We got together with our daughters and their husband/partner over the weekend to celebrate a belated Christmas at a rented AirBNB house in Lompoc, CA. Enjoyed a late breakfast Saturday morning and were just sitting and talking when, a few minutes before 10:00, the end of the world began. Well, not really. Turns out the house was just a few miles from Vandenberg Air Force Base and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched carrying a payloads pf 10 Iridium communication satellites into polar orbit. We didn't know it was scheduled. We ran outside though and watched the rocket climb away and could hear the engines for more than 1 1/2 minutes. I've always wanted to experience a rocket launch and now I can check that off my bucket list. Elon Musk IS the man.
