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The Twitter feed for the flight (scheduled 4:33 here) is fascinating for people who have time and interest to watch

https://twitter.com/SpaceX

I love this stuff...

t minus 45 minutes

What a time to be alive

Nothing Special. Nothing beats the launch of Apollo 11 Saturn 5 rocket launch.

I'm watching it. But I'm just using nasa site to watch live.

https://www.nasa.gov/

We're watching it on TV, very cool

Got it on through the link given by gimcrack. Thanks :)

Watching it here on the Science Channel.
I'm < 200 miles away so I'll run out just after launch to see if I can get a live glimpse. It was sometimes possible for Shuttle launches back in the day.

Edit: Nope, too much cloud cover. But great launch so far.

awesome!

Takes me back to the days of Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Al lot different today. Very exciting.

Incredible stuff to see, I find it very moving every time.

I'm watching it on the NASA website as well. I'm quite impressed with it. I was only 6 months old when Neil Armstrong took off and became the first person to set foot on the moon, but don't remember anything of that.

I wonder how long it would take for the "flat earthers" and conspiracy theorists to say it was all "faked"?

And how cool is it that the first stage lands back on a ship at sea and can be reused.

I have a friend who still believes that the moon landing took place on a Hollywood sound stage. And there is no convincing her any different.

*humbug* :-)

And how cool is it that the first stage lands back on a ship at sea and can be reused.

Not to mention the genius who named that ship: "Of course I still love you."

richb wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 3:48 pm And how cool is it that the first stage lands back on a ship at sea and can be reused.

Splendid ... But if it is for commercial uses, how hot the Earth will be with 8 milliards of humans wanting to do this trip one time in his live.

richb wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 3:48 pmI have a friend who still believes that the moon landing took place on a Hollywood sound stage. And there is no convincing her any different.

How do they account for the 5 laser reflectors astronauts left on the moon that you can still use today?

Of course my Father worked for NASA for 35 years so I have to be lying...

richb wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 3:48 pm And how cool is it that the first stage lands back on a ship at sea and can be reused.

I have a friend who still believes that the moon landing took place on a Hollywood sound stage. And there is no convincing her any different.

Well, no. Any really good points you can make to disprove her crackpot theory only make you part of the conspiracy. You can't argue with crazy.

Is she also a Flat Earther?

For those that missed it, the live stream is preserved on Youtube so it can be watched later, and fast-forwarded if desired.