A 3-minute summary for those who missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk
SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
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#102I'm glad that the space age has been rekindled. I wish Europe would do something similar.
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#103Does anyone know if there's an interactive map where we can track where Dragon is in context of the earth?
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#104It is hard to convey how "sustainable" this feels to me. For the first time, humans have gone into orbit in a spacecraft that was designed from the ground up to be a commercial venture. All of the NASA missions prior to this have an ambience of "uneconomical but useful". Even the shuttle, which was supposed to be this cost effective space truck, turned out to be not even close. And the last thing I'm feeling is the a…
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#105Not very Kerbal, good job and goodspeed!
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#106It's absolutely incredible to see this. So much work to get us here. So much work just to organize this launch event. Seeing astronauts getting dropped off in one of the most technologically advanced automobiles on Earth and walk into the capsule sitting on top of a rocket which is the Pinnacle of humanity's biggest advancements in technology and space is astounding and goosebumps-enducing. What a time to be alive!
And the best part is that this is only the beginning! God I hope I live long enough to see human beings set foot on Mars.
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#107And right as the booster was landing on the ship the satellite feed cut out.
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#108Who else has prepared snacks and beer? I can feel blood in my ears how excited I am. Good luck SpaceX & NASA!
I popped a Gulden Draak 9000 for this to be stylish :)
Ha, not sure if people get how great that choice is if they don't know the beer. For those who don't, Gulden Draak is a Belgian beer which translated would be "Golden Dragon"
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One might say that Crew Dragon's days are counted already. Even SpaceX' Gwynne Shotwell (she is SpaceX' long-time COO, in case you do not know her yet) is hoping that SpaceX will fly people on Starship in maybe 3-4 years and she is way more grounded than Mr. Musk. They plan to achieve this unreasonable sounding feat by producing large numbers of Starships and launching them very often to accumulate massive experience…
I wouldn’t say she is that much more grounded: she has also said they are planning on passenger New York Shanghai rocket trips for a price between an economy and business class plane ticket by 2028: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/11/17227036/flight-spacex-gwynne-... Not a prototype or demonstration, a real commercial flight service.
That doesn't seem like a crazy estimate. It's not conservative, but seems doable.
The very first SpaceX launch was in 2008. Since then they have developed and iterated on reliable, reusable space travel. Its plausible that they can adopt that technology to a commercial platform in 8 years.
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https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/ > Lifting off from Launch Pad 39A atop a specially instrumented Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon will accelerate its two passengers to approximately 17,000 mph and put it on an intercept course with the International Space Station. Once in orbit, the crew and SpaceX mission control will verify the spacecraft is performing as intended by testing the environmental control system, the disp…
Do they have to stay seated & buckled the whole 19 hours? Dare I ask how they eat or go to the bathroom on the 19 hour trip?
Crew Dragon has a toilet.