Posted on 09/29/2024 6:37:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Prayers up for all.
They have already docked with the space station and had a celebration.
I watched the launch and it was beautiful đ.
âWeâre bringing you your custom new space suits!â
launch (replay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw-1B24-p4E
docking (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjstMtKXUhM
Maybe the FAA will dream up some BS reason to keep them from landing as another prissy way to punish Musk for supporting Trump.
And presumably a lot of underwear changes, socks, t-shirts....
everyone is on the station, not stranded
And??
Doesnât mean I canât say prayers for them.
Not sure I understand your reply/post, to my âPrayers up for allâ post.
Now, if the Hussein/Biden Harris Regime would simply get out of the way with the SuperHeavy Booster/Starship, amazing progress is just around the corner.
AND, SpaceX has been chosen to launch the wonderfully named Europa Clipper soon. The Falcon Heavy (3 Falcon 9s strapped together) will launch it to Europa, one of the more interesting moons of the gas giant Jupiter. While Europa is covered by ice, previous missions have indicated that below the ice, there is a very strong possibility of liquid water.
The spacecraft will perform flybys of Mars and Earth as gravity assists in its 5-6 year journey to Europa. In 2030, the Europa Clipper will arrive and start gathering data.
SpaceX has revolutionized aerospace. They said, over and over, it could not be done. Reusability has driven down the cost of each launch from billions to millions. In some of the previous Falcon Heavy launches, the two side Falcon 9s return and land right near the launch site. The center Falcon 9 lands on an ocean barge, and all three rockets are reused.
The launch window for the Europa Clipper opens on October 10. If weather or other factors arise, there are several weeks of other launch possibilities to still reach Europa.
I imagine the two stranded astronauts will have had their fill of space.
The article says one of the Starliner stranded astronauts, Williams, has been promoted to commander of the space station. So the astronauts trained to spend months working at the station were passed over for one who was only supposed to be there a few days? Seems like a strange decision.
Imagine thinking youâll only have to use a vacuum style toilet for only 1 week, thatâs not so bad⌠and then discovering you need to vacuum your poop for many more months in space. Yuck!
and while elon rescues NASA’s astronauts marooned because one of NASA’s other contractors can’t make their crap fly in both directions, NASA is suing elon for some environmental report that doesn’t have all of it’s eyes dotted and tees crossed ...
Yep, they probably won't want to go back after this whole mess...
Cool links. Thanks.
Got to promote the female, don’t you know?
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