Stuff that’s still hard to do (Falcon-9 Telstar-19)

July 22, 2018 –

Launch
Stage-1/2 sep, Stage-2 ignition
Shroud/fairing deploy
Stage-1 re-entry burn (no boost-back burn, landing on barge)
Stage-1 landing (cuts out, as usual) standing upright
Payload deploy
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Another 1962 cultural ref (Telstar, by the Ventures)

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Enh, times change

July 21, 2018 –

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History is boring text interrupted by memes

July 20, 2018 –

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Cultural ref
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20 July 1969

July 20, 2018 –


Updated this old gif


(12 @ 5sec)
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Navigational ref
mech

If you’re up for a good ride, go here.

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Deep State, do you have an answer for us?

July 20, 2018 –

Yes, but you’re not gonna like it.

The answer is …
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…
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forty-two amendments to the Constitution

☟ As long as we're doin' shirts… ☟ »
Did this for Sondra a couple’a days ago,
but I don’t think she’ll mind sharing
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Title cultural ref
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The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again

July 19, 2018 –

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Yep, Maxine’s hounds are violent, America-hating thugs.

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do-over

July 19, 2018 –

Dance with the Devil

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Cultural ref
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feckless twit

July 19, 2018 –

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the not-so-innocents abroad

July 18, 2018 –

A few warning shots before you head out

A little straight talk with the NATO deadbeats
A private chat with the rival family’s Don in Helsinki
And a world of abuse at home
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Apologies for dumping a bunch’a graphics today, but the scope kind’a drove that.

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swing low

July 18, 2018 –

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Cultural ref
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