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Old 05-27-2020, 03:39 PM   #1
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Anyone else watching the manned SpaceX launch today!?!?

https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/

16:33 eastern. Be there or be a square... Or flat-earth as the case may be.

I'm sure you can find your favorite site/channel/stream to watch pretty easily, it's kind of a big deal.
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Anyone else watching the manned SpaceX launch today!?!?

https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/

16:33 eastern. Be there or be a square... Or flat-earth as the case may be.

I'm sure you can find your favorite site/channel/stream to watch pretty easily, it's kind of a big deal.
It's all over our news channels.
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Scrubbed. They missed the weather window by under 15 minutes but the launch window had very little leeway.
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Scrubbed. They missed the weather window by under 15 minutes but the launch window had very little leeway.
Lol just came back to say that now lol. Oh well. SATURDAY!
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Houston we have a problem.....
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Houston we have a problem.....
Well, a weather problem. They made the right call from what I can tell (NASA hasn't always done that you know)
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Well, a weather problem. They made the right call from what I can tell (NASA hasn't always done that you know)
Must be so frustrating for the astronauts.. what time Saturday?
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I'm very anti-Elon, but I hope they succeed.

Shotwell has my respect so far, I'm watching a TED interview with her now, proof positive if you want to climb the corporate ladder in aerospace learn thermal analysis. She gives me hope SpaceX will be a net positive for the world.
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Must be so frustrating for the astronauts.. what time Saturday?
Per SpaceX (because NASA didn't keep it on their launch page I linked...)

Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT, or 19:22 UTC
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Link is up on the launch page.

OT, but years ago I had the opportunity to view a shuttle daylight launch live from the friends and family seats, as close as civilians could get. It was profound with light, sound, vibration, shock waves that were literally breathtaking, and so bright it was difficult to look at directly even with G15 Aviators, incredible.
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Link is up on the launch page.

OT, but years ago I had the opportunity to view a shuttle daylight launch live from the friends and family seats, as close as civilians could get. It was profound with light, sound, vibration, shock waves that were literally breathtaking, and so bright it was difficult to look at directly even with G15 Aviators, incredible.
Can confirm as I saw a few launches when I lived in Florida upclose and at a distance. Even from 200 miles away (I lived in W. Palm Beach) the night shots were spectacular.

The office I worked in in Boca Raton was about the tallest building in the area at 10 stories. I buddy of mine had an office on the 9th floor that faced North. He had a square marked out on his window. At about 20 seconds after launch you could watch the shuttle arc through the window. Obviously couldn't see details but you could see the rocket plume as it climbed.

That doesn't come close to seeing it up close though.
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That doesn't come close to seeing it up close though.

One of those experiences beyond words.

I was guest of a friend that day who was the shuttle Pilot. On his second launch he was Mission Commander. He qualified by being a Naval Aviator, Instructor Pilot, and NASA Test Pilot. He did his 20 and out on loan from the Navy to NASA then thought he'd become an ATP with one of the bigs. Except he interviewed with the Big Three and was rejected. They all thought he was over qualified, would become bored and leave.

So with Fed permission, he got a job with Roscosmos and ran part of their ISS program for a couple years then retired again. He said living in Russia was probably his most dangerous mission.
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I think this guy has seen loads of launches..

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