Posted on 05/25/2020 1:05:52 PM PDT by aquila48
Yep.....feel the same way being in space flight industry for over 32 yrs.
spacex rocks
Over priced toys
So thankful we finally have AMERICAN spacecraft bringing AMERICANS into space once again! Absolutely embarrassing that we had to ask the Russians for a ride into space after the Space Shuttles were retired!
List of known dragons from the world of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones, etc.). The astronauts are to reveal their craft's name before launch.
Arrax
Balerion
Cannibal
Caraxes
Dreamfyre
Drogon
Grey Ghost
Meleys
Meraxes
Moondancer
Morning
Rhaegal
Seasmoke
Sheepstealer
Shrykos
Silverwing
Stormcloud
Sunfyre
Syrax
Tessarion
Tyraxes
Vermax
Vhagar
Viserion
also . .
Terrax
Urrax
Well, “Draco” is a real constellation... Maybe too obvious?
Not too late to buy and make a profit. I own a large number of shares that have doubled in value, and hope to see them at ten times value. Their earnings have exceeded Wall Street analyst projections regarding profits and number of cars delivered. In April, Tesla announced they delivered 88,400 vehicles in the first quarter. Musk is stating that Tesla expects to produce over one million vehicles next year (globally from 3 gigafactories here, in China and in Germany). The stock is going to climb in value over the next year to reflect that reality. They are also going to build a gigafactory in Austin, Texas that will produce trucks. Don't just wish, but buy as an investment. (No, I don't own their cars, I just like investing in stocks.)
I missed that launch (and landings) “live”, but DID get to see the string of 60 Starlink satellites go by a few days later. Very “cool”!
*ping*
Nice event as the nation emerges from the Commie power grab.
Kakaze .. >Who really launches on the good ship lolly pop?
lolly pop would be OK
lolly pop would be good,
Rab could like it for sure.
R.
Robert Heinlein, looking down on us: ‘About Frackin Time!’
Worked Blue Shuttle at VAFB and Orion when I retired.
Um...wow. Had no idea.
Some of those names would be cool for a spacecraft.
BTW, NASA contracted Falcon 9 rockets to deliver supplies to the ISS for a few years now. No mishaps. That's not to say there haven't been many explosions/failures during the years of development. They show those, also. Nothing looks like what we are used to seeing in our past space efforts. It's all new designs. There is not a toggle switch or push button to be found in either SpaceX Mission Control or the Capsule.
Also, NASA told Musk that unless his new emergency breakaway for the Dragon (capsule) from a failing Falcon 9 rocket was flawless, they wouldn't allow NASA astronauts aboard. It was really interesting to watch how they perfected that life-saving system. It even works if the rocket explodes during flight. SpaceX is the future of space flight.
Today is the day.
LAUNCH TODAY! SpaceX Crew Dragon launching astronauts at 4:33 p.m. ET (2033 GMT)
I think that show was on Discovery. History this week is all about Grant. It was a good show and very informative.
Googled NASA&SpaceX:Journey to the future. It originally aired Monday 25th on the Science channel. That's the day I saw it. It was repeated the next day on Discovery. I was wrong about History channel. It is a fascinating 2 hour behind the scenes documentary from SpaceX startup in 2002 through their cooperation with NASA.
Today, will be the first time since 2011? that American astronauts will launch from American made rocket/capsule on American soil. I'm really excited.
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