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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2565736, member: 44"] That is pretty cool. For what reason Chin? Remember when the reentry tiles were falling off the shuttle back in '82-'83? A friend of mine from UConn worked on the team that developed the replacement glue that held them on. Not all that sexy sounding - [INDENT]"Oh you work at NASA? What do you do?" "I make glue."[/INDENT] - but still pretty cool. She was a UConn engineering grad. Very smart, super nice. Anyway, I thought the launch was terrific. The spacecraft was accelerated to something like 16,000 mph. The recovery of the boosters was spectacular to see. I'm curious about how efficient the set up actually is. Remember the shuttle was pitched as being really cost effective due to the reuse of the boosters. That really didn't work out that way. Love the use of the Tesla Roadster and the little "matchbox" version and the the SpaceX flight suit. Musk is brilliant as cross promotion. [/QUOTE]