Congrats to Elon and SpaceX.

[edro]

with 40 mice on board!


SPACE MICE!!!

Damnit. In addition to drop bears to worry about, freaking drop mice....

Get up there in space and get all radiated, then come back to Earth and get loose.... Evil little bastids....

 

[CB91710]

Space X doesn't leave space junk?

SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites could make astronomy on Earth 'impossible' and create a space-junk nightmare, some scientists warn

SpaceX recently launched 60 Starlink satellites as part of its plan to blanket Earth in high-speed internet. But scientists foresee some problems.

www.businessinsider.com

I have more admiration for SpaceX than I do Rocketlabs, who have put up satellites without clearance (and too small to track), who launched the "Humanity Star", and is now launching (or has launched?) micro-debris into LEO intending to provide an artificial meteor shower.
Anything put into orbit should have a legitimate scientific or commercial purpose.
There is already plenty to see in nature (and existing man-made objects) to be cluttering the sky with "touchy feely" spectacles, however temporary they may be.

 

[CB91710]

Looks like the same artist that did the cover art for Meco: Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk...

 

[Minte]

My sisters oldest son is pad manager at 39a and 40. He bought me a small stone that was on the pad at the launch of their first falcon heavy launch. He loves working for SpaceX. The stone sits proudly on my desk at work.