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Private astronauts just became the first people to orbit around the North and South Pole
Not The Bee ^
| April 02, 2025
| Staff
Posted on 04/02/2025 12:33:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
I never get tired of videos like this:
Flat Earthers, our beautiful blue garden planet looks awfully round!
Here's a longer video:
The Fram2 expedition launched on Monday using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Here's the crew:
Believe it or not, there has never been a manned spaceflight that orbits around the Earth's poles. In other words, all other manned missions have orbited around the Earth, not over and under it.
The mission, funded by Chinese cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, is named after the Norwegian exploration ship Fram, the first to complete expeditions to both the North Pole and South Pole from 1893 and 1912.
Fram in Antartica
The Fram2 crew will spend 3 to 5 days in orbit studying the polar regions from space. The team will also take the first X-ray of a human in space and attempt to be the first people to grow mushrooms in space, because why not?
The crew will reenter the atmosphere and splash down in the Pacific Ocean in a few days.
I'll leave you with this video showing the McDonald's PlayPlace window the astronauts get to use!
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; History; Travel
KEYWORDS: chunwang; falcon9; fram2; milehighclub; polarorbit; spaceflight; spacex
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:33:37 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:35:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
Just because it's round does not necessarily mean it's not flat. Ever seen a Frisbee?
JK! LOL!
Obviously everyone knows Frisbees aren't flat.
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:36:46 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
To: Texas Eagle
Tortilla!.....................
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:37:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Anything coming through near Earth space over the north pole could be interpreted as a nuclear attack and trigger WWIII.
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:37:24 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE fSPEECH! )
To: Red Badger
Polar orbit... Cool 😎
Everybody Chun Wang tonight!
Seriously sounds like a smart guy
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:41:04 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Red Badger
I would love to join The Four hundred mile high club With either of those beautiful ladies
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:41:30 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:43:50 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: Mr. K
I’ll take the one picture left that is standing between the two guys.
To: Red Badger
Kudos to Santa and his elves for doing their usual excellent job at camouflaging his work shop on the north pole.
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posted on
04/02/2025 12:55:02 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: fidelis
No camouflage. Anybody who’s ever seen it, or seen satellite images of it has been liquidated.
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:02:19 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: SaveFerris
The woman piloting is a scientist and engineer, but not a airplane pilot, which suggests to me that the design is so good any reasonably competent customer can be trained on the controls.
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:04:49 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
They’re using a Space X rocket, are they using a Space x capsule?
Imagine Elon is sending up private missions like this.
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:06:18 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
To: JimRed
Anything coming through near Earth space over the north pole could be interpreted as a nuclear attack and trigger WWIII. Anything over the South Pole would be the aliens where Admiral Byrd encountered a new enemy that "could fly from pole to pole at incredible speeds."
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:10:57 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Williams
To: Mr. K
460 km would be about the 288 Mile high club ..
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:24:33 PM PDT
by
A strike
("My country is fd up. I demand you let us in to fix yours..")
To: Williams
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:26:22 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/02/2025 1:26:33 PM PDT
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Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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