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ethbr1 • today at 12:13 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

I was at Canaveral for the double booster return (Heavy?), and it's unbelievable the velocity those things come back down at, with the powered deceleration.

A few seconds after the sonic boom, you're seeing them cancel out the last of their velocity and land on the pad.

One of those 'it can't possibly be that big because nothing that big could be moving that fast' optical lack of reference moments.