Posted on 04/25/2021 5:07:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
THE SPACEX starstip is reported to have had a near miss with a UFO - with astronauts on board told to buckle up and prepare for a crash, Nasa has revealed.
While en route to the International Space Station after a successful launch in Florida, the four crew members were notified they could soon collide with an unknown object.
There was no time to perform an avoidance manoeuvre and instead the astronauts on board SpaceX's recycled Crew Dragon capsule, the Endeavour, were told to put on their pressurized suits in case of a collision, reports Futurism.
"The NASA/SpaceX team was informed of the possible conjunction by US Space Command," Nasa spokesman Kelly Humphries said.
"The object being tracked is classified as ‘unknown'.
“The possibility of the conjunction came so close to the closest approach time that there wasn’t time to compute and execute a debris avoidance manoeuvre with confidence, so the SpaceX team elected to have the crew don their pressure suits out of an abundance of caution."
(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...
It might have been AOC trying to make a nighttime landing on the Sun.
“...with astronauts on board told to buckle up and prepare for a crash, Nasa has revealed...”
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LOL — I’m fairly certain that the astronauts on board are ALWAYS buckled up during launch. Maybe there’s additional buckling up capabilities available?
Never mind... this was after they were already in orbit.
Something isn’t right about the article. I thought when headed to the station, the astronauts already are wearing their pressurized suits.
I think the “powers that be” are preparing us for our next lock-down. Aliens!
It was seven hours into the flight, so they were in orbit already. They ended up coming within 45 kilometers of the object.
They were seven hours into the flight. They wear the suits during launch.
I remember that commercial and many before.
No they typically put on dockers several hours before docking. Seriously.
And “The Sun” has the wrong rocket/”spaceship” in the headline and 1st line of story...it was a Falcon 9 with a Crew Dragon (Endeavor) at the top. Starship SN-12 is on the ground in Texas.
No time for an avoidance maneuver, but enough time to put on their pressure suits? I’m skeptical of the whole story.
My Grandpa: Gosh Darn Alien drivers! Keep in your own lane!
“And then we used our protective weapons.”
“Protective weapons?”
“Bob opened up the window and threw a wrench at them.”
thanks for the earwig... /s
It’s probably the flag the astronauts were supposed to leave on Mars. They probably lost it because the Mars rover can’t find it even with a helicopter.
Of all countries, Russia would be MOST interested in ending SpaceX crew launches because formerly they (Russia) were who we turned to to get our astronauts aboard the ISS.
Stay tuned.. StarShip SN-15 possibly will launch this week!
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