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11-15-2020, 08:32 PM | #3542 |
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Press conference is live on NASA TV if anyone is interested.
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11-16-2020, 05:19 AM | #3543 |
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When are they gonna test fly the new Saturn 5 type heavy lift star ship rocket?
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11-16-2020, 10:49 AM | #3547 |
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To clarify, they're hoping to "hop" Starship (the second stage) soon. Super Heavy SN01 is being built, but there hasn't been any timeline given for flying that one.
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11-16-2020, 03:06 PM | #3548 |
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Just checked in. WTF is that?
https://www.spacex.com/launches/ Long distance shot of Resilience from the ISS? |
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11-16-2020, 03:27 PM | #3549 | |
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I was in kindergarten when Apollo 8 launched and everybody was glued to the TV in the classroom. It was the First manned launch of the Saturn V and first trip to the moon. Incredible what Von Braun did with the fuel pumps for those first stage engines. 3,000 gallons a second if I remember right and the whole thing was 7 million pounds fully loaded. 1960’s technology and still the most powerful machine ever built by man. |
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11-16-2020, 03:46 PM | #3550 |
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They're doing a live event from Dragon here in a few minutes. (EDIT: Starts about 4:20 into the video. Elon would be proud.)
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11-16-2020, 10:27 PM | #3551 |
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Welp, they're hooked together. Woot..
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11-17-2020, 07:31 AM | #3552 |
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I just watched the recording of the welcome ceremony, and wow, that's awesome. It never gets old. When the Japanese were talking it really showed, again, the good things that happen when people work together.
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11-17-2020, 07:43 AM | #3553 |
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My wife gets to brag about talking to Von Braun in her apartment kitchen. His daughter was in college with her. Sorry a little off subject
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11-17-2020, 07:46 AM | #3554 |
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