SpaceX Demo-2 Manned Mission - Also general SpaceX happenings
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Maybe they suspected something was going to go wrong and it didn't? Or maybe almost went wrong in a visible way? They've had several mishaps in the past on the booster landing that they cut the feed over.
Me, my old man, and my best friend just watched it launch. That was so awesome!! It's the first time I've watched a launch live. I'm so glad people are getting interested in space again, reminds me of when I was little.
False. It may cut and they don't come back to it, but you can go find many clips of crashed landings when they were still figuring it out. Recently, there were a couple of failed landings at sea. One of them, the stage missed the barge, the video didn't cut and you can see water splash hit the camera from the rocket. SpaceX even put out a video compilation of the many failed attempts when they were still figuring it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ
I'm speculating that something almost went wrong and the guy who's job it is to cut the feed if anything went wrong got an itchy trigger finger. Just pointing out why it may be nothing nefarious.
These new rockets the United States are using look so comfy!
April Ryan
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While I was watching I noticed just how much empty space there was in the thing, compared to how cramped the Apollos were.
The capsule can seat up to seven as opposed to three.
Kornheiser
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When do we go back to the moon?
Homegrown Homophobia
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I really like how modern and 21st century mission control looks.
Also it's sweet that we're now getting some Interstellar-esque aesthetics in space now.
Miller
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Trump wants it by 2024.
Entirely different purpose. Dragon is meant to do short hops up to the ISS in low earth orbit. It's a glorified Taxi. So Astronaut stays in it are intended to be measured in hours. Apollo was a moon ship leaving earth. It's kind of the difference between a sports car and a Winnebago. But with both crammed into about the same space.
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As @Miller said, the current plan is 2024. The Artemis program is ambitious and NASA is supposed to be receiving a $4 billion deposit this year to work towards humans on the Moon 2024, sustainable Moon missions by 2028, and then using a base on the Moon as a launching pad for missions to Mars. It's incredibly exciting to be able to witness the next steps of human beings exploring space!
I know you're joking with this, but I honestly saw people saying this unironically on Twitter this morning. It's so tiresome, I see people constantly suggest shutting down the space program because it's a waste of money, it's more important to focus on social issues on Earth (and you expect aerospace engineers and astrophysicists to offer solutions to these issues...how?), it's selfish to send people to space when there is starvation on Earth, etc. Very frustrating to see. If we wait to explore space until everyone holds hands and sings kumbaya here on Earth, we will absolutely never get off the planet's surface.
Really exciting watching this - first one the kids have seen as well.
Watching the first stage land back on a teeny tiny circle on a ship was so fun I was cackling with joy.
I really hope that once 2020 has been consigned to the dustbin of history we can get a new restoration/space age combo decade - all the SJWs can be fired into the sun and we can reach for the stars. (Place rainbows below...)
Watching the first stage land back on a teeny tiny circle on a ship was so fun I was cackling with joy.
I really hope that once 2020 has been consigned to the dustbin of history we can get a new restoration/space age combo decade - all the SJWs can be fired into the sun and we can reach for the stars. (Place rainbows below...)
Miller
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It's quite fascinating to see them use touchscreens and tablets. As far as I know, there are no actual controls, still a few buttons but everything is on screen and programmed.
...and of course most media don't care about NASA and SpaceX because the flight went perfectly and didn't end with a huge explosion and gore.
I saw that too. On one side you have Humanity pushing the boundaries of the space program one flight at a time and on the other side you have animal-like behavior, breaking and burning people's businesses and ruining the livelihood of many other citizens because of one guy who refused to surrender to the authorities.
...and of course most media don't care about NASA and SpaceX because the flight went perfectly and didn't end with a huge explosion and gore.
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Oh this reminds me, SpaceX released a neat little docking simulator. I got it on the first try, so I'm waiting on a call from SpaceX.
https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
Did yo notice that this sim also has a flat earth mode?
lol I did not. That's pretty funny. And my joke about the call from SpaceX was because I saw a lot of people saying it took them more than one try to dock. I was surprised by that because it was pretty fucking easy. Just take it slow and keep the controls on small bursts.
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