Indeed, it was insane! Super impressive that they got it on the first try.
As an aside, I'm curious how you found the mp4 download link for a twitter video. Is there one for every video? Are they embeddable?
Edit: It appears that they are embeddable!
This is the website, it didn't look like it was embedding into the post, so I uploaded it. Maybe it would have embedded if I waited longer.
Thanks!
Holy fuck they did it
Woke up at 5am PST to watch live. What a rush
Too many dicks on the dance floor.
Seriously, there are no women in that entire crowd. Come to think of it they’re all white too.
Well, I suppose it’s tradition.
SpaceX is ran by a woman, Gwynne Shotwell. Musk is the CEO, but she runs the show as the COO - this is because of her.
Ok.
The average percentage of women in aerospace is ~13.4%
SpaceX has 14.1% female.
NASA has 35.5% women.
Boeing has 24.1% women.
Virgin Galactic has 25% women.
Blue Origin has 20% women.
Lockheed has 32% female.
Grumman has 24.5% female.
Raytheon has 29% female.
Maybe women in aerospace just don't want to work for Musk?
Where are those numbers from? I don't doubt them but it seems a bit weird that even the lowest outlier of these big aerospace companies is still above average for the industry. I guess this is just saying that smaller companies have even more difficulty hiring/retaining female workforce.
Self reporting as part of diversity quota. Most of them have female hire goals of around 30-35%. USBLS provided the average across aerospace.
What is curious is how some gave a "female" statistic, but others said "women".
Interesting.
Isnt middle front at 46s a woman?
Put it back in the deck, Skippy...
Absolutely amazing tech, I cannot wait to see it used more widely.
Also, I can only imagine how much better this already great advancement would be if it were to utilize rotating detonation engines, assuming it would be possible to use RDEs to land in an atmosphere with.
Amazing!
What is the advantage if catching the rocket instead of letting it land? Less weight?
Yeah, less weight without landing legs, plus faster turn around since it's already were it needs to go.
I'm also guessing less wear of the launch/landing pad?
Presumably, though you'd get more moving parts on the catch to wear.
Somebody's youth wasted on Moon Cresta finally paid off.
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