1st SpaceX manned flight . .

[WItoTX]

Sr71 is just so cool. That and the stealth bomber/fighters were things my dad got to work on while in the airforce. I remember him taking me to watch them take off, just incredible machines.

My favorite part of the SR-71 was that due to the high heat it created travelling supersonic, the aircraft panels as designed had gaps while sitting on the runway prior to takeoff. These gaps would close up once the panels heated up travelling at supersonic speed. And the SR-71 used these panels as a fuel tank (Having a separate fuel tank would have weighed too much), so it leaked fuel while sitting on the runway prior to takeoff.

[Landrover]

I'm looking forward to liftoff on Saturday...….great stuff!

[drop dead fred]

I was mostly joking. I fully admit to all I don’t know about this stuff, and defer to the experts.

My own reservations about space exploration aside...what they’re doing is cool as hell, and I keep all involved in my prayers. The absolute balls it takes to set in that dude are second to none on this planet....or any other.

I’m here for all of the American ingenuity and testicular fortitude.

To think this country is terrified over a virus with a .02% chance of killing the average citizen, and those guys are gonna set on top of a whole **** ton of super explosive stuff with an end game of winding up in space....that’s courage!


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They had to add another burner on that thing to get those two dudes nuts off the ground


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[Landrover]

They had to add another burner on that thing to get those two dudes nuts off the ground


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Pretty much!

[drop dead fred]

Saw there was an explosion at the spacex test facility in Texas...... now i have an even worse feeling about this [emoji51]


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[Mudslinger]

saw there was an explosion at the spacex test facility in texas...... Now i have an even worse feeling about this [emoji51]


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yep!

[Sharecropper]

If I heard correctly, this the 4th time this rocket will be used . . The initial stage landed successfully 3 times previously . .

[Burnadell]

My grandfather put the first private rocket into space. He called it privately funded, but the govt and NASA sure did have their fingers all over it.

Interesting article on an interesting man with a vision:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/mr-hannahs-rocket/

[bobc]

Live broadcast on spacex.com now.


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[Dale Moser]

On TV?


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[Poppy]

Live on C-Span

[Abcdj]

Yes CNN.
That reporter chick Rachel is fired up about this launch. Must be a rocket scientist and EZ on the eye.

[S-3 Ranch]

National Geographic channel 276 on direct tv

[lilavidhunter]

On Fox News.

[SaltwaterSlick]

There she goes!!