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To: JD_UTDallas
"The American should refuse to ride on Russian crap. Elon is sending 4 tourists yes tourists to the international space station at the end of the month on his 100% private spaceship."

What about the Astronauts family? Also, not sure your above stated mission will happen with the current war in Ukraine. We'll see, but I still believe the Cosmonauts will not abandon the American. If so, it would be the worst public relations that the Russian space program could have. Their rocket program would die.

I'm still astounded how advanced Musk's SpaceX program is, even with some help from NASA now. Pretty sure he doesn't need NASA, plus you have Boeing and Bezo's Blue Origin competition.

The future of space travel is for the civilian visionaries. NASA helped, but will be delegated to a minor player with their diversity crap. What a shame...they put us on the moon. I'd bet many of their scientists, rocket engineers, and other space experts are in line to sign with Musk, Bezos, or others.

Just shows to go ya, PC woke liberalism screws up anything it touches. Up and away with the capitalist visionaries!

53 posted on 03/13/2022 1:59:14 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: A Navy Vet

I think those who travel through space have a bond that transcends politics. Although prepared to fight each other I believe submariners are similar.


58 posted on 03/13/2022 6:08:14 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: A Navy Vet

What about the astronauts family? The tourist mission is only ten days long he could come back with them at the end of that mission. As of today NASA has still approved of the launch why would Ukraine stop a launch from Florida when the rocket is going north north east towards Scotland and then over the Arctic circle. Russia wouldn’t dare shoot down a manned capsule that would immediately spark World war three. Crew Dragon is the ONLY space launch vehicle with 100% abort at every point on accent to orbit capability no other launch system has that level of safety. Scotland is the last abort site just off shore the others are in the North Atlantic and along the Eastern seaboard. By the time Scotland is reached the crew Dragon is going fast enough to abort to orbit using its on board Super Drago engines do a once around and reenter for a slowdown off the Pacific Coast of California. I would rather fly on crew Dragon anyway over Soyuz where the last abort nearly killed the 3 passengers with a 9+ G ballistic reentry and hard ground touchdown. Crew Dragon has on board abort and steering engines it will never do a ballistic entry it always flys a guided entry profile well under 5Gs

https://www.space.com/ax-1-axiom-space-station-mission


63 posted on 03/14/2022 12:24:20 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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