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SpaceX Dragon Lifting off 4:55 AM EDT/1:55 AM PDT for ISS
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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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?
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Fri May 18, 2012 7:15 pm |
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beamjockey
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 am Posts: 545 Location: Aurora, IL, USA, Terra
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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.
_________________ Bill Higgins bill.higgins@gt.org http://beamjockey.livejournal.com
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Mon May 21, 2012 8:26 pm |
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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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.
_________________ "Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders." - Luther In the end, I found Heinlein is finite. Thus, finite analysis is needed.
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Tue May 22, 2012 4:37 am |
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PeterScott
Heinlein Nexus
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am Posts: 2236 Location: Pacific NorthWest
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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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Tue May 22, 2012 6:31 am |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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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.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Tue May 22, 2012 9:14 pm |
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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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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Fri May 25, 2012 8:18 am |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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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.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Fri May 25, 2012 10:18 pm |
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