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Ultimate Trump Photo Bomb! SpaceX Splashdown!

Posted on 08/02/2020 12:57:12 PM PDT by BereanBrain



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KEYWORDS: elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; spacex; trump
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To: laxcoach

Dittos. It was the Trump Navy.


21 posted on 08/02/2020 1:35:39 PM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg&feature=emb_logo

go to -1:32 towards the end and you can see it


22 posted on 08/02/2020 1:42:49 PM PDT by boxerblues
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To: conservative98

MAGA-KAG!!!


23 posted on 08/02/2020 1:44:39 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: laxcoach

Me and the wife both burst out laughing.


24 posted on 08/02/2020 1:47:05 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Moonman62

Maybe maybe not... extreme telephoto views can make things look closer together than they really are.


25 posted on 08/02/2020 2:04:46 PM PDT by VRWC_Member428
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To: BereanBrain

First Press Question at the post-splashdown news conference was about “the boats in the area” and how they would prevent that next time — guess “they” didn’t like the optics of that big TRUMP flag!

(BTW, I doubt the boats were all that close, it was shown on a long-distance camera)

And third question... again about the boats ... sheesh!


26 posted on 08/02/2020 2:06:09 PM PDT by twyn1
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To: twyn1

Boats were pretty close. In Gulf Shores this week...heard sonic boom but landing was too far east to see parachutes.


27 posted on 08/02/2020 2:13:00 PM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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To: Moonman62

One would not want to anywhere near that capsule until it safes and vents all the residual NTO & MMH both are FIERCELY toxic in the ppm range in air. The thrusters would be still off gassing from their firing during entry ops. Even after the support ship picked up the capsule the astronauts were keep sealed inside for over an hour too safe the NTO/MMH system the reading from the live stream with gas detection meters was low ppm for NTO. The deck crews where in full biosuits and SCBA air tanks that stuff is that nasty. NASA has been working on green hypergolic fuels to replace NTO,MMH and hydrogen peroxide which the Russians love to use.

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/green_fuel&ved=2ahUKEwjrz6Hnt_3qAhUCca0KHeqXC18QFjADegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3XTXvSeptaNkZYdRMhAHKI


28 posted on 08/02/2020 2:14:05 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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To: BereanBrain

Perfect


29 posted on 08/02/2020 2:17:13 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BereanBrain

I saw that live. So cool. Thanks for posting.


30 posted on 08/02/2020 2:18:02 PM PDT by Hurricane
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To: BereanBrain

Hopefully the Trump campaign is on this. ☺

31 posted on 08/02/2020 2:19:09 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Doche2X2

SpaceX Dragon development began in 2004. Before Obama.


32 posted on 08/02/2020 2:22:50 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: boxerblues

I tried to catch it at the -1:32 mark towards the end, but didn’t see it.

That timestamp shows the recovery ship going away from the landing area, and the field of view is no longer of the ocean; the capsule has already been loaded onto the ship.


33 posted on 08/02/2020 2:24:34 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: VRWC_Member428

They were pretty close, they had a plane overhead circling and taking video looking down...

I’d say probably 20-25 were circling....probably less than 100 yards from the capsule....the Trump boat came closer than that...


34 posted on 08/02/2020 2:26:09 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Doche2X2

If this happened during the Obama regime, we would be listening in as Astronaut Mohammed Mohammad recited Koran verses.


35 posted on 08/02/2020 2:28:24 PM PDT by Dagnabitt
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To: JD_UTDallas; VRWC_Member428; srmanuel

Here’s an article about it:

https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/space/boaters-swarm-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-at-spashdown/67-fa2c9eeb-e3bc-4a0f-8917-bc5a2374254e

And a Reddit discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/i2homp/i_am_pretty_damn_sure_this_wasnt_suppose_to_be/

I don’t know if it was illegal or not, but they weren’t supposed to be there and it wasn’t smart.


36 posted on 08/02/2020 2:30:14 PM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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To: JD_UTDallas

I bet that flag is why the media won’t show it again.


37 posted on 08/02/2020 2:30:56 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: BereanBrain
Here's a good one. Go to 33:44 on the clock and you can see the Trump banner go by. ROFL:

Trump banner sails past SpaceX capsule.

38 posted on 08/02/2020 2:40:20 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: cyclotic

Not even close.


39 posted on 08/02/2020 2:41:49 PM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: Doche2X2

Elon Musk will shred Obama over this.


40 posted on 08/02/2020 2:53:18 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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