Posted on 09/11/2024 8:33:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Orbiting Earth on board Dragon, the Polaris Dawn crew talked with families of Folds of Honor, an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service-members and first responders.
UPDATE! Polaris Dawn Crew Calls Military Families From Space | 9:45
The Launch Pad | 419K subscribers | 128 views | September 11, 2024
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I was excited by the commercial aspect. It was quite clever to use two South Korean astronauts and let South Korea foot a lot of the bill and technical work. They need a vast amount of initial money to develop a reusable system and national prestige has shown it works as a money initiator.
Also Musk. The more I hear about the man, the more impressed I am. Vision is an impressive trait and I’ve never seen it tied to money before. The combination is mindboggling. I hope he has SO many more children in his lifetime. Those genes should be spread far and wide.
I always thought of living during the lifetime of Trump as living during the lifetime of Washington. I spent one entire year of my life studying newspaper microfilm sent me by the NY Albany library from the 1770s to 1830. I scanned microfilm from the moment of my waking to the moment of my falling asleep. Husband got me an enormous microfilm reader that tied directly into the computer. I LIVED in the time when George Washington was spoken of in the present tense.
Today was the first time I recognized that I’ve now also lived in the time of Musk, as my grandfather lived in the time of Edison. Actually, grandpa worked for Edison. He was a signal inventor and was called to Edison’s NJ lab to teach Edison about signals. I sat on his lap and listened to his story of sleeping on a cot in the lab for a week while Edison would awaken him with yet another question. At the end of the week, grandpa was drained and Edison knew everything about signals.
This sounds like SpaceX is being targeted by regulators and delayed until in November (the elections?) for the next launch.
Ellie in Space @esherifftv (Sep 10, 2024)
https://x.com/esherifftv/status/1833614133188825271
The immediate headline is that the Starship launch is likely delayed until November at the earliest due to the FAA continually dragging it out.
The long term outlook however is much more dire.
SpaceX is being unfairly blocked by bad actors and detractors.
This IS a problem. This IS going to impact our return to the moon, journey to Mars, and overall competitiveness as a nation.
The first nation with a company (SpaceX) to make private, commercial spaceflight a thing, may I add.
I hope you share this video, SpaceX has put together a very compelling argument.
Space X - Polaris Dawn Mission EVA 9/12/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUQOTyaXb8
All the while the astronaut was outside the capsule, I had an anxious feeling, as I was imagining Frank Poole tumbling away into the void. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KuL19gbn08
same here. His appearance was always separate from the others on the shows credits because of his contract.
I’ll always remember her in “A Christmas Carol”, the 1939 Dickens adaptation. And of course, LIS.
I’m reliving my childhood.
But it was, again, awesome to watch.
Humans are capable of great things.
What an interesting/fascinating post! Thank you for sharing....
I agree reguarding Elon Musk. I didn’t know of him until he sent that red car into space! My brother was quick to call saying I had to see this..... Even so he wasn’t on my radar much but a glance now and then but it did open my eyes he was out there.
....However when I began listening to his interviews thereafter I had to know and hear more. So I’ve been steady at keeping track of him since then. ...and look where he is today!
Yes, the Biden junta targets Musk, and its fellow despots in Brazil, the UK, and elsewhere are doing the same thing. We need unity, and too have that, we need to eliminate dissent, because dissent is a threat to diversity. And we have always been at war with Eastasia.
too s/b to [blush]
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