Over the past three years I have been getting into watching as many rocket launches on video as I possibly can. I'd like to see one in person, but that can wait until after the pandemic. Whenever I see a launch by Blue Origin, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Northrop Grumman, or anything NASA has contracted - I try to watch it. If you don't know we are living in an amazing age of private and corporate spacecraft and exploration - for good or for bad. Some could be seens as troubling, but I think it is exciting to see more than just nations going into space for more than just satellites.
I have three main channels I watch for launches, and other stuff I enjoy.
- Everyday Astronaut
- SpaceX (Falcon9 and Starship)
-Rocket Labs (Electron Rocket Launches)
If you also watch launches or just are intered in space, call out in teh comments. What has been teh mission or launch that cpatured your imagination. I woudl have a hard time just point out one. In teh last few weeks Jpan returned material from a Asteroid Ryugu, China returned lunar rocks and dist from the damn moon, and SpaceX *nearly* landed their "building sized" rocket to and upright landing after it skydiving to the ground not under power! Three amazing scientific events that happened within the last few weeks. Also, I would be remiss if I didn't mention how close India came to landing its Chandrayaan-2 rover on the moon last September 2019.. They were SO CLOSE with a very ambitious mission! A successful soft landing would have made India the fourth country after the Soviet Union, United States and China to land on the moon. I think they will land with their next Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Log in to comment