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Crew Demo-2 Splashdown (Livestream for early afternoon)
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| 8/2/20
| SpaceX
Posted on 08/02/2020 8:44:57 AM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Yes, but it has since been recovered, restored, and is on display at a museum in Kansas.
So, does that still count as "lost?"
-PJ
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:01:10 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
To: Dacula
I am The Keeper of Useless Knowledge.
BTW- the guy in the cent next to the blonde does not have his face diaper on.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:01:55 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
That’s the boss, Elon Musk. He’s bullet proof.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:03:52 AM PDT
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: Dacula
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:04:05 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: cll
What about the blonde two rows back? She is maskless.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:04:58 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
I am only doing this to drown out the boring diatribe of the announcers.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:06:06 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: Dacula
Noticed those. Noticing how empty and uncluttered all the table surfaces look. And I see a gent in a vest. That looks familiar. :-)
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:06:28 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: mewzilla
The ghost of Gene Krantz.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:07:43 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
To: mewzilla
I see a gent in a vest. That looks familiar. :-)
I wonder if his wife made it for him?
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:07:51 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: SamAdams76
Not quite the old way though. The Dragon has Draco Rockets that Elon originally designed for landing on a hard pad on land but NASA liked the soft-ish water landing for safety reasons so SpaceX redesigned them as thrusters allowing it to maneuver in ways the old capsules couldn't, like changing splash down locations at a later time in the process.(The seven potential splashdown sites for Crew Dragon are off the coasts of Pensacola, Tampa, Tallahassee, Panama City, Cape Canaveral, Daytona, and Jacksonville.) I think they can still choose any of those locations after reentering/passing through the atmosphere. With the new computer systems, they can pinpoint their landing/splashdown better too.
Elon wanted the Dragon to basically do this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbbSCqaeWyA&list=PLBQ5P5txVQr-Q68JtHuTTBWldX2psIqA1&index=6&t=0s (watch the first 15 second video and the following 47 second close up version)
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:08:05 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(whatever)
To: Monty22002
De-orbit burn complete. They’re coming back down. Prayers up.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:08:58 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
To: hoagy62
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:08:59 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: Dacula
this could be of some use:
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:09:07 AM PDT
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
To: Political Junkie Too
Okay, “misplaced” is more apt :-P
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:09:46 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
("Racism" is NOT a rationale for fascism.)
To: hoagy62
Prayers up!
God Speed and hope that we have a successful splashdown!
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:10:12 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: cll
I remember that splash-down. I was all of eleven years. Everyone made it back safely, but (IIRC) the cabin settled in a “stable 2” position (upside down) and filled with some gas that naseated everyone aboard. Deke Slayton’s first and last spaceflight.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:11:31 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: dontreadthis
Wow! that includes all of the initials of family members and wife’s family lineage.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:12:30 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: hoagy62
Gene Kranz is still with us at age 89.
Here he is a year ago:
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:13:07 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
("Racism" is NOT a rationale for fascism.)
To: cll
That’s the boss, Elon Musk. He’s bullet proof.and based on his tweets, he's a believer in the HCQ protocol.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:13:22 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(whatever)
To: Ciaphas Cain
I stand corrected. I know someone in the Apollo program passed last year....thought it was him.
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posted on
08/02/2020 11:14:35 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
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