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A chapter in mankind's history to be made tonight/this morning

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ButteredToast.
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At 4:15 AM EST, if all goes as planned, the first private spaceflight to the international space station will be made by Space-X and its Falcon-9 rocket.

Unfortunately this is kind of being overshadowed by Facebooks IPO... priorities, right people...?

For those of you who don't understand the enormity of what this represents:
http://gizmodo.com/5911244/spacex-falcon-9-the-future-of-commercial-space-flight-blasts-off-tomorrow


It will be streamed live in HD here:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/


Please tell me I'm not the only one thats staying up for this...

MANKIND FUCK YEAH
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May 19 2012 12:55AM
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1337
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liftoff!
May 22 2012 3:46AM
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ButteredToast.
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FUCK YES!
May 22 2012 3:47AM
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fujarome
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the speeds are absolutely mindblowing.


started typing this at 51km downrange, and by now it's probably gone another 20km
May 22 2012 3:48AM
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we have separation!
May 22 2012 3:48AM
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1337
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3km/sec
May 22 2012 3:49AM
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ButteredToast.
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Can't believe how hot that gets
May 22 2012 3:51AM
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1337
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looking at how fast the flames are dancing and the oxygen is spewing makes you realize that this is fucking HAULING
May 22 2012 3:52AM
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1337
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ORBIT!
May 22 2012 3:55AM
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1337
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And solar rays are deployed! they can't contain themselves its so nerdy
May 22 2012 3:57AM
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ButteredToast.
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Haha I got chills listening to them cheer for it
May 22 2012 3:58AM
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Campeador
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Thanks NS for not letting me miss out on this, that was sick. Hope all goes according to plan.

Had this song on in the background haha

May 22 2012 5:28AM
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Lucas
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Missed it haha but that's awesome that they got it after te first abortion
May 22 2012 10:42AM
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geteducated
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rocket was going in excess of 5 km/s. nuts!
May 22 2012 10:44AM
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1337
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it gets up to 7.7 km/s (orbital speed of the ISS)

so crazy to think about
May 22 2012 1:37PM
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DsMoK3
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stupid post is stupid
May 22 2012 1:57PM
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line686
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Anyone know if/when video will surface?
May 22 2012 4:50PM
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geteducated
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under propulsion or in orbit catching up to the iss?
May 22 2012 6:06PM
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JORMUNGAND
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right here



May 22 2012 6:23PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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i believe the ISS captured it today
May 25 2012 6:07PM
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May 25 2012 6:26PM
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1337
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I think it would be under propulsion, but actually a i think about it they can get it past the orbit radius of the iss and then use gravity to suck it/ accelerate it in as it moves closer to orbital speed
May 26 2012 12:10AM
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ButteredToast.
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quite the sight.
May 26 2012 2:32AM
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