SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station

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Post by lultimouomo » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 11:20 AM UTC

SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station
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Post by areoform » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:34 PM UTC

Do you ever wonder how people felt when they say Magellan or Captain Cook set off? Or, when they watched the Apollo missions happen?

I'm guessing that this is what it felt like. We're at the dawn of a new space age.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:37 PM UTC

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Post by Klathmon » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:44 PM UTC

Congratulations to the team at SpaceX!

They are opening the hatch right now on the stream if anyone here wants to watch along https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:45 PM UTC

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Post by zargath » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:45 PM UTC

Fantastic, very impressive.

But somewhere inside (my little star-wars/trek spirit), I wish that it was not so tricky. That we all could just travel and explore the universe.

Everybody always talk about how difficult it is in space and how much better earth is. Wish the debate would be more about all the possibilities in space or on other planets. What can we do with zero gravity? For all the bad things with living on Mars, could there be some amazing benefits, new materials and so on..

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Post by bamboozled » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:52 PM UTC

Does anyone else find the title confusing? What's a "Crew Dragon"?

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Post by mikejb » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:55 PM UTC

bamboozled wrote: post #7

Does anyone else find the title confusing? What's a "Crew Dragon"?

It's a dragon spacecraft, but with configuration for crew. Hence Crew Dragon

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Post by jasonwen » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 12:58 PM UTC

Amazing achievement. Next step is a successfull return to Earth on 8th March.

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Post by kakarot » Sun, Mar 03, 2019, 1:01 PM UTC

zargath wrote: post #6

Fantastic, very impressive. But somewhere inside (my little star-wars/trek spirit), I wish that it was not so tricky. That we all could just travel and explore the universe. Everybody always talk about how difficult it is in space and how much better earth is. Wish the debate would be more about all the possibilities in space or on other planets. What can we do with zero gravity? For all the bad things with living on…

Navigating the open seas used to be tricky. Settling new land used to be tricky. Have faith. :)