>>BIG DAY IN AMERICA TODAY, IN FACT FOR THE WORLD.
SPACE X
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND LANDED ITS FALCON 9 ROCKET BACK ON
EARTH TONIGHT, ACTUALLY IT WAS LAST NIGHT, THIS IS FROM ABC
NEWS, MARKING THE FIRST TIME A ROCKET HAS LAUNCHED A PAYLOAD
INTO SPACE AND RETURNED.
OF COURSE I SAW THAT AND THOUGHT,
LAUNCHED A PAYLOAD?
[BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD LAUGH SOUND EFFECT] I AM
A CHILD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY GO TO SPACE AND COME BACK.
WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE, AMAZON'S JEFF BEZOS DID
SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT SPACE X
HAS TRIED IT THREE DIFFERENT
TIMES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY.
YOU
WANT TO WATCH IT?
WATCH THE RETURN OF THE ROCKET.
>> IT IS COMING BACK, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING THE
VIDEO IN REVERSE.
THAT IS BAD ASS.
>>THE FALCON HAS LANDED.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS
THE SENTENCE "THE FALCON HAS LANDED."
AND THEN YOU HAVE A
SCENE THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE IN THE MOVIES.
IF THERE IS EVER A
SPACE MOVIE, WHEN SOMETHING GOES RIGHT EVERYBODY STANDS UP AND
GOES YAY, SCREAMS AT THE SCREEN.
I'M THINKING LIKE, THEY DON'T
REALLY DO THAT AT NASA OR THESE OTHER THINGS -- I WAS WRONG.
THEY DO.
THAT IS NOT NASA, THAT IS SPACE X, BUT WHEN THEY DID IT
THEY ARE LIKE, THE PAYLOAD HAS COME BACK.
AND THEY SHOULD
CELEBRATE IT, IT IS FANTASTIC.
APPARENTLY THEY ALSO CHANTED
USA, USA.
ELON MUSK, THE FOUNDER, IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, BUT STILL HE
IS A U.S. CITIZEN NOW AND LOVES HIS COUNTRY, THAT IS GREAT.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIM --
>> THAT MAKE SENSE.
IF YOU DON'T
KNOW, IN THE PAST, AND I BARELY
KNEW, THEY WOULD LAUNCH THE ROCKETS AND THEY WOULD DO
WHATEVER THEY WOULD DO AND THEN SAD DAY, THEY ARE GONE.
SO WHEN
THE ALIENS RUN INTO OUR ROCKETS THEY WILL BE LIKE, BEEP BEEP,
OH MY GOD, WE HAVE FOUND THE ALIENS, SEE, BECAUSE THEY THINK
OF US AS ALIENS, AND THEN THERE IS
NOTHING INSIDE.
NOW WE WILL NOT LITTER THE UNIVERSE ANYMORE WITH
OUR ROCKETS, THEY GO UP AND COME RIGHT BACK DOWN.
I THINK THAT IS
AMAZING IN AND OF ITSELF, AND THE FACT THAT IT SAVES COSTS
MEANS WE CAN DO IT MORE OFTEN.
BUT ELON MUSK HAS ANOTHER PLAN
AS WELL.
HE SAYS --
>>REALLY?
GEEZUM LORD AND MERCY, HERE IS A GUY PLANNING WHAT TO
DO IN CASE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.
HE IS A SMART GUY SO HE
PROBABLY THINKS IT IS.
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE, SORRY FOR MAKING IT POLITICAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING
EVERYONE CAN CELEBRATE.
WHETHER WE GO TO MARS OR NOT, IT IS A
GREAT COMPLIMENT.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE GUY RESPONSIBLE, YOU
DON'T SEE HIM VERY OFTEN.
LET'S SHOW A PICTURE OF ELON MUSK.
>> GO AHEAD.
GRAPHIC 46.
>>THIS JOKE IS ENTIRELY RUINED NOW.
>>MAYBE NOT ELON MUSK, BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
REALLY, ELON MUSK
IS AS CLOSE TO IRON MAN AS WE WILL EVER GET.
HE FORMED TWO
DIFFERENT BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANIES, THE ONLY PERSON EVER
TO DO THAT, AND ONE OF HIS INVENTIONS IS THE HYPER LOOP,
WHICH COULD HAVE YOU TRAVELING FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES IN
HALF AN HOUR.
BUT HE IS LIKE, I TIRE OF THIS, I HAVE TOO MANY
OTHER THINGS GOING ON, HERE ARE THE BLUEPRINTS, SOMEBODY ELSE
FIGURE IT OUT.
WOW.
THAT DUDE IS SMART.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT
BILLIONAIRE RUN FOR PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF THE BILLIONAIRE
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT NOW.
GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, WE ARE ALL
PROUD, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS LEADS TO MANY OTHER
BREAKTHROUGHS.
NICE WORK, SPACE X.
ON BEHALF OF ALL AMERICANS ON
THE PLANET, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE FALCON HAS
LANDED.