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NASA is launching humans again
May 24, 2020 at 12:32 pm
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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RE: NASA is launching humans again
May 24, 2020 at 12:37 pm
"I told Orville. I told Wilbur. And now I'm tellin' you! That thing will never get off the ground!"
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RE: NASA is launching humans again
May 24, 2020 at 12:39 pm
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!)
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RE: NASA is launching humans again
May 24, 2020 at 12:42 pm
At leasr the SpaceX machine looks like a rocket, the Blue Origin looks like a dick!
https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/
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RE: NASA is launching humans again
May 24, 2020 at 1:02 pm
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.
