I just woke up at 7 am exactly w a weird feeling, then a few minutes later my whole room is rumbling and I can hear the glass in my window rattling. It lasted about a minute or two. I actually thought there was an earthquake for a few minutes there. But no, just Space-X launching their "Super Heavy" rocket, the "most powerful launch vehicle ever built', about 25 minutes away from my home. I cannot even describe how much I hate Space-X for all that they've done to my community and the environment in which we live. Musk has inflicted SEVERE and unforgivable harm upon land extremely diverse in plant and animal species (we have the 2nd highest concentration of wildlife next to Everglades!!), has made sea turtle nesting sites unsafe and unusable for the turtles, and is encouraging the gentrification of our culturally unique border community. Not to mention, the land which he disrespects so blatantly is occupied by the Carrizo Comecrudo tribe and is extremely significant to the indigenous peoples of this region. My own ancestors relied on this coastal environment for nourishment and safety, and it has always been a source of peace and love for my family and myself.
Not to make everything about pop culture but remember when Venom 2018 made their villain elon musk and his space x program and then in the end a journalist and his roommate from outer space blew it the fuck up as it launched? Because I do.
Are you serious Elon?! If you don’t like the colors, you can just change them. These are for SAFETY. You’re seriously risking the lives of the workers because of something as simple as colors?
Elons, you need to see a psychiatrist or go outside or something. Not risk people’s lives over COLORS.
Managed to catch Artemis 1 from my backyard! It looked like the sun coming up! We could also see the booster separation, but unfortunately they didn’t show up on camera.
For comparison, here’s the Space X Crew-1 launch from November 15, 2020, shot in the same spot with the same phone:
The camera wouldn’t even focus on it. Tumblr won’t let me share more than one video at a time, but I was talking about “how bright” it looked. If only I knew then.
Best wishes to the whole Artemis team, you guys put on a great show!