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NASA is launching humans again
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NASA is launching humans again
No more trips to Russia

Quote:NASA and SpaceX to launch astronauts into orbit

This week, astronauts will take off from American soil for the first time since 2011, riding aboard a SpaceX capsule in a historic test flight to the International Space Station. 

On Wednesday (May 27) at 4:33 p.m. EDT (2033 GMT), veteran NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will launch as co-commanders on SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle, which will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, known as Demo-2, will fly the astronauts to the International Space Station. They are scheduled to arrive at the space station on May 28 and could stay in space anywhere from one to four months. 

https://www.space.com/amp/nasa-spacex-cr...-week.html
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"I told Orville. I told Wilbur. And now I'm tellin' you! That thing will never get off the ground!"
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Great

About time!
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(May 24, 2020 at 12:37 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Great

About time!

About space!
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You can try your hand at docking the Dragon to the ISS here https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
(I managed it at the 3rd attempt, maybe because I actually read the instructions!)
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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(May 24, 2020 at 12:39 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: You can try your hand at docking the Dragon to the ISS here   https://iss-sim.spacex.com/  
(I managed it at the 3rd attempt, maybe because I actually read the instructions!)

IOWs you cheated. The Winter Soldier didn't need no stinking instructions!
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At leasr the SpaceX machine looks like a rocket, the Blue Origin looks like a dick!
https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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(May 24, 2020 at 12:42 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: At leasr the SpaceX machine looks like a rocket, the Blue Origin looks like a dick!
https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/
Sixty foot dick.
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Sorry to bring a downer like this but, well a man's gotta do what a etc  - there is a lyric in this AMAZING track related to space travel. 



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(May 24, 2020 at 12:53 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(May 24, 2020 at 12:42 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: At leasr the SpaceX machine looks like a rocket, the Blue Origin looks like a dick!
https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/
Sixty foot dick.

They play "hail to the chief" when it launches?
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