First Private Space Launch...LIVE!

[thethingthatlurks]

Yes, SpaceX is launching its first rocket into space, and you can follow it here, live: http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php

Now for some discussion value, what would you like to see, realistically, happen to space exploration within your lifetime (say in the next 50 years)?

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

I think this is awesome.

Also, I hope we set up a colony for Mars in the next 50 years.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Woohoo, T-360s

I'd love to see the completion of a space elevator within the next 50 years, as that would finally allow for some real space exploration by reducing the obscene costs of getting something into orbit.

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

A space elevator would be great, providing they get it to work, but it would make things much easier.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

A space elevator would be great, providing they get it to work, but it would make things much easier.

Indeed, the hardest aspect of getting into space is escaping earth's gravity. Fix that problem and it becomes easier and more cost effective to explore.

 

[Bobbovski]

Woo! They made it!

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

I loved the way the water was sucked out into space when the stages separated.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Woo! They made it!

Yep, that was quite exciting to watch!

Funny, how far you can go in just 10 minutes, eh?

 

[Bobbovski]

Woo! They made it!

Yep, that was quite exciting to watch!

Funny, how far you can go in just 10 minutes, eh?

Yes, it was pretty fantastic ^^