About 3:47 Eastern, SpaceX is launching another rocket. This is an already-used-once Block 4 version, so it will not return to land. They are, though, going to try to recover 1/2 of the payload fairing, hoping to catch it with a small boat in the Pacific. Should be fun, if slow.
They are launching some satellites, two scientific and five Iridium satellites for the NEXT constellation.
TenguPhule
Did they remember to check for signs of extreme zombie activity first?
SiubhanDuinne
Thank you, Alain. After all these decades, I never tire of watching launches.
dr. bloor
Let’s hope things go better for Elon than they are for the Model 3
rikyrah
Lowdown, nogood muthaphuckas!
Trump spending cuts allowed to target kids’ health insurance
By SARAH FERRIS 05/22/2018 11:03 AM EDT
Alain the site fixer
@dr. bloor: yeah Tesla news this week, not so good.
Mike J
@dr. bloor: Maybe if they union employees.
Just One More Canuck
@TenguPhule: In order for there to be ‘extreme levels of zombie activity’, there has to be a regular, normal level of zombie activity
Mnemosyne
@Just One More Canuck:
Have you been to Florida lately? I’m pretty sure they’re already at normal levels of zombie activity.
trollhattan
@Just One More Canuck: @Mnemosyne:
It’s all good, today’s flight was from Vandenberg in California. Zombies just mean it’s Tuesday.
Good article on the GRACE satellite mission, a reboot of an earlier 15-year effort that has been tracking the globe’s water supply. Surprised Pruitt didn’t go try and smash them with a hammer.
Just One More Canuck
@Mnemosyne: that would explain my last trip to Disney World