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Space X Crew Dragon Demo 2 Live Thread
Space X YouTube Channel ^ | 5/30/2020

Posted on 05/30/2020 9:40:24 AM PDT by cll

Crew ingress in progress.

Second time is the charm.

The hell with bad news. Onward, forward, skyward and spaceward!

Godspeed Bob and Dough!

And all ya'alls, take the red pill.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; crewdragon; demo2; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; mannedspaceflight; muskonauts; science; space; spaceexploration; spacex
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To: Jeff Chandler

What can I say, I miss the hornrims, the crew cuts, the quirky astronauts, the guy in the vest...

This seems less new frontier, and way, way more corporate.


21 posted on 05/30/2020 10:05:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Dacula

Amen to that.


22 posted on 05/30/2020 10:05:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Jeff Chandler; mewzilla
And LOTS MORE ROOM !!! They have 2 empty seats & really improved and cool looking Space Suits too.😷


23 posted on 05/30/2020 10:08:52 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: mewzilla

“ This seems less new frontier, and way, way more corporate.”

That’s because it is.


24 posted on 05/30/2020 10:15:19 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: cll

Kaye Ballard singing “Fly Me to the Moon” https://youtu.be/mcwlGjDNkkw

8 year old Angelina Jordan singing “Fly Me to the Moon” https://youtu.be/nBGMQ9Kx9iI


25 posted on 05/30/2020 10:20:24 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Dacula
Amen. 🙏
26 posted on 05/30/2020 10:20:39 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: cll

Bkmk


27 posted on 05/30/2020 10:21:32 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: mewzilla

I like your tagline - Matthew 13 is one of my favorites.


28 posted on 05/30/2020 10:23:25 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Agreed.

Hope you are well.


29 posted on 05/30/2020 10:25:03 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Crews now been told weather’s “iffy”


30 posted on 05/30/2020 10:25:58 AM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: mewzilla

The US couldn’t make the space shuttle today. We don’t know how.

Hell, I am half surprised NASA is going to let this happen. I am not sure we have the infrastructure to do this.


31 posted on 05/30/2020 10:27:57 AM PDT by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
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To: mabarker1

What’s holding the straps of her mask?


32 posted on 05/30/2020 10:28:21 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Owen

“It’s been 1/2 century. This is not advance. This is humiliating.“

Somebody needs a hug


33 posted on 05/30/2020 10:28:35 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: cll

God forbid, if something goes wrong, rioters will cheer.


34 posted on 05/30/2020 10:29:59 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: Jeff Chandler

Not only LCD controls, it’s a sleek white interior with greatly improved lighting.


35 posted on 05/30/2020 10:37:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: mewzilla
”60 years and we’re back to a cramped little capsule stuck on top of a rocket.“

I kind of feel the same way. The shuttle was such a step forward in capability, and certainly looked cooler. However, a teardrop-shaped capsule is necessary for flights to higher orbits and to the moon. Something like the shuttle could only be used in relatively low Earth orbit because the re-entry velocity is much lower. Re-entering at the higher speeds involved coming back from the moon, for example, requires a capsule configuration to survive it.

So we’re going to be seeing a lot of capsules for the foreseeable future, from not only SpaceX but also Boeing and others. Of course, there is one exception which is the SpaceX Starship, if they can get it to stop rapidly disassembling during tests.

36 posted on 05/30/2020 10:42:50 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: mewzilla; Owen

This is the first commercial/private manned spaceflight in history. And at no cost to taxpayers, the possibilities of escalation are great. Brand new technologies have been developed and deployed for today’s launch.

That’s the significance of this. Cut us some slack for being excited.


37 posted on 05/30/2020 10:42:54 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: cll

Decision point for Go/NoGo at about T-minus 35 minutes before propellant fuel loading.

Crossing fingers and praying.


38 posted on 05/30/2020 10:43:05 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Infinitely better than the 2000 switches. circuit breakers, and dials on the SS.


39 posted on 05/30/2020 10:43:31 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyrants don't just give you your freedoms back. You have to take them.)
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To: Owen

John Glenn is bored by this mission—and he is dead. :-(


40 posted on 05/30/2020 10:43:52 AM PDT by cgbg (New poll: post elderly voters like Biden's experience as Wilson's VP fighting the Spanish Flu.)
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