Watch XM3 Satellite launch at 9:50pm Central

[Oreo]

http://www.sea-launch.com/current_index_webcast.html

We don't get to see many launches. This is a SeaLaunch from the equator.



It just took off... pretty fun to watch. I miss the excitement there used to be when the shuttle started when I was young.

[RoyGBiv]

1. Too cool ...

Thanks for that.

[Oreo]

2. Glad somebody saw it

it is pretty neat. They ship the rocket to the equator and launch it from a ship in the ocean. Glad I'm not the only geek here ;)

[RoyGBiv]

3. Love stuff like this ...

I've been getting e-mail updates about the GravityB project since before it launched, and I actually read them. :-)

I was visiting a friend in Florida once -- first time I'd been -- and one night we were sitting around, and he said, "Hey, look over there."

"What am I looking at?"

"Wait for it ..."

And then there was this bright, orange glow in the near distance, and quickly afterward a shining streak in the sky. It was the first rocket launch I'd ever seen in person. He lives just a few miles from Cape Canaveral.

[Oreo]

4. Have you seen this?

This is an article from the current popular science about a guy who's taking the X Prize to the next level.... an orbiting hotel.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviation/article/0,20967,1027551,00.html

If I had a couple million dollars lying around I'd be first in line.

[RoyGBiv]

5. No, I hadn't ...

Seems I'd heard something about it at some point, but I'd never read anything in-depth about it.

Yeah, the only real reason I've ever wanted to be ultra-wealthy was so I could do stuff like this.