Tim Dodd

Back in the day, they were scrubbing like...

often.

And there'd be like a three-day, five-day, seven-day, you just never knew.

So I go home and I watched the live stream of it.

So I didn't even get to experience my first launch.

And anyone that's ever tried to go to a launch can probably empathize because, yeah, scrubs are very common in the spaceflight world.

So that one, I didn't get to see.

But since then, obviously, I've been able to attend very many launches.

How much do you understand the control involved in the landing?

I couldn't tell you a single thing about the code and the avionics behind it, but I can tell you all the hardware that makes it happen, if that helps.

If I remember, again, this is well outside of my domain, but...

They code in a common language.

It's probably going to be C. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is.

And that was one of the things that was weird is that Elon, when he started SpaceX, was like, we're just going to code in the most common language so that we don't have to have people learn this archaic language.

For sure.

Yeah, well, one of the fun things to remember, too, specifically with the Falcon 9 and the Falcon 9, or Falcon Heavy boosters, I mean, it's the same thing, basically.

They shut down all but one of the nine engines.

And even with that one engine at its minimum throttle setting, it's still too much thrust to hover.

So as this rocket's coming down...

If they start a little bit too early, if they light that engine too early, it will actually stop above the ground and will not be able to lower itself.