Godspeed!
I think Tesla is a joke but SpaceX rocks!
If I were going into space on something new, it wouldn’t be named after the Scriptural reference for Satan.....
Demo-2 is all they could think of for the mission name? That’s so boring. Hope all goes well though!
This is ALL my 16 year old aerspace engineering wannabe son has talked about this month.
Is it ok if I say I can’t wait till it’s over? LOL.
Not sure I would ride on a flight called Demo 2.
Is that short for Demolition? Demonstration? Democrat?
Will be televised by Nat Geo or Discovery (cable) live
Don’t count on it, the weather doesn’t look good for a launch.
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!
*ping*
Robert Heinlein, looking down on us: ‘About Frackin Time!’
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.