Smiles and Cries
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they have a docking sim so they practiced but they auto-dock instead? Interesting
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SpaceX Dragonship Endeavor Launch: The Future Begins Now
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Smiles and Cries
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big shadow sunset comming
Shizumapower
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1.2 million watching
Smiles and Cries
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seeing this I'm thinking they need more of these Dragons docked as Life Boats or Escape pods on the ISS can't believe they don't have an escape plan
Shizumapower
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Agreed. Decisions..
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They keep two Soyuz capsules docked with the ISS at all times, typically with six astronauts on board, so they always have a way for all crew to escape if need be.
Looks pretty sick could pass for non-geek attire.Agreed. Decisions..
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Shizumapower
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Maybe they can finally get proper funding.
SpaceX is showing what can be done.
Trump calls for $25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
President Donald Trump wants to raise NASA's budget to $25.2 billion for the fiscal year beginning in October, an increase of 12% over the current year's funding.
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#Phonepunk#
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wow its been 9 years. long time coming.
Smiles and Cries
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ah thanks for the correction and reminder, should have remembered that
Maybe they can finally get proper funding.
SpaceX is showing what can be done.
Trump calls for $25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
President Donald Trump wants to raise NASA's budget to $25.2 billion for the fiscal year beginning in October, an increase of 12% over the current year's funding.www.google.com
I agree with Trump on yet one more thing
I hope they get more funding with SpaceX doing things
hope the other guys step up too hated to see Boeing failing at this task
We also need Blue Origin to show us their stuff
Smiles and Cries
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I guess they are they mostly naked under those suits? they always cut off when they change. It is not like the bulky old suits with under bladder suit.
Shizumapower
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Just reading up on that. A positive future.
Trump hails SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch success for NASA
A new era of spaceflight has begun, the president said.
Boeing is a part of that future, too. The aerospace giant signed its own contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, worth $4.2 billion, which it will fulfill with a capsule called CST-100 Starliner.
Shizumapower
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How SpaceX's sleek spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era
A new breed of spaceship requires a new breed of spacesuits.
If it looks like the spacesuit is built for a movie set, that could be because the suit designer is legendary Hollywood costume designer Jose Fernandez, who is known for costumes in blockbusters such as "Wonder Woman," "Wolverine," "Batman vs. Superman" and "Captain America: Civil War."
Smiles and Cries
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Just reading up on that. A positive future.
Trump hails SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch success for NASA
A new era of spaceflight has begun, the president said.
Boeing is a part of that future, too. The aerospace giant signed its own contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, worth $4.2 billion, which it will fulfill with a capsule called CST-100 Starliner.
Yeah I know Boeing has a billion more funding than SpaceX they are old school so the contracts they get will always be bigger but man little upstart SpaceX is sure leading the way.
I just wanted Boeing to perform better this was like a race between them and SpaceX since they both had a capsule, that failure must be really hard on the Boeing team right now hope they can keep at it.
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Smiles and Cries
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ISS live feed is always nice
JareBear: Remastered
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What is that kind of camera called with the 8 lenses arranged circularly? Panoremic?
This is nuts, so we are actually going to see them dock and enter the ISS?
This is nuts, so we are actually going to see them dock and enter the ISS?
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I’ve never been so interested in hearing dudes talk about camera hookups and batteries
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Ornlu
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It really doesn't look like a rat on the original video. I'm not an expert on what kind of debris sloughs off or what kind of ice, etc form, but you can see multiple pieces bounce off in a similar pattern as it goes.
#Phonepunk#
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well after watching 1hour+ of uncut stream of these astronauts floating weightless i'm pretty convinced this shit is real. i mean not that i had any doubt before but... yeah.
hard to imagine the guts it must take to go through with this. i have a thing about heights. i also have a thing about enclosed spaces. i would love to go to space but never in a million years do i think i could do it. i would just black out on the way to the rocket.
hard to imagine the guts it must take to go through with this. i have a thing about heights. i also have a thing about enclosed spaces. i would love to go to space but never in a million years do i think i could do it. i would just black out on the way to the rocket.
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Romulus
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What's the difference between that and the original?
Ivory Blood
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JareBear: Remastered
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Go Elon, Go!
Check out this tour of the ISS that Sunny Williams filmed some years ago. Note all the wild physics concerns like having to do exercise on a free-floating platform to avoid applying torque to the entire space station:
Smiles and Cries
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here we go
newtypepilot
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this is it
JareBear: Remastered
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Hatches are open, leggo
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Jesus Carbomb
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Notice the dad wallpaper on those iPads.
Smiles and Cries
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I am watching 2 streams
the NSF guys answer a lot of good questions from chat while they chatter
also still have the SpaceX stream because they are a few seconds ahead
the NSF guys answer a lot of good questions from chat while they chatter
also still have the SpaceX stream because they are a few seconds ahead
newtypepilot
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They've boarded!!
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Ivory Blood
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History being made right in front of us.
Smiles and Cries
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no Social Distancing on the ISS 
JareBear: Remastered
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Squad
Ivory Blood
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Come to think of it - it's the best way to escape the pandemic here on Earth.no Social Distancing on the ISS
Smiles and Cries
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he is bleeding?
dolabla
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That's what I thought too. I dunno
MrTroubleMaker
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bumped his head getting out
jackets with pockets
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Doug entered ISS so hard and fast he hit his head.
Stiflers Mom
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Lol. Ted Cruz.
(btw, never knew they needed that long time for securing everything after docking)
(btw, never knew they needed that long time for securing everything after docking)
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Smiles and Cries
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the other stream NSF said he bumped his head on something, guess the excitement and waiting don't mix
newtypepilot
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get cruz outta here