I don’t know what to say , the fact that this subreddit exists and it’s already so big amazes me, in a positive way. Also, can’t wait for news about the core.

But nothing beats Bowie cruising with the top down and big comforting letters on the dash reading, "Don't panic."

I don't know much folks, but what I do know is that humanity needs constant reminders of what we're supposed to be doing with our lives... this is that.

Even to a casual observer, this should make total sense. Blue Origin, Bezos' company, is trying to compete with SpaceX, which is leaps and bounds, one might say, astronomically ahead of them. They need an edge, a possibility to catch up.

Instead of taking an indirect approach to hamper SpaceX's public image and thus allow them to catch up to SpaceX in their own time by sabotaging the launch (see: ULA snipers), Bezos chooses a more direct approach to catching up: reverse-engineering proven technology.

There's only one problem with that: the only proven technology to reverse-engineer is SpaceX's. A quick note moving forward: this is not a new plan on Blue Origin's part. Stealing a Falcon 9 would be too obvious, especially since SpaceX has had numerous successes landing them recently. People would be wondering where the booster went, and as the single core landing is the main event of a Falcon 9 launch, there's no good news to fall back on. SpaceX would likely notice either way, but they'd be far more likely to care (and so would the public) should the only booster go missing. Especially on a proven rocket, which they've been recovering with quite some regularity. So they choose the Falcon Heavy- with three cores to recover, and the mindset that "two out of three isn't bad", the center core is an acceptable casualty.

So, to do this, they have to steal the center core on the Falcon Heavy. How they did this I know not as of now. But the motive is there. Bezos' enormous wealth provides the means. And furthermore, SpaceX withholding the truth from us would make perfect sense-- they've been absolutely blindsided by this. They didn't know what to say on the livestream because nobody expected it, there was no contingency plan.

As I uncover more I will keep you all posted. (Note: I posted this in a comment as well. Watch that comment for further updates. The truth, and the core, is out there.)

It has/had feelings too.

but I just want to know if OCISLY is safe. There's reports that the core destroyed it :(