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SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for ISS
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sakeneko
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 SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for ISS Who else plans to stay up and watch? 
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beamjockey
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS Second attempt 3:44 AM EDT on Tuesday, 22 May, or about three hours and twenty minutes from now.
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JamesGifford
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS Successful orbit. Only three days after a last-minute abort and an engine repair. Color me impressed.
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PeterScott
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS And . Dropping the cost to LEO by an order of magnitude. And Musk has his sights set on Mars.
It seems we have not just one D.D. Harriman today, but several...
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sakeneko
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS Indeed.  The scrubbed launch didn't bother me too much; thank goodness they scrubbed it 1 second *before* takeoff instead of 1 second after! Faulty equipment is part of the cost of business for companies engineering a new type of product, as this pretty much is. <fingers crossed> Everything will work now.
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JamesGifford
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS ISS has grappled the Dragon capsule; full docking is imminent.
RMA operator Don Pettit grasped the capsule and announced, "Looks like we got us a dragon by the tail."
Wherever else manned spaceflight goes, may there always be room for one smartass on the crew. Of course, this is that "Summon demon is a first-order spell" stage...
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sakeneko
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Re: SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for IS Yep. But the Dragon is aboard the ISS, so they've got their goodies.
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