If you are anywhere near Los Angeles this evening, Space X is launching a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg AFB, and then landing the first stage also at Vandenberg. It should be visible from quite a distance.
Launch is scheduled for 7:21 PM Pacific Time.
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I believe this is the first return to landing site landing for the west coast.
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So that was pretty spectacular. I went down to the beach at Del Mar with the rest of my crew and we watched in awe…
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I’ve not seen word yet on whether Mr. Stevens caught the fairing with the net.
While this part has become (naturally) a bit routine here, NOTHING beats the synchronized dual heavy booster landings. Twice the sonic booms, twice the flares, twice the excitement. 
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LOL…From the thread title I thought this had something with the combat sim of a similar name…I was like “I’m still on Falcon 4.0…when did they go to 9??”
Very cool pics! 
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Lol, yes. I should have made the thread title a little clearer. I’ll adjust it.
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Well the articles I read actually said that last night’s launch “could” be when they try to catch the fairing. No idea if they actually did make the try, though.
For reference:
I suspect that we would have heard by now if they made a successful catch.
Most impressive.
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Completely missed this event. 
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Such a good presentation in that video.
There is more happening than in one episode of Game of Thrones but only in the quarter of the time 