As CNN said right after the launch a FEEL GOOD moment for the American people to watch when maybe it is a good thing to have to watch at a time when there is mostly bad news .
For the old-timers like myself it takes me back to my childhood watching the Apollo missions. The advances made since then are jaw dropping. Amazing accomplishment and should be celebrated. Godspeed to the brave astronauts.
I was out on a bike ride on Bayshore Blvd in Tampa
for landing the crew dragon? Is the plan to land it in the atlantic ocean?
NASA hasn’t decided when the pair will head home; it’ll be sometime between the next six and 16 weeks. When that decision is made, Behnken and Hurley will climb back into their Crew Dragon capsule and begin the intense journey back through our planet’s atmosphere. The Crew Dragon is equipped with a heat shield to protect the astronauts from the fiery descent, and the capsule has a suite of four parachutes designed to open and gently lower the vehicle into the Atlantic Ocean. After splashdown, a SpaceX recovery boat will greet the crew and take them and their capsule back to shore. Link - ( New Window )
US Gov't actually developed the prior vehicles. While private companies did the actual construction of the parts, the design was mainly by NASA.
SpaceX was designed by Elon Musk's company and it met specs to meet the requirements of NASA.
Much needed.
Very cool moment.
Announcers were too giddish. Found them unprofessional rah rah folks for such an accomplished undertaking.
NASA hasn’t decided when the pair will head home; it’ll be sometime between the next six and 16 weeks. When that decision is made, Behnken and Hurley will climb back into their Crew Dragon capsule and begin the intense journey back through our planet’s atmosphere. The Crew Dragon is equipped with a heat shield to protect the astronauts from the fiery descent, and the capsule has a suite of four parachutes designed to open and gently lower the vehicle into the Atlantic Ocean. After splashdown, a SpaceX recovery boat will greet the crew and take them and their capsule back to shore.
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but this milestone was really a Government contract like the previous NASA missions
NASA never built rockets but private companies.. -- Boring Douglas and North American Aviation did .
I guess as best you could say SpaceX was first private company to solely build a rocket that carried men into Space.
just find the semantics a bit odd..
SpaceX routinely landing rockets is really one of the most amazing engineering achievements of this century.
This moves NASA squarely out of the manufacturing busines, and back into the exploration business.
SpaceX was designed by Elon Musk's company and it met specs to meet the requirements of NASA.
I believe that is the best way to explain it.
but this milestone was really a Government contract like the previous NASA missions
NASA never built rockets but private companies.. -- Boring Douglas and North American Aviation did .
I guess as best you could say SpaceX was first private company to solely build a rocket that carried men into Space.
just find the semantics a bit odd..
but this milestone was really a Government contract like the previous NASA missions
NASA never built rockets but private companies.. -- Boring Douglas and North American Aviation did .
I guess as best you could say SpaceX was first private company to solely build a rocket that carried men into Space.
just find the semantics a bit odd..
I laughed.