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Live coverage: Dragon crew on track for space station docking Sunday
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| 5/31/2020
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Posted on 05/31/2020 6:35:42 AM PDT by rktman
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Meanwhile off planet. Good job guys!
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posted on
05/31/2020 6:35:42 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Tuned in for the docking. NASA channel on Roku allows large tv screen viewing. Amazing video quality. 176 meters from docking, turning controls over to ground.
Sure beats seeing mayhem and destruction of cities on Earth.
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posted on
05/31/2020 6:59:36 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Don't be a pinhead.)
To: rktman
Was just watching some of it live.
It makes “2001 A Space Odyssey” look like and action-packed space thriller! ;)
I am glad everything appears to be working well. Looking forward to a safe docking.
To: NautiNurse
They just did a manual piloting test. It flew just like the simulator.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:00:57 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
To: rktman; Chode
This takes Me back to the Apollo Missions when I was a Kid. We had just moved to Houston, TX in July. Watched everything I could find on TV, had a Model of the Saturn V Rocket that was about 4 tall and was separable at the different Stages, had a Lunar Module that would Dock with the Command Module. Pretty Cool for a Boy that just turned 8 while Neil & Buzz were on the Moon. Back when America was riding high and proud.😷
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:06:23 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: Moonman62
Cool. Have it on NASA select on the big screen via “Pluto TV”. Cool for me since I was in the LCC for the last manned flight in July 2011. Nice to see us leaving from KSC again.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:07:13 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Moonman62
We were total space shuttle junkies. Drove over to watch shuttle launches for the last two years of the program, including multiple trips due to scrubbed launches. The night launches were beyond spectacular.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:07:46 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Don't be a pinhead.)
To: rktman
Dragon is fully within the shadow of the ISS. 8 minutes to sunset.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:12:20 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Don't be a pinhead.)
To: NautiNurse
About 1 min 30 sec to docking...
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:15:29 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Don't be a pinhead.)
To: rktman
Soft capture confirmed over Mongolia.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:17:29 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Don't be a pinhead.)
To: NautiNurse
Pretty cool, this whole thing.
Cant wait to see them do a night launch.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:31:32 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
To: rktman
Watched the launch. From ignition that Dragon rises and clears the tower a lot faster than an Atlas 5.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:36:49 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
To: NautiNurse
Congratulations SpaceX and Mr. Musk!!
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:37:04 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: TalBlack
LOL! Looked slow to me. Guess we need some side by side views.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:38:15 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: NautiNurse
Docking is complete.
I can see the launches sitting in my chair and looking out the window. The night launches are easy to see and sometimes put on a spectacular show. I can see the boost back and reentry burns of the first stage, but I’m not close enough to see the landing burns.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:38:16 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
To: Joe Boucher
Can’t wait to see the first launch of the upcoming Starship.
THAT is the future of space travel..
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:38:24 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: TalBlack
...From ignition that Dragon rises and clears the tower a lot faster than an Atlas 5.
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It sure did. American rocket designers have learned a lot since back in the day.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:42:06 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(It is not a HOAX but it IS CERTAINLY A PRETEXT.)
To: rktman
I’d be willing to bet, counting from ignition, that the dragon would be clear of the tower at the point that the Atlas was just beginning lumber up.
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:46:37 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
To: Moonman62
LOL! It was strange for us to watch the lift off yesterday and not step into the backyard to watch the vehicle clear the trees. Still had the urge to step out though. Butt 2,000+ miles west we probably wouldn’t have seen much. :-)
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posted on
05/31/2020 7:52:11 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: mowowie
I live an hour south of the Cape and go up to see many of them.
Once I flew up to 10,000 feet with my son just north of Sebastian and watched a shuttle take off and come up to us.
In hIgh School with a couple friends we cut school and went up for one of the Moon missions.
Looking forward to the Starship.
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posted on
05/31/2020 8:09:01 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
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