Hey email subscribers. Three things: 1) The obligatory Happy New Year! It's weird that it's currently 2016. 2) You can read this post on Wait But Why here . Another (new) post coming shortly. 3) On December 21, SpaceX did something historic—they launched 11 satellites into orbit and then brought the rocket back down to Earth and landed it vertically. It's a game-changing breakthrough in the aerospace industry. If you missed it, you can watch the entire thing here on the webcast, which includes me as the freaked-out outsider co-host. Launch happens at about 23:00 and the excitement with the landing starts at about 31:00. You're in the Future: 2016 Edition Tim Urban | January 1, 2016 A year ago, on January 1, 2015, I put together a series of time-based facts to remind everyone that they're old. One year later , let's do an update: The 21st century seems like it just started, but we're already half way to 2032. The Wonder Ye