https://www.wsj.com/articles/spacex-launches-its-first-rocket-from-iconic-florida-pad-1487516347
Cool for so many reasons. Less dependence on others, more predictability and reliability, and even as with the original space program: scads of innovations that make their way back here on to planet Earth. There will be failures, always, but the magnitude of the forward progress is nonetheless impressive. #notallnewsisbad