history-making moment. you have an all-civilian crew going up in a rocket from the middle of the west texas desert piloted from the ground with the rocket returning right on the pad in which it launched from. then a smooth landing from the capsule itself. this is only step one. we have heard jeff bezos say he wants to create a road to space. as far as its impact here, i can tell you, ien went to boy scout camp not too far away from here. never in my dreams would i imagine seeing a rocket take off, go 62 miles up into the sky with the richest man on the planet and the oldest and youngest astronauts. to hear the liftoff in my ear piece and then wait a few seconds and see that rocket trail going up, i can t tribe it any other way than just a surreal moment. i was not on board that ship, but i felt very small and just realizing what was taking place not too far away from where we
rocket trail going up to the sky, you don t know how that feels until you witness it firsthand and it s absolutely a powerful moment to know they went to outer space and to come back down so successfully, to see that capsule come off of the rocket, first witness that rocket land on top of its pad and the three parachutes come out and to hear the audio from the four crew members inside, the glee from wally funk and just everyone sharing that excitement for that soft landing back in the west texas desert, just an absolutely historic and incredible moment, and important to note that convoy from blue origin on standby, they were on top of that capsule, almost as soon as it landed. there was no bull s eye here, a lot of desert to work with so they were running up to that capsule, checking for thumbs up from every person inside there, about ever they walked outside and to see smiles, hugs and
the earth being mostly ocean and uninhabited areas, fairly unusual for an object this brightly seen in an uninhabited area. nasa calls it mother nature s greatest light show though very few get a chance to see it. shep? shepard: excuse me. i m all choked up over this. california wow! you got a cold yet? california seems like a bit a hot spot for these sightings were what s wrong with you people out there? yeah, you know, you re right. over the past four years, we ve had three of these mystery sightings, the one that got all the attention was last november. remember this? it was caught. video by a local news helicopter and it looked kind of like a rocket trail and people thought it was a mystery rocket launch. pentagon checked it out and said there was no rocket and norad said no rocket. it turns out to be a vapor trail from a passenger jet plane or at least that s what they tell us.
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