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SpaceX Launch Sky Jellyfish: "That's What a Jellyfish Would Say"

From the BBN segment “SpaceX launch lights up the sky with a glowing jellyfish”, cut down to under a minute.

On air: Dale Bearman, Hank Ledger · Published Monday, October 19 at 11:03 AM ET

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: ScienceDaily.

Hank LedgerA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket left a giant glowing jellyfish shape across the eastern United States on an early morning launch, ScienceDaily reports.
Dale BearmanA jellyfish. In the sky. Over several states.
Hank LedgerSunlight hit the rocket's exhaust, and the plume spread out into that shape. It was carrying equipment and experiments to the International Space Station.
Dale BearmanExperiments. Fine, that's the part I'd have led with.
Hank LedgerSome of the research could advance treatments for blindness, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. So people who watched it got a free look at the cargo.
Dale BearmanRight, so who sends a jellyfish up to meet a space station? It was a delegation, Hank. The sea wants a word.
Hank LedgerIt's light on smoke.
Dale BearmanAnd if the ocean has sent someone up there, the sky has got to send someone back down, and there's nobody in charge of that.
Dale BearmanNobody even has a form.
Hank LedgerIt was exhaust and sunlight, Dale.
Dale BearmanThat's exactly what a jellyfish would say.

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