RobHart writes “ABC (the Australian Broadcasting Commission) has reported extensively on a bright spiraling light that was seen in Eastern Australia just before dawn. They have just broadcast a report from an Australian astronomer who has suggested that the light was probably the successful Falcon 9 launch, which would have been over Australia at that time on its launch trajectory.”

Update: 06/05 22:20 GMT by T : Setting aside the literal exhaust fumes, reader FleaPlus says It’s “interesting to look at the reactions from those in Congress who control the purse-strings for NASA (one of SpaceX’s biggest customers). The successful launch was congratulated by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL and former astronaut) and Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL), both praised and criticized by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) due to the successful launch being a year later than previously predicted, and blasted by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) for merely replicating what ‘NASA accomplished in 1964,’ who added that the company’s success ‘must not be confused with progress for our nation’s human spaceflight program.’”

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