Posted on 05/30/2020 6:02:43 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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“Thank you Elon Musk!”
Yes, thanks Elon for saving us from the riots and the pandemic and giving us something uplifting.
As in Bob and Doug McKenzie? How did we get Canadians? Outsourcing jobs that Americans wont do. LOL.
Nothing new, a few years back we had that Mexican Astronaut, José Jiménez.
Not everybody wants to ride on the front end of a speeding bullet.
Ed Sullivan: “Now, what do you consider the most important thing in rocket travel?”
José Jiménez: “To me the most important thing in the rocket travel is the blast-off.”
Ed Sullivan: “The blast-off.”
José Jiménez: “I always take a blast before I take off. Otherwise I wouldn’t go near that thing.”
Always want to be at a launch! I imagine you have to be a ways off.
I know we probably could have been closer if we’d gotten there MUCH earlier, but it was so crazy over there. Traffic was something else.
“Yes, thanks Elon for saving us from the riots and the pandemic and giving us something uplifting.”
The US is still the cradle of creativity and SpaceX is a great example of American public-private can do. The best is yet to come.
Photos and timeline to ISS.
Also bio on the 2 former shuttle astronuts <-
Excerpt: Dragon will autonomously dock with the ISS at approximately 10:29 a.m. on May 31 <- I assume eastern time.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/spacex-nasa-launch-human-astronauts-crew-dragon-international-space-station-demo-2/
Maybe 10:29 in whatever time zone they are over...
J/k
Is his name pronounced EElon or ???
We were at Brevard Marina Park. More than 3 hours to get out to Hwy 1.
We were just a little North of you.
Coo-Roo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo! Take Off, Eh?
They already did that you hoser!
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