Falcon 9 Sunset Backlit Launch (4K!) passing over San Diego w/ Booster, Fairings and Re-entry burn
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2024
- March 18, 2024 Falcon 9 over La Jolla, Mission Bay, San Diego
shot with a Sony A9 using a Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8. I went wide this time to get the sunset and the bay (handheld again (sorry))
0:02 Falcon clears La Jolla
0:40 plume gets daylight
1:00 MECO / Stage separation (I think (audio from SpaceX is delayed)
1:16 Second Stage light
2:00 Booster very clear in plume
2:10 Plume getting broad
2:24 Fairing flaring!
2:34 passing Jupiter
2:50 plane conjunction
2:54 zooming in with plume waves, fairing in plume (?), booster
3:14 passing under Orion
4:00 passing over Sea World / Point Loma
4:19 (bright lights are San Diego International Airport)
4:46 booster re-entry burn
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[[ timestamps in the description ]] hey thanks, everyone. AMAZING response!!! I grew up around launches (Orlando). One of the most amazing experiences I've had is going to Boca Chica, TX, in 2021 to watch a Starship launch. I cannot recommend more highly a trip to The Gateway to Mars if you can make it there. It is the complete opposite of KSC - you can drive your car right past the factory, the rocket garden and within a couple hundred feet of the launch platforms. Generally live gear is right nearby. I have narrative, pix and video of my trip at: gooutlookup.net/rocket-launches/starship-11 (yeah, that one exploded in the fog, but it was still an amazing experience).
This is the best one (sunset launches) I have seen yet. Actually first time seeing fairings in the plume. Crazy how long of a video it is. Seeing that second stage for that long is super cool.
What kind of camera are you using?
to say "the stars aligned" with this launch is appropriate. I suspect I'll completely muck up Wednesday's twilight launch. Bastages!@@FlockinIcehole
@@golookup wont know unless you try. Even just watching the launch at twilight is enough. Recording it is just a bonus. Goos luck! Im sure it will be soectacular. Dont over think it.
yeah, it's not like there are dire consequences if I mess up. LOL!
This is the best I've seen of both stages. Wow.
Thanks. Skills are built with proper conditions and repetition. SpaceX is kind enough enough to fly their Falcons increasingly frequently along a flight path seemingly optimized for my convenience (as all things should be :) ). I need to scrape La Jolla down to about 10' MSL to catch the launch earlier, but other than that...
I never get tired of seeing these launches! Even as a kid growing up in Ventura, (about 100mi from VAFB) in the 70s and 80s with the rainbow colored Minuteman rocket tests, I've always been mesmerized seeing this in the sky. Saw this one too, but the few seconds after MECO, the separation was obscured by a cloud, but crystal clear views after that. Was able to see the booster do its thing with both fairings tumbling behind the vehicle. The sonic boom this time was loud enough to make my dogs run back into the house, lol.
I definitely hear you. I grew up in Orlando. Once at work, while running outside to catch a shuttle launch, a coworker asked "why are you guys still interested in this stuff?" "Heck, I'm still amazed that planes fly." (at that time, my apartment complex was on Orlando International's final flight path. Whenever a widebody was overhead, we'd pause playing tennis to watch the big fellas.) Metal things in the air is inherently unnatural and should be scrutinized. :) Motocross/Supercross for example (those motorcycles shouldn't be up there!!!)
there was a running joke in Orlando that the early morning Shuttle sonic booms (which would wake you from a hard sleep) were responsible for corresponding baby booms (back in those "well, as long as we're up" days)
@@golookupMan, it was a dream of mine as a kid to see a shuttle launch! They built a shuttle launch pad and crawler at VAFB here in CA, but never launched from here. Ive seen the shuttle re-enter and land here along the the window rattling double sonic boom many times. My grandfather was an engine test conductor at Rocketdyne. I was lucky enough to see a few F-1 shuttle engine tests. From the viewing area 1/4 mi away, the sound and shockwave was enough to knock you off of your feet if you weren't sitting down. I couldn't imagine 3 of those along with 2 boosters lighting up at the same time. Awesome display of raw power and energy, second only to maybe a volcano eruption.
I had a shuttle launch wake me out of bed one morning (I thought it was a tornado bearing down on the house), but I don't recall getting close to a launch (commonplace/youth). The last launch I was close to was invisible but very audible (SN11 from the jetty. Three raptors. That was pretty amazing. I'll go back when they start catching them. That will truly be science fiction in our time.@@scottthroop6208
Super cool thanks for sharing
This is amazing footage, props to the cameraman for setting up this scene 👌
Thanks! Props to SpaceX and the good fortune of my house having a great view of the flight path. Other than "what lens?" I hadn't prepared properly because we were socked in until right before the launch.
From December 1961 to September 1964, I worked for Douglas Aircraft Company at Vandenberg AFB. The launch pads were about 2 miles from my office , and I could watch launches out my window. It was so cool. At that time there were about 3 launches a month.
the original space revolution! I was too young to appreciate the Moon Race, but enjoyed the Shuttle Era, even though it was too expensive to really take off. This revolution is a permanent one I think.
Wow I just saw this on UA-cam I live in Canada so the chances of me seeing this on the East Coast of Canada are very slim I would say but this was absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing gave me the chills great camera work. Thank you.
When I think of East Coast of Canada I think of amazing terrain, "exciting" weather, and intimidating seas. Is it awesome?
Awesome view, glad you got to enjoy it! You got the second stage, the fairings tumbling, and the booster all the way to entry burn, great shot. I've found from experience that autofocus can get very confused on a featureless sky, and when possible I use manual focus on a star or distant light to get it ready, then leave it alone. I also learned the hard way that cameras with anti-shake lose their minds when filming a rocket engine test from closeup and make things even worse, so I had to turn that off too.
thanks! last month's launch was good practice (ua-cam.com/video/DgF0A1bU9GI/v-deo.html). I typically turn off autofocus, focus on the farthest lights I can and leave the focus along. I forgot this time. The focus aids don't work so well (or at all) during filming (and mirrorless EFVs and my eyes make focusing too much of a guess). Next launch: tripod!
Great camera work with a beautiful night sky background. Hi from the UK. Sharing this with my son. He loves all the fact that the launches and returns have been perfected. All the best to you and yours in that nice city.
it's awesome that your son is interested in this. It's an amazing time to watch this transformation of our relationship with space. It's the most exciting part of our current (rather crazy) times.
This vantage is so amazing. Gives some oerspective to the relative trajectories of the 1st and 2nd stages.
yeah, it's amazing how far the booster flies ballistically (and it seems like the plume would slow it down (but from the in-booster cameras, it's clearly very rarefied))
Fantastic show from start to finish... Thanks for this!
perfect flight path
Saw this almost perfectly in my backyard in Vegas. It’s crazy how big these launches are in the sky
It's all in the lighting. Consider satellites. There are thousands visible all the time - if the light were right. The Space Station is extremely bright - as bright as Venus - but only when it's in direct sunlight and the sky is dark. Only shortly before sunrise and shortly after sunset. I can't see rockets in the day at all. And, yes, the plume is HUGE!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. You are lucky to be in a position to view the launch.
I am very lucky to have the view that I have (as a Florida boy, it blows my mind that I can see the Pacific Ocean (!) from my house). Twenty years ago, I didn't think "Hey, this will be a great place to watch very frequent SpaceX launches", but got lucky. I've never seen a launch from closer to Vandenberg; might have to plan a trip.
That was awesome ! Thank you so much
Thank you for catching this, it really is amazing. You did a great job!
thanks, SpaceX is providing plenty of opportunities to practice
This was an EXCEPTIONAL video, man! I was proud to send this out to friends after telling everyone about the event…(which I only caught the last half of when it happened.) Great job!
I think I've peaked and I'm all washed up now. :) thanks!
Very cool perspective of the flight. Loved when it passed by Jupiter!🚀👍
Jupiter, then under Orion, then over Sea World... Good stuff!
Some great footage captured there, thanks for the upload!
happy to share. Big response to this: I'll do a little more prep next time.
I saw this from all the way up here in northern Nevada, east of Reno! Thought it was a fighter taking off from Fallon on afterburner at first, but when the plume really spread out like that I knew it had to be something else. Very cool, GREAT video you got of it. Thanks for sharing.
Eventually, they'll be launching Starships from there. That will be wild if the lighting is right (they'll be infrequent, so rare to be visible).
Incredile footage buddy! Respects from the UK for catching this 😮
Happy to share!
WOW, what a view you got there!! Amazing! Thanks for share this footage.
we share what we love. It's great to hear from people who are excited about space!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing, mate. Great video.
thanks!
Nice footage! I watched from my backyard in Long Beach, and everything was so clear and awesome, but I couldn't see the booster reentry.
The was the second time I caught the re-entry burn. The first time was a lucky accident. With the SpaceX feed in the background it helps with the timing.
you have helped me out immensely.. I have been imagining for a very long time what it would be like to witness the rocket pass overhead..
Great job.. Thank You!!..👍
someone had mentioned a similarity to airplane contrails - but with big parts separating and trailing in the plume, and then a re-entry burn. So, similar to a plane, but bigger faster and "extra"
Beautiful footage
great time to launch - makes it easy.
Nice, nice, nice, indeed! Great camera work. Extremely good video. Thanks from the Great Plains of Oklahoma.
you're welcome. I spent a lot of time in OKC in 2004-2005 (ODOT).
Fantastic. Thanks for posting
happy to post; thanks for thanking!!
Completely awesome! That is just so sick!
and the work everyone has to do on top of it all just to maintain the Globe Hoax LOL!
I’ve seen a lot of long distance Falcon and Falcon Heavy launches from here in south Florida. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to get a direct southern trajectory. This video was the best amateur distance video I’ve seen. Amazing clarity and colors. Clear night. Ideal weather conditions for the plume and jelly fish. Perfect flight path and trajectory for you. Jupiter and an Airplane in the shot and clear view of booster. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Yeah, the flight was a perfect setup. The heavy clouds dissipated shortly beforehand. I didn't think I'd get a view at all. I'm from Orlando and I have family in Melbourne, FL (and North Carolina). The views from Melbourne are actually preferable than those from Orlando (I've seen only one from Melbourne). I know SpaceX had a southerly with a Return-to-Landing, but they weren't able to see it. Twilight launches are special! I'm hoping to catch a sunset Return-To-Landing - it should be spectacular. Proper jellyfish.
2:42 Nice video The two light dots in the plume are the payload fairing separating. The first stage booster burnout and separation is at 1:09 where you see the gap in the plume. Second stage ignition is at 1:15.
Thanks! It's interesting how much spaces is covered in that six second gap between MECO and second stage ignition.
Great video! Thank you! 🚀
thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it.
Incredible, thank you.
it turned out pretty good. Twilight shots are amazing.
Great shot thank you.
you're very welcome
Best and most complete video so far on the contrails. well done
the flight profile is almost identical and SpaceX is doing them frequently.
Very cool. I was wondering if anyone caught this view live after I noticed the remnants. Thanks for posting!
Facebook has a group called Vandenberg Rocket Launches - it's an amazing resource for photos and video of launches.
I've been watching since Telstar in 1962 and That was fabulous. Thank you! Great timing. My cheeks hurt (you know).
I was born in 66, so I was a little too young to appreciate the Moon Race (I remember... splashdowns - the dullest part). I didn't expect to see launches when I moved from east of Orlando to San Diego - I am delighted that I am so well positioned to enjoy them!
Saw it from Modesto, CA. Wasn't sure what I was looking at but no I know. Great video.
there are websites and apps that keep up-to-date launch schedules. SpaceX is launching a LOT this year.
Cool capture! ❤
location, location, location!
Great video...saw this launch in Phoenix, loved it.
If I recall, Phoenix was dark and the plume still in full sunlight - VERY dramatic!
Excellent 👍.....
Keep up the great work while keeping your viewers inspired and informed.
thanks!
What an Awesome video of the launch.👍👌😉
Very, very cool. Thanks for filming and posting this.
Happy to do it. Glad you liked it!
Nice job! We are truly living in amazing times!
SpaceX is ushering in the dawn of a new, real, sustainable, accessible Space Age. It is indeed inspiring.
I have just seen my first Rocket launch live from Cape Canaveral a few days back. Absolutely mindblowing, especially with a Pad landing. But a Sunset launch like this is next Level I'd love to to see one day 😍 Such a clear view of the Booster and second stage, you got really lucky!
congrats on your in-person experience. It's an exciting time to be near launch facilities!
Well done video and narration. Thank you!
Normally I don't talk much, but my wife was out there with me. We have one in a couple of days just like this. I suppose I should narrate better (all else being the same, I'd rather have narration (one can always turn off the sound))
Amazing guys, utterly amazing ❤.
the best shots are the ones you take. Sometimes you get lucky.
It was awesome from San Pedro. You could see the fairing halves burning in the second stage plume. The landing burn was red orange.
It comes close to overhead at San Pedro, doesn't it? That's gotta be weird (cool weird, but weird). I bet a Return To Landing would be phenomenal!
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Aw
Thanks for posting!
It's been a great response. Thank you!
Had another one tonight that was spectacular!
yep, I'm in Florida (the last Delta Heavy was delayed, but I caught a day and night launch from the Cape). The sunset launches are legitimately spectacular.
Wow! Amazing footage! Great job!🤩
Glad you enjoyed it
just a thought thank you for this show🤩 ciao from italy
One of my favorite trips was three weeks in Italy with my wife. Venice is my favorite city and Pompeii is amazing (and everything else)
I admire your patience with zooming the camera in, good shots!
so, there's another in couple of days. I don't know whether to use a long lens (like my video before this one) or try with a telescope. Given the lighting, I do like the idea of catching the ground. Maybe long lens/telescope on the night shots? I should be able to get really good detail..
Great shots thank you
The SoCal road noise is something else to behold, wow
yeah, the interstate is a constant drone. You get used to it, but when you go someplace that's actually quiet... There is a Harley store down the road. They'll gang up: that's crazy loud. Oh, trains in the summer nights when the windows are open...
PHENOMENAL VIDEO!
it's a phenomenon and it's a video, so yes! Thanks!
Great catch of the launch, especially the reentry burn, nice job 👍👍👍
thanks. I knew what to expect with the entry burn this time (I ACCIDENTALLY caught it last time and didn't notice until someone pointed it out to me (FB has an active and skilled Vandenberg Launches group)
Amazing scene. And great video capture of it.
The SpaceX cadence has allowed me to practice - though I cant' see them in the daytime.
Saw most of this from my house in Casa Grande, AZ .. amazing sight.
Your sky background was darker I assume, and the plume correspondingly much "brighter"? Very cool!
Absolutely stunning......wow!
I'm very lucky!
Really lit up the sky. I live outside Phoenix and it lit up the night sky.
I bet. It was still pretty bright here, so the contrast wasn't as great. Phoenix had to be mostly dark and the plume was still completely in the sunlight: perfect! In the daylight, I can't even see anything: plume or even the flames...
thanks for the coverage i miss it and i was watching the sunset but i didn't know they where launching come out saw the trail it left
I check spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ and facebook has a Vandenberg Rocket Launches group (extremely good)
Wavvy too cool, this never gets old !!!!
I agree!
Cool video. That sunset sky was beautiful.
that or a little bit later is the best time to see the launches
Awesome footage
awesome kindness, thanks!
Awesome job recording the launch. We saw traces of 🚀 from a clearing up here in Big Bear. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
somebody has a video from that mountain with Riverside in the foreground. It's beautiful.
I spent over 10 years in the San Diego area, so I immediately recognized your location.
Amazing that VSFB launches are visible so clearly so far away, isn't it?
Great job on the video, by the way. Picking out the booster separation and re-entry burn: epic!
Daytime launches I can't see at all, but the evening and night shots are pretty epic.
I've seen launches over the years from north of Sacramento. That's gotta be over 300 miles. It's rare, but it's pretty awesome.
Great vid! Thanks for sharing.
happy to!
It’s awesome how you’re able to see it from down there! It looks better from where you are than it did here
It's cool to see the booster on ascent and re-entry. I'm looking forward to a Return-to-Landing. That boostback burn should be amazing (but it has to be in twilight or night or it won't be visible)
on my bucket list
Hands-down, the best coverage for this launch. No jerking, out of focus, steady mount, excellent zoom. You have a new subscriber. Keep this up. There are a lot of VSFB launches for Starlink, but only occasionally at this time of the day when this can be seen. Hopefully, there will be an RTLS to view the beauty of the interaction of the two exhausts from the Second Stage and the booster. Great hobbby you have. Best, Tony.
Hands-down best comment, Tony! :) Yes a backlit RTLS will be amazing; I'll keep an eye out and will do appropriate prep (I always say that). Same lens for framing, but definitely a mount this time (If I focus on booster, I'll only have to pan 40 degrees or so). The photography hobby got more serious when my son started playing volleyball - it was a way to overlap his activities with one of my hobbies. The launch captures are just a happy accident. Looking forward to capturing a proper jellyfish.
@@golookup Keep track of future launches on "next spaceflight" (Google search)'. Best. Tony
@@golookup I edited your video sync up to the SpaceX broadcast along with a photographer from Santa Barbara who covered the initial launch views until your video picked up at stagging. The UA-cam ID is 4qAERU2nLWI Enjoy. It's in 1080p not 4K. Tony.
@@golookup I also posted your video on the NASASpaceFlight Forums as this is perhaps the very first time a launch video, capturing all the major events in one continuous end-to-end shot, with great detail and clarity. You are to be commended, so many others get distracted, or give up holding the camera.
Thanks for the vid!
You bet!
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely Spectacular 😊🤩
Thank you! Cheers!
@@golookup Thank-you your videos are spectacular.🫶🏼
Toni and I never miss one. This one was fantastic. Have 10 photos and 1 video 😊
backlit is pretty awesome (I'd like to see a boostback burn).
you are so lucky, us Aussies can only dream. great vid
I don't know, Elon is aiming his Starship tests at ya. :)
Wow! What a sight to behold!
I can only hope I'm able to see a launch as close as i can some day, this beautiful sight also!
ONE DAY!
Thanks for the sights from UK 🇬🇧
The launch cadence at KSC is at least one a week. In a few years, they'll be SuperHeavies. Florida is a lot easier to get to than Boca Chica TX (though the Gateway to Mars there is amazing). Vandeberg launches far less frequently but they're kind enough to fly them along the population centers.
Cool video thanks for sharing👍
Thanks for watching!
That’s amazing that you can see that with the naked eye. Incredible video.
but not here in San Diego in the daytime. When the plume is in the sunlight and the land and sky is dark, it's amazing. There are some great shots from Phoenix, New Mexico, Baja California...
Best one (sunset launch video) Ive seen in a long time. I could watch those everyday.
I grew up on the central coast on the beach near Pismo beach. Early 80s watching all the ICBM launches ALL THE TIME. It was so often that it wasnt a big deal to see this type of thing after so many.
Imagine the future sky line will look like!
My son is at Cal Poly. He could watch from his dorm if he had any interest (he doesn't). I missed a launch from SLO by about three minutes, but was really impressed by the lingering plume in broad daylight. Launches in daytime are completely invisible here in San Diego. I'm tempted to move back to Orlando (I'd move to Cocoa Beach) specifically for Starship launch and catches.
Great vid…thought I saw one of the fairing halves tumbling down shortly after booster separation. I saw it from my backyard in Southern California…
I saw one fairing. Some folks have clear footage of both fairing... It's pretty cool how these flights are kind enough to put on a show for us (thank you, polar orbits!)
Been following these launches since 2017 😊
It's an amazing time for space!
Very, very awesome!
Glad you like it!
Great shot! Never ever seen it like this before.
the wide angle lens gives it pretty good context - but it's the fact that the vehicle and plume are still in direct sunlight that give it its image.
Great vid.. so lucky.
Very!
What a perfect time of day/viewing angle!
it was really cloudy about 45 minutes beforehand, glad it cleared up. Hopefully Wednesday night's launch will be clear as well.
Great job Sir. I was hoping it would be posted. I used to see these as a kid in the 60s living in Pomona, and they scared everyone. Nobody knew what they were until the next day in the paper
I still see surprising stuff. An occasional unannounced missile test. I actually caught the trans-martian burn of the first Falcon Heavy, by accident. I thought it was an incoming missile. INCOMING is not how you want to see missiles.
Fantástico, deve ter sido maravilho ver isso ao vivo.
Si estoy encantada de poder ver estas
Outstanding and thank you. I wish I knew a little bit more about the location where you took this from.
right on San Diego Mission Bay, right off I-5.
Thank you, I apparently lost my ability to read.@@golookup
I might have added it later (I did add the "Location" to the video properties after you asked (it's a good idea).@@paul_in_tucson2808
Great video!
Thanks!
Just gorgeous
thanks!
Spectacular!
It was. It's a pleasure to see it. There's another on Wednesday.
Great shot ! And great camera of course. And La Jolla is the home of the famous astronomical wristwatch V7 from YES too... 👍
Yes! I have a couple which I've picked up personally from Bjorn. gooutlookup.net/equip/yeswatch/watchforstars.htm
I’m in Florida, 40 minutes away, I tell you, this was a great video thanks
I grew up in Orlando. I lived in Chuluota for a couple of years - a Shuttle launch woke me out of bed once.
@@golookup What an honor to be awake by that lol
I thought it was a tornado; it kept getting louder. I panicked and jump onto the floor to protect myself. And then remembered. Ran outside, it was about halfway up. @@oterosocram25
Awesome Video! I love the evening and early morning launches here in Volusia County, Florida just for these beautiful shows! I also get mad when the launches happen in Cali! Lol.
just wait until they start launching Starship from KSC!
@golookup That's gonna be a sight to see!! Looking forward to the day!
Excellent! I live just a little NE of Orlando and I watch every launch. Only on a clear, cold night can we see anything even close to that.
Yeah, KSC launches AWAY from people - it does kill the views quite a bit. SpaceX has launched polar from KSC, with a RTL - that should have been similar. I don't recall if I've seen a Falcon from Orlando, but I saw one from Melbourne, where my mom lives now. Day launch, Falcon and flame very visible. Here, I cannot see daytime launches - no flame, no plume, nothing. But the night launches are...
(East Orlando is my hometown (near UCF, and a couple years in Chuluota (where the shuttle would wake me out of bed)).
@@golookupYes. Falcon Heavy with RTLS is usually good. I've seen several entry burns.
@@golookupYeah shuttle set off my car alarm every time!
NICE WORK!!
nice play!
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Parabéns
So neat 👌
👋👋👋
Thank you! 😊
Excellent video! I was driving up the 5 when this happened and attempted to get some of my own video while driving. I was only able to shoot approximately the first third's worth of the video you took before the angle of the freeway shifted and placed the entire scene in my blind spot.. :(
you gotta be careful watching anything while driving: it can interfere with your texting! :)
@@golookup I appreciate your humor! :) It was actually an awkward moment for me because I generally do try to avoid messing with my phone while driving. However, in this case I couldn't resist trying to get as much footage as I could, even under the circumstances. You don't see things like that very often. To be honest, I'm very surprised at how decent my video came out considering I was more focused on the road and not having a collision with anyone than I was on my phone. I would only "side glance" at the phone every few seconds to make sure that I was keeping the subject centered on my screen as best as possible. I shared my video on my profile if you or anyone else is curious to see it. With that said, it is far inferior to your video, both in pixel quality, and length. I didn't even know about the event beforehand, but not only did you know, but you were prepared to capture the entire event from beginning to end and did an amazing job of it! From what I've seen so far, you probably got the best footage of anyone!
yep, sometimes you gotta take the risk. I shot a video through the rear view mirror of my toddler son playing on his new toy guitar he got from the fair. Timeless. He played for years, but that was the first strum. @@dubstronaut
Loved the launch I saw it to
I'm out of town, but was able to get my wife out on the patio so that she could see it.
I used to work for Lockheed and Rolls-Royce at Stennis Space Center, from 2004-2012. The facilities I worked at were less than one mile from the test stand where the Space Shuttle Main Engines were tested. We got "rained" on every time they tested one of the SSMEs.
Seeing this brings back many great memories. Especially of my time in the Marines, because one of my fellow Marines has worked for SpaceX since it's founding and my career has also had me working with SpaceX at one point.
Small world.
Small round world. :) I originally majored in Astronautical Engineering at a military academy because I was so in to this. Life went in a literally more mundane direction (Civil Engineering), but it's an absolutely amazing time to have a passion for space exploration!