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How to watch SpaceX launch NASA astronauts to the ISS in Demo-2 mission

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Thanks, Richard
Did not realize the US have not launched an astronaut from our soil since 2011 into space. That is a very long time ago. Wishing SpaceX a successful flight into space.
 
SpaceX crewed mission is a 'go' for launch next week.


www.engadget.com

SpaceX crewed mission is a 'go' for launch next week

NASA and SpaceX have confirmed that they’ve had “a very successful launch readiness review” at a virtual press conference. SpaceX has just test-fired the Falcon 9’s first-stage engines as part of the final series of tests needed before launch.
www.engadget.com www.engadget.com
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Richard
 
SpaceX's lst Astronaut launch breaking new ground for style.


apnews.com

SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship — all of it white with black...
apnews.com apnews.com
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Richard
 
This is how NOT to watch it! Disregard for Social Distancing at its best! :mad:
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~Diane
 
moonstone said:
This is how NOT to watch it! Disregard for Social Distancing at its best! :mad:View attachment 21426

~Diane
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Please don't tell me that was from yesterday? My bff lives on Merritt Island. She said they had all been "encouraged" to watch the launch from home on television, or at least to use social distancing.
 
Luanne said:
Please don't tell me that was from yesterday? My bff lives on Merritt Island. She said they had all been "encouraged" to watch the launch from home on television, or at least to use social distancing.
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Oh yes it was! Other vantage points (parks and parking lots) along the Indian river were just as bad. A woman who works at our timeshare in St Augustine drove her kids down to watch it. Everywhere was so crowded she found a parking spot with a good sight line and wouldn't let her kids get out of the car. She thinks they'll watch the launch from the beach in St Augustine on Saturday.

~Diane
 
moonstone said:
Oh yes it was! Other vantage points (parks and parking lots) along the Indian river were just as bad. A woman who works at our timeshare in St Augustine drove her kids down to watch it. Everywhere was so crowded she found a parking spot with a good sight line and wouldn't let her kids get out of the car. She thinks they'll watch the launch from the beach in St Augustine on Saturday.

~Diane
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definitely not social distancing!
that's the bridge that goes over to Merritt Island NWR and Canaveral beaches, been there many times
 
MULTIZ321 said:
The historic SpaceX-NASA launch could once again be scrubbed due to bad weather.


www.cnn.com

The historic SpaceX-NASA launch could once again be scrubbed due to bad weather | CNN

The first crewed spaceflight to take off from the US in nearly a decade is scheduled to launch on Saturday.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com


Richard
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According to my bff, whose dd works Safety for the launches, if it doesn't go today the next planned date is tomorrow. After that, there is no Plan C, at least that she knows of.
 
pedro47 said:
Where was this photo taken? The majority of the people are not wearing masks. Why?
Someone closed this public bridge for a private space launch? No way
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The photo I posted (copied from an American newspaper) was of the A. Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville. It crosses the Indian River and was closed by the city to vehicular traffic in hopes that people could spread out to watch the launch, instead thousands flocked to the bridge to watch. Bad enough that they are so close together but very few (if any?) are wearing masks!
No word if the craziness was repeated this afternoon.

~Diane
 
From today's launch. Posted by our friend who works Safety at Kennedy Space Center.

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American astronauts and an American rocket have returned to space.
 
appears to be a success --- prior to docking with the ISS
(but they need to come up with a better name than DEMO 2)
 
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appears to be a success --- prior to docking with the ISS
(but they need to come up with a better name than DEMO 2)
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Kind of exciting watching a launch again. I used to make it a point to watch them all. Godspeed to the astronauts.
 
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