16am

Thank you Kirol! I haven’t really kept track of the specifications of SpaceX’s rockets, or anyone else’s actually. That’s despite my interest here.

It is really encouraging to see how much progress is being made to bring the World of Tomorrow closer to reality.

3 Bob Dillon  Sun, Jan 27, 2013 10:04:14pm

We’ve come a long way since Vanguard.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

4 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jan 28, 2013 5:49:39am

re: #3 Bob Dillon

We’ve come a long way since Vanguard.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

I remember Tom Wolfe’s description in the Right Stuff of the Vanguard satellite falling off the exploding rocket and “beeping pathetically as it rolled across the lawn.”

We have some great days ahead of us.


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