Secret Spacecraft and Reusable Rockets - Space Pod 08/03/16

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1. space mike for president of everything!!!!!!!
2. Spike looks like he is humping the rocket .
3. The geccos/lizards are a reference to the russian space gekkos, so russia, the lizard sitting on a rocket is a reference to Dr. Strangelove or nuclear weapons and finally the the stars above the earth are a reference to communist russia, china and cuba and the hollow star means something similar to the old stars (the cold war) but also something new, (the new is relationship between the super-powers) and hollow because its unclear if the powerstruggle between china and the us will lead to a new cold war. So add it all up, it a spy satellite to obvserve nuclear capabilities of possible future enemies. :D
4. Speaking of SpaceX rocket engines.... Did you see this:
   http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/spacex-has-shipped-its-mars-engine-to-texas-for-tests/
5. High Orbit Ion Cannon.
6. 3:00 My take is that this is the lizard people at the NRO, just rubbing it in.
7. The thrust at lift-off is more than 7 times the thrust at second-stage ignition. This creates a problem. If thrust at lift-off were only 5 times the thrust at second-stage ignition it would be a lot more economical to reuse the first stage.
8. Could the lizard actually signify that one of our lizard-person overlords has hitched a ride up with the "satellite" to look down upon our puny human escapades? NROL kremlinology is fun, isn't it!
9. Were all of the SpaceX test firings of that used booster full duration?
10. If the boosters become unreliable to relaunch expensive equipment
    Strap a huge magnet on, pick some space junk on and let it fall into the sun 
11. I think actually it would be able to fly again, they just won't as they are using this one as a baseline for all others.
12. Can't wait to hear more about SpaceX first stage testing
13. G'day,
    
    Hmmmn, a Giant AmeriKan Patriotic Goanna, straddling a Fire-Breathing Rocketship with a Recycled Soviet-Moonship Engine...; what could that "Sign of the Times, in the Skies" possibly portend, one wonders ?
    
    Look ye unto Nostradamus, maybe..., "For the Bear (Russia) & the Eagle (AmeriKa) shall unite against the Dragon (China)...; is it not written that such will come to pass...?
    
    My guess is that the New MysterySat will be operated out of Pine Gap and/or Narrungar, here in Oz ; and it'll be something intended to give the US Navy Admirals at CINCPAC ("Commander In Chief, Pacific Area Command") in Hawaii a much more betterer and clarificated view of what the wicked evil aggressive Communist Chinamen might be doing ; with their curious King Canute Manouvre (a famous English King who tried to order the Tide to stop Flowing), by dredging & dumping & compacting Sand onto Tidal Rocks which were already awash, before the Sea-Level began to rise due to Global Warming....
    
    I reckon a person would need to be of very low Intelligence to want to try to build a Sandbar onto a Tidal-Rock, particularly while Sea-levels are rising...; and one would need to be certified as being way too stupid to be allowed to vote, to want to pick a fight with anybody who's already busy fighting the Rising Tide..., but you know what the Admirals are like, they're paid to fight, and AmeriKa hasn't had a fight with any Enemy which has had any actual Navy to offer the US Admirals a chance to get involved with since WW-2 - so CINCPAC are drooling at the mouth at the thought of a Naval Shooting-Match, over the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea....
    
    And, Prissydunce Trump's Campaign has Bin-Funded by the Oligarchs of Moscow, so when he's inaugurated he'll need lots of new Reconaissance Capabilities over the South China Sea...; and therefore, the NRO is repositioning itself, so as to be ready to snap to attention & reply "Sir, Yes SIR...!" when the Order comes, to provide "The Latest Intelligence".
    
    Just(ifiably ?) guessin' ,
    
    Such is Life,
    
    ;-p
    
    Ciao !
14. The CRS-8 falcon will be reused, it is the Orbcomm-OG2 booster which is going on display.
15. Great video Mike, I was curious though, do you know the difference between the stages of a falcon 9 and a falcon heavy, are they interchangeable? Also, hypothetically in the CRS missions, if one competitor got their vehicle out first and was significantly cheaper than their competition, would the government be able to cancel one contract in favor of the other?
16. Just FYI you wasn't quite right with regards to the booster not being able to fly again. Elon said on twitter that the falcon 9 first stage is in a good enough condition to fly again but will not as it's going to be used for testing.
17. "Spike" (the lizard on the patch) is "packing heat". Noticed a slight "bulge" in his side, which tells me he isn't a lizard you should mess around with.
18. Spike looks like the sort of lizard, which love children. To eat that is. Anyway I want the NROL-39 patch. Just a nice patch for my lovely bag.
19. awesome
20. I noticed that both those planets aren't Earth,  yet despite that its the same planet in both images. Therefore that is a real exoplanets and Spike is one of those lizard people you hear about, and that satellite is for our alien overlords. And I think when you consider my theory versus Mike's you will see mine is more realistic :P