Stuff We Want: Metal Earth SpaceX Falcon 9 Model Kit, the Launch That Never Gets Scrubbed

Google Trends has spacex falcon 9 rocket launch rising this morning, with rocket launch today and spacex launch today riding along. If you set an alarm for it, sorry: SpaceX scrubbed Monday's Bandwagon-5 attempt from Cape Canaveral because of poor weather in the booster recovery zone, and it's now targeting Tuesday, October 20, with a window that opens at 6:30 a.m. ET.

So the rocket is fine. The ocean just wasn't in the mood. Rocket launches are the only plans in your life that get canceled over weather way out at sea, and nobody calls them flaky.

Here's a Falcon 9 that launches the second you're ready. The Metal Earth SpaceX Falcon 9 3D Metal Model Kit comes flat: 3 steel sheets and 84 pieces in an envelope with illustrated instructions. You clip the parts off the sheets, then bend and twist the little tabs through the holes to build it in 3D. No glue, no solder, no countdown.

Metal Earth rates it moderate difficulty and recommends tweezers for the tab work. Translation: your fingers are too big, and you'll find that out around piece 40. It's listed for ages 14 and up, which is fair, because this is a patience project, not a toy you hand a toddler.

Built, it stands about 7 inches tall, 3 inches long and 1.5 inches wide, small enough for a desk, a shelf, or the spot next to your monitor where you'll be refreshing the launch webcast at 3:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday.

Who it's for: anyone who watches every launch stream, desk-toy collectors, and the friend who can explain what a droneship landing is without being asked.

Skip it if tiny metal tabs make you want to throw things, or you want something that actually flies (that's a model-rocket kit, a whole other hobby).

The verdict: hand-picked for the Falcon 9 spike. The real launch is waiting on the weather. Yours is only waiting on you.

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