SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew set for splashdown

Reuters ^ | September 18, 2021 | Steve Gorman

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The Dragon capsule is scheduled to parachute into the sea around 7 p.m. Eastern time in the Atlantic off Florida.

[The Louiswu]

This was a sex flight. Four people, civilians, in a small capsule for 3 days with a big, romantic view of Earth....I’m just saying...

[Texas Eagle]

Yeah. Nothing more romantic than getting it on with someone who has been peeing and pooping into his or her own pants for three days.

[Catfan15]

The Crewed Dragon actually does have a separate toilet they all use. It would be interesting to know the first time (if not this one) that humans joined the 250 mile club.

[jeffc]

SpaceX supplied the spacecraft, launched it from Florida and flew it from the company's suburban Los Angeles headquarters.

I'm having trouble with this sentence. Does "flew it from" need to be "flew it to"?

[Blennos]

I believe they meant that the SpaceX mission control was in los Angeles.

[jimtorr]

Does "flew it from" need to be "flew it to"?

No. it simply means that the ground control station was in suburban LA. If the "crew" of the capsule were the first batch of space tourists, they were certainly not competent to control the capsule themselves.

[Roccus]

I’m thinking the control center is in LA

[DoubleNickle]

Resilience returned from orbit last May and was taken to SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, CA to install the cupola and then was flown back to FL for this launch. Bad wording by the writer.

[billorites]

Bezos and Branson done been punked!

[Roccus]

For me, "the company's suburban Los Angeles headquarters" conjures up visions of a hillside tract house with satellite dishes on the roof and a garage full of panels with flashing lights and monitors.

😉

[NotSoFreeStater]

I believe Hawthorne to be precise.

[Rio]

Hawthorne, CA

[jeffc]

AHHHH! Got it. Thanks all.

And I haven't even started drinking yet!

=;-)

[Pollard]

Space Swingers

[The Louiswu]

"Nothing more romantic than getting it on with someone who has been peeing and pooping into his or her own pants for three days.

As sad as it sounds, in this big ole world, that is someone's kink.

[usafa92]

Think of the Space X capsule like a giant drone that’s being piloted from LA. Technology is great and everything, but I don’t care for this cavalier attitude towards space flight. The Mercury program was originally supposed to be a largely autopiloted endeavor, and the astronauts fought to be able to fly. Almost every mission subsequently had an issue that required the pilots to manually fly part of the mission.

[ctdonath2]

There is interesting circumstantial evidence available to those who take time to search for it.

[dayglored]

> This was a sex flight.

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

[tophat9000]

I believe that’s at or next to the old Northrop facility in Hawthorne I took some classes there