Stick the Landing

This is as significant as the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic. All of a sudden, outer space got a lot closer.

The sticker price of this 14 storey, Falcon 9 stage 1 is roughly 60 million dollars. This baby will get you to the ISS more economically than any other vehicle available.

Occupy Mars is no joke.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on April 12, 2016 at 12:31pm

New York to Paris is a bit more glamorous than Newfoundland to Galway, though.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on April 12, 2016 at 12:53pm

Longer ride, too. Do you think Charles was served peanuts on that flight? I wonder if he had any problems with the seat back of the passenger in front of him? Those long haul flights can get pretty tedious.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on April 12, 2016 at 7:10pm

Silly me, of course he flew first class. Free drinks and they even provided mixed nuts in a cute little serving dish (pecans, cashews, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, macadamias, no peanuts though, too risky). But I think he still had to deal with airport security before boarding. Just because you're Charles Lindbergh doesn't mean you get a free pass.

Which leads me to another question. I wonder what sort of perks he earned on that flight? Had to be pricey.