And the Shuttle did have several SSME shutdowns after starting. Again, a case of the fault-detection hardware and software doing what ti should, but with the respect to the irreversibility of SRB ignition, on those occasions I too, had a sense of; "Jeez, if it had been just a couple seconds later..."

Forgive me, but I'm so glad I'm not your child...

But Havok, Iceman and Quicksilver aren't DC...

I suppose anything's possible...

I'd appreciate Barda being brought back, gay straight or middle of the roader...

They had an issue similar to this before, where chamber pressures were slightly out of limit, but steady. For that, they did tweak the limit.

I'm sure they'd love it. That's why ITAR exists (overly restrictive and in need of reform though it is).

That depends on how long it takes before a statistically inevitable catastrophic event occurs. Remember, 'big disasters' still happen with planes and ships, just extremely rarely.

Relax, guys. it turned out to be a turbopump issue, and is being swapped out right now:

So, what exactly does that mean? That those who put no resources, risk and effort to get there, deserve a cut on everything productive done there?

That's something that those who whine about the human condition, how we'd be a plague on the galaxy, etc. don't stop to consider. As bad as we indeed are, we may well not be the worst. Indeed, as has turned out to be the case with so many other things, we may be quite...average. Neither the Universe's saints, nor its…

Some of you already know how I feel about SLS (instead we need EELVs, Dragon and orbital assembly/refueling, not a large, expensive infrequently-launched rocket with only one customer), but this is the bigger picture, of which SpaceX is a part...

As opposed to counting on the government to always get it done efficiently and economically? (Do you think certain elements of Congress are pushing SLS because they seriously think it's the best way to open space? Or just to keep the jobs in certain contractors and NASA centers going in their states/districts?)

"There is NOTHING more important than exploring space."

"There is no reason to spread things out to dozens of states and tack of billions in costs as a result."

As opposed to counting on the government to always get it done efficiently and economically? (Do you think certain elements of Congress are pushing SLS because they seriously think it's the best way to open space? Or just to keep the jobs in certain contractors and NASA centers going in their states/districts?)

Non-stop flight across the Atlantic to Paris isn't what it used to be either...thankfully.

...Which is 3.26 light-years.

My God...it's full of stars!

Earlier in the movie, his explanation of the difference between dolphins and porpoises was absolutely, precisely correct. For light Hollywood fare, I was amazed.