Mike Kagan

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

What it's all about

[Race 🕊️ @multiplanet1]

A SpaceX propulsion engineer brought his elderly father to watch a Falcon 9 launch at Cape Canaveral. His father had been a mechanic his entire life. He had never been to a rocket launch. He didn't understand orbital mechanics or payload deployment. He understood engines.

The engineer had worked on the Merlin engine for 4 years. The Merlin powers the Falcon 9. Every component his team designed was about to fire for 162 seconds and either deliver a satellite to orbit or explode.

The father stood in the viewing area and watched the countdown. When the engines ignited and the rocket lifted off the pad, the sound hit them 6 seconds later. The ground shook. The father grabbed his son's arm. Not from fear. From recognition. He knew engines. He had spent 45 years listening to them. This engine was different from anything he had heard in his life.

The father didn't speak for the entire ascent. When the first stage separated and the booster began its descent back to the landing pad, the father started crying. The mechanic who had spent 45 years under cars and trucks watched a rocket engine fire in reverse to land itself upright on a pad from the edge of space.

He turned to his son and said "you built that?"

The engineer said it was the single greatest moment of his career. Not the launch. Not the landing. The question. His father, a man who understood engines better than anyone he knew, looking at the most advanced engine ever built and asking his son if he built it.

Elon's vision of Mars is abstract to most people. But the moment a mechanic's son brought his father to watch the engine he built change the world is the moment the mission becomes human. It's not about Mars. It's about a father who finally understood what his son had been doing all those years.

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@OutofSpecDave @ionnaofficial @charleslewis58 @WolfOfWiFi @TheTedHebert Great to see Super fast charging options on our side of Avon Mountain!!

[TRUTH TELLER @truth_teller58]

So satisfying watching cheep thieves get karma!
Fantastic!

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

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[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@smartypantsmith Your dad has designed my grandfather's home in Sea Pines back in 1977. I wanted to attempt to get the architectural drawings from the build if you happen to have some of your dad's old work. He was a master designer and the home brings so many memories for me.

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

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[kelly @kananat]

Me watching this fight because Netflix keeps freezing and going blurry #PaulTyson

[JMU @JMU]

Are you ready for it?

[JMU @JMU]

We’ll see our way out for the night 😏

#GoDukes

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@TheOliverStone 100% agree! Amazing cinematic journey from start to finish.

[Oliver Stone @TheOliverStone]

Saturday, I sat through 3 hours of #Oppenheimer, gripped by Chris Nolan’s narrative. His screenplay is layered & fascinating. Familiar with the book by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin, I once turned the project down because I couldn’t find my way to its essence. Nolan has found it.

[Jay @jaybronious]

Imagine that you pay $13,000 for an expert and then he refers to the defendant as the shooter #MurdaughTrial

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

Prayers for Damar Hamlin and family...#DamarHamlin

[Dynasty Pros @DynastyProsFF]

Let's take a break and watch a clip of Damar Hamlin giving his family some love just prior a game.

This is what needs to be seen right now.

Please be okay 🙏

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

What a terrible customer service experience with a Hilton Grand vacations Marketing package. My wife has COVID and we had to cancel the reservation we had scheduled for this weekend unfortunately. They want to charge a fee?! #hilton

[Bobby Weir @BobWeir]

Let there be songs to fill the air! Thank you @TTChilders, @RonCarterBass, & @BrittNicX for joining us for what was a perfect evening of music.

The 50th Anniversary of ‘Ace’ celebration continues tonight! Get tickets and stream live: https://t.co/mh0Lolrhxf.

📸: @JayBlakesberg

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@BobWeir @TTChilders @RonCarterBass @BrittNicx @jayblakesberg @RadioCity @MadsTolling @SwitzMagic @adamtheis What a great night of music! Thank you!

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@Enterprise Next time, when you suggest renting a "compact" car, don't suggest the awful Mitsubishi Mirage. Sluggish, unsafe, and overall terrible experience. Such a shame that a great company such as yours would have this in the fleet.@broadwaymagoo

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

Class S 1st Rnd - Immaculate 11-9 vs. Canton 10-10 @ Immaculate, 3/1, 6:30pm https://t.co/yJboP20NG3 #ctgb via @ciacsports

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@PIX11News Times have changed since I lived in NYC in the early 2000's

[Mike Masco @MikeMasco]

2ND STORM TO DEVELOP SUN - MON IN NORTHEAST?
GFS hinting a second wave to form late weekend. Once we lose the freezing rain event FRI-there's a fast moving vort that may enhance another snow potential for PHL/NYC/BALT. FASCINATING 1-2 punch potential!

[Mike Kagan @CTMK75]

@jimcramer love what you do for the small investor! What are your thoughts on the Long play for Western Digital?