They were THIS close.
Other than that great launch and descent.

Man, for a first flight that was awesome! Good thing they have more stacked up ready to go!!

Got to love a good acronym...

The RUD that Musk uses is actual rocket science slang:

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly!:bellyroll:

And just for fun... be sure to check out:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

If you are in California, you should get a great view in about an hour!

Barely discernable as a fast moving H in the sky with the naked eye, very distinct with binoculars.

Yard sale!

That will buff out...

It's fun until you get three acronyms nested within each other and it takes 5 minutes to explain it to a newbie...

I designed something I wanted to call a CommE but program management started getting mad at me. Capitalist pigs.

lol nice. I'm involved in the upkeep of my customer's Production Image Store. They weren't pleased when I got sick of typing out the whole name.

Now try acronyms of acronyms of shortened phrases (specifically not an acronym, though they are written in all caps) strung together.

Just a pixel on my Pixel, but first pics of the Jupiter-Satun conjunction (center left, see bottom shot)...

Also bonus sunset...

looks like a nasty zit

I bet that's what they think of you too. :P

I'm more the gassy giant. It's overcast here. I won't be able to see it IRL :(



Cross-posting here for more awesome pics, hopefully :popcorn:

They as in "those planets over there"...

I bet someone is going to get some real pictures. If not, I'm sure the internet at large will have some.