TroyOi (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Ditto HiAdrian's remarks. This is one of the most exciting space film/video's I've ever seen. The only other emotion one feels is extreme envy for those lucky few who had worked on this project and got to witness the fruits of their labors.The spirit of 1960's NASA lives on!

TheCheshireCat86 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I can't wait to go to the moon! :)

TheCheshireCat86 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Virgin Galactic, Space X... Hopefully more companies will plug in the space competition. Private money are more effective than government money. And private space exploration wouldn't stress government budget.

CRACKICE123 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

why cant i see the videoim bored on cam Y0

HiAdrian (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

This stuff is exciting. Imagine you worked on such a project for years and now you sit there watching it, and it's all in the hands of automated mechanisms (you hopefully designed right).

featheredmusic (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Awesome, very amazing to see this accomplishment

A86 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Jeez, I had a feeling an accomplishment like this might bring about right-wing "free market" fundamentalists because this is a success of a private effort. I really hate when people try to bring politics into spaceflight because it really is an apoltical, pan-human triumph. 'Socialist' countries like China and the former Soviet Union have rockets just as reliable (some more so) as ours. Technology and know-how is what makes it fly. Whatever you politics, reach for the stars.

lithiumdeuteride (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Ukrainian rockets do not use SpaceX engines. Only SpaceX uses SpaceX engines, and it will stay that way until SpaceX decides to sell the design.

rocknum (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

you can see space everytime you look up at a clear sky at night

joshatkins94 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Not sure -- but the engines used (Merlin & Kestrel) were developed in-house by SpaceX, from scratch.