Space X Crew Dragon Demo 2 Live Thread

Space X YouTube Channel ^ | 5/30/2020

[moehoward]

My fav is the shot of that overpass, looks like thousands packed in to share the moment.

Compare it to the footage of those spoiled brain dead brats getting all stompy feet.

[Fishtalk]

Brought me a smile.

[mowowie]

That was a great video.
Perseverance...NEVER give up.
I really dig Mr. Musk

[Pollard]

Thanks. I was going off a vague memory from a movie and didn’t know the whole/real story.

[MayflowerMadam]

I recall watching the moon landing between two college years at the house I rented with roommates. Some things you NEVER forget!!

[Political Junkie Too]

Musk has got a great sense of humor. Like when a feed cut out, the screen says “I still love you”.

That was because the drone recovery ship that the stage 1 landed on was named "Of Course I Still Love You."

The Pacific-based drone recovery ship is named "Just Read The Instructions."

Elon Musk Names SpaceX Drone Ships in Honor of Sci-Fi Legend

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I suppose that President Trump will speak, too, since it's the POTUS podium on the stage.

-PJ

[MayflowerMadam]

POTUS is supposed to speak soon.

[Political Junkie Too]

I just read in another thread that Philadelphia rioters are spraying chemicals in LEO's eyes right now. It's gone from grass-roots protesters to professional insurrectionists.

I hope that President Trump is planning a strong military response to this escalation, even while he's appearing at SpaceX today.

I'd hate for this to become another "Bush reading children's stories as the Towers fall" moment.

-PJ

[Dacula]

The President’s speech live.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

[Political Junkie Too]

I've been watching it on the NASA Channel.

-PJ

[Dacula]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

President Trump speech live

[mabarker1]

Surgical Staples

[Dacula]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

President Trump speech

[Mr. Jeeves]

I hope that President Trump is planning a strong military response to this escalation

I hope he comes out with a strong statement in favor of state's rights and expresses the belief that "our fine Democrat governors and mayors" will have no problems at all cleaning up this mess they made all by themselves.

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks. I think I remember seeing something like that in a show about the Space Shuttle.

[gymbeau]

Would dough’s boss be a dough head?

[hoagy62]

So it’s ‘Endeavour’. Which is nice...I was hoping for ‘Serenity’.

[backwoods-engineer]

“Of Course I still love you” is the name of the drone ship. They’re all named after the ships in a particular science fiction novel series, I forget which one.

[EvilOverlord]

“Of Course I still love you” is the name of the drone ship. They’re all named after the ships in a particular science fiction novel series, I forget which one”

Ian Banks’ “Culture” novels. These are named after the ships in those novels. The ships are run by AI. The AI choose the names themselves, and apparently have fun with it.