"All I've Got to Do"

 If I want to see a rocket launch, All I've Got to Do is step outside into my driveway. I was thinking of going to Jetty Park because there was also a landing with the obligatory Sonic BOOM. But I was making dinner and did not want to fight the traffic.

Here are some shots of the launch and dinner...

SpaceX Launch & Landing

The launch was at 6:13 PM, just after sunset. That made for some pretty colors in the contrail...


This is the Falcon 9 with the Stage 1 rocket still burning...


The stage 1 rocket separates and Stage 2 takes over with the payload. This evening's mission deployed the third pair of Maxar Space Systems-built WorldView Legion high-resolution imagery satellites into orbit. Interestingly, the Stage 2 is on the lower right and the Stage 1 is the spot in the upper area. The stage 2 is heading over the horizon and is higher than Stage 1, although it don't look that way.

Usually on most missions, the Stage 1 lands on an unmanned barge out in the Atlantic. Not sure why it came back today. The Stage 1 does do a engine burn for a while to slow it down and correct its course back to Cape Canaveral.

A closer view of the Stage 1 burn as it drops back to earth. The rocket will go back off and then relight one last time right before landing. It was behind the trees from my house. And then there is the Boom!!


Right before the launch I was cooking my second recipe out of my new cookbook...

All the ingredients as I prepare to start...



Close up of the recipe.

The chicken stewing in a sauce pan.

The tostada with beans, chicken, and Vermont Cabot Cheddar. It was great.


A friend gave me some flower seeds from a funeral that he went to a while back. I planted all the seeds. This is the first flower from that batch. I have not IDed it yet...


About Title

"All I've Got to Do" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by the English rock band the Beatles on their second British album, With the Beatles (1963). In the United States, "All I've Got to Do" originally appeared on Meet the Beatles! (1964). According to Dennis Alstrand, the song is the first time in rock and roll or rock music in which the bass player plays chords as a vital part of the song.

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