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eddieceddiec Posts: 3,880
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Anybody watching this today?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
I don't think I've watched a launch in years but this one seems pretty cool.
"A successful launch on Wednesday could forever change how the world thinks about getting people to space."https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/science/spacex-launch-nasa.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,839
    I am looking forward to this.  Saw a picture of the inside of it.  We live in the future.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,034
    actually you can watch it now on youtube. they're testing the suits now



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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Panel dim, light drive .... Jesus on the dashboard.

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Fuel is being loaded.  Looks like there is one weather cell they were concerned about but it looks like it's a go for 4:33 ET
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,839
    Sounds like a no go now
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,839
    Booooo
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,034
    No go ☹️
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,034
    Trying again in Saturday at 3:22 pm est.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    well ...

    https://youtu.be/RLTI9bja4So
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,034
    Jason P said:
    well ...

    https://youtu.be/RLTI9bja4So
    Well I for one welcome our new insect overlords
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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Posts: 20,223
    So tRump busted his ass to get down there and they cancelled....more taxpayer money wasted
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,935
    edited May 2020
    Doing something we could do in the 60’s doesn’t seem like making history.  

    We could have had people land on Mars by now.   
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    edited May 2020
    bootlegger10 said:
    Doing something we could do in the 60’s doesn’t seem like making history.  

    We could have had people land on Mars by now.   
    It could be viewed as the first step towards Mars   
    Post edited by Jason P on
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,034
    Jason P said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Doing something we could do in the 60’s doesn’t seem like making history.  

    We could have had people land on Mars by now.   
    It could be viewed as the first step towards Mars   
    That already happened. Didn’t you guys see the move “The Martian”?
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    eeriepadave said:
    Jason P said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Doing something we could do in the 60’s doesn’t seem like making history.  

    We could have had people land on Mars by now.   
    It could be viewed as the first step towards Mars   
    That already happened. Didn’t you guys see the move “The Martian”?
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,948
    I'm extremely interested in this (and nervous!). I'm bummed the launch had to be called off yesterday, but will definitely be watching and hoping it happens on Saturday. Those astronauts have balls of steel.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    Success.  Sure was a beautiful launch 🚀 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,012
    A waste of money  and more wreckage to the environment. That money and those resources could have gone a long way to helping a lot of people and/ or the planet.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Founded in 2002.  Put people is space in 2020.  Amazing.  
  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,880
    brianlux said:
    A waste of money  and more wreckage to the environment. That money and those resources could have gone a long way to helping a lot of people and/ or the planet.
    I get what you're saying, but it is also a major advancement in technology and creates cheaper ways for space exploration. It think it cost half a billion to lauch each of the old space shuttles. I don't have a figure, but apparently these are much less expensive per launch. Hopefully these technologies will eventually benefit the planet and the human species. Looking at the rapid advancements over the last fifty years, perhaps this will ultimately lead to more efficient and less damaging ways to travel. 

    And I can't help but remember the Star Trek TNG episode, 'The Inner Light', where Picard spends a virtual life on a dying planet, culminating in a rocket launch to preserve the memory of that world.
    https://www.netflix.com/watch/70177987?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C24%2C15497ae1-b18d-40d9-95d0-13c752e3d167-195071937%2C%2C%2C
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,012
    eddiec said:
    brianlux said:
    A waste of money  and more wreckage to the environment. That money and those resources could have gone a long way to helping a lot of people and/ or the planet.
    I get what you're saying, but it is also a major advancement in technology and creates cheaper ways for space exploration. It think it cost half a billion to lauch each of the old space shuttles. I don't have a figure, but apparently these are much less expensive per launch. Hopefully these technologies will eventually benefit the planet and the human species. Looking at the rapid advancements over the last fifty years, perhaps this will ultimately lead to more efficient and less damaging ways to travel. 

    And I can't help but remember the Star Trek TNG episode, 'The Inner Light', where Picard spends a virtual life on a dying planet, culminating in a rocket launch to preserve the memory of that world.
    https://www.netflix.com/watch/70177987?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C24%2C15497ae1-b18d-40d9-95d0-13c752e3d167-195071937%2C%2C%2C

    Mom mother was a HUGE fan of NASA, space flight and all that and there are few people I've loved more than my mom.  I say that in hopes that maybe others here will not take too much offense at my viewpoints here. 

    And my views on this are strong.  I don't understand what it is exactly that we are exploring out there.  We've been to the moon.  Not much going on there, and what we accomplished was basically littering a sacred place. 

    Mars?  Why?  So we can live in bubbles up there.  I don't see the appeal. 

    And I don't understand the argument favoring technology.  I'm pretty sure we could have developed the same technologies here on earth, not up there.  In fact, that is the case. 

    So bottom line for me is, no one has ever convinced me we have benefited from space travel and the fact remains, it is damaging the environment. 
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    And here is the rocket safely returning to earth to be recycled for reuse. 

    https://youtu.be/Dm__ZSLc6Is

    simply amazing engineering
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,350
    Jason P said:
    And here is the rocket safely returning to earth to be recycled for reuse. 

    https://youtu.be/Dm__ZSLc6Is

    simply amazing engineering
    This wasn't CGI!?!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Jason P said:
    And here is the rocket safely returning to earth to be recycled for reuse. 

    https://youtu.be/Dm__ZSLc6Is

    simply amazing engineering
    This wasn't CGI!?!
    It's pretty crazy.  You can see how hard that platform is rocking in the ocean.  Yet they are still able to land on it from outer space.  One of the engineers described it as taking a #2 pencil to the top of the empire state building and having it land on its point on a postage stamp.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,350
    Jason P said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Jason P said:
    And here is the rocket safely returning to earth to be recycled for reuse. 

    https://youtu.be/Dm__ZSLc6Is

    simply amazing engineering
    This wasn't CGI!?!
    It's pretty crazy.  You can see how hard that platform is rocking in the ocean.  Yet they are still able to land on it from outer space.  One of the engineers described it as taking a #2 pencil to the top of the empire state building and having it land on its point on a postage stamp.
    Those waves are pretty damn big out there and I don't get how that rocket isn't top heavy and falls over?

    Can I read about that somewhere?  That is some serious engineering and AI going on!
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,012
    edited October 15
    This seems creepy weird to me for some reason>  This has to be A.I. footage or something, right?  No wings, no vertical or horizontal stabilizers.  Just weird.  Gotta be fake.:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGC31lmdS6s

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