Posted on 05/30/2020 9:40:24 AM PDT by cll
What can I say, I miss the hornrims, the crew cuts, the quirky astronauts, the guy in the vest...
This seems less new frontier, and way, way more corporate.
Amen to that.
“ This seems less new frontier, and way, way more corporate.”
That’s because it is.
Kaye Ballard singing “Fly Me to the Moon” https://youtu.be/mcwlGjDNkkw
8 year old Angelina Jordan singing “Fly Me to the Moon” https://youtu.be/nBGMQ9Kx9iI
Bkmk
I like your tagline - Matthew 13 is one of my favorites.
Agreed.
Hope you are well.
Crews now been told weather’s “iffy”
The US couldn’t make the space shuttle today. We don’t know how.
Hell, I am half surprised NASA is going to let this happen. I am not sure we have the infrastructure to do this.
What’s holding the straps of her mask?
“It’s been 1/2 century. This is not advance. This is humiliating.“
Somebody needs a hug
God forbid, if something goes wrong, rioters will cheer.
Not only LCD controls, it’s a sleek white interior with greatly improved lighting.
I kind of feel the same way. The shuttle was such a step forward in capability, and certainly looked cooler. However, a teardrop-shaped capsule is necessary for flights to higher orbits and to the moon. Something like the shuttle could only be used in relatively low Earth orbit because the re-entry velocity is much lower. Re-entering at the higher speeds involved coming back from the moon, for example, requires a capsule configuration to survive it.
So we’re going to be seeing a lot of capsules for the foreseeable future, from not only SpaceX but also Boeing and others. Of course, there is one exception which is the SpaceX Starship, if they can get it to stop rapidly disassembling during tests.
This is the first commercial/private manned spaceflight in history. And at no cost to taxpayers, the possibilities of escalation are great. Brand new technologies have been developed and deployed for today’s launch.
That’s the significance of this. Cut us some slack for being excited.
Decision point for Go/NoGo at about T-minus 35 minutes before propellant fuel loading.
Crossing fingers and praying.
Infinitely better than the 2000 switches. circuit breakers, and dials on the SS.
John Glenn is bored by this mission—and he is dead. :-(
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