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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Appears As UFO In Australia

Posted by timothy on from the only-looks-suspicious dept.

RobHart writes "ABC (the Australian Broadcasting Commission) has reported extensively on a bright spiraling light that was seen in Eastern Australia just before dawn. It has just broadcast a report from an Australian astronomer who has suggested that the light was probably the successful Falcon 9 launch, which would have been over Australia at that time on its launch trajectory." Update: 06/05 22:20 GMT by T : Setting aside the literal exhaust fumes, reader FleaPlus says, It's "interesting to look at the reactions from those in Congress who control the purse-strings for NASA (one of SpaceX's biggest customers). The successful launch was congratulated by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL and former astronaut) and Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL), both praised and criticized by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) due to the successful launch being a year later than previously predicted, and blasted by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) for merely replicating what 'NASA accomplished in 1964,' who added that the company's success 'must not be confused with progress for our nation's human spaceflight program.'"

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  1. Re:Congress is happy by avtchillsboro · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm... how about some equal time for Democrats??
    Now that 'The One' has shut down the Shuttle & de-funded the Ares Program because he is against spending precious tax dollars on wasteful activities (heh)
    any bets on how soon the liberal do-gooders will want to impose confiscatory new taxes on the nascent private space industry's "windfall" profits?