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I have seen pictures of the Space X capsule over the last few days and it is visually unequal to any I have seen before.
Going back to the Mercury capsules and continuing through the Shuttle, their design was driven by engineers and function--they were function over form. That compares strikingly with the "new breed" which looks more like a automotive offshoot than a space craft. Obviously there has been involvement by a broader scope of designers. You can have both.
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Hope all goes well on the launch.
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Hope it all goes well also as its the first launch that's not the gov.
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I think the older capsules were built to get the job done while protecting the astronauts at the lowest, although expensive, cost. There was no money to make them pretty, only to make them functional.
The Space X model is a much better looking vehicle and I hope it functions as well as it looks.
Unfortunately l will miss the live launch as I have to take a dog to the vet.
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This is incredible---I am working on one screen and watching the launch preparation on the other---I never saw this detail on any of the previous missions. There are cameras inside the capsule as they are putting the astronauts into their seats.
This is the NASA lead--so no commercials ---only good narrative.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I sure hope you can get some or all of this when you get back home Mike---this is truly extraordinary, you would be as excited as I am.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I think it had to be delayed but I never saw anything to indicate that.
Bo, these guys have been in quarantine for weeks.
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You probably paused it at some point and got a little bit behind.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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I'm sure they have been and in a sterile environment as well but at some point there has to be a chance unless the entire support crew has been quarantined in a sterile environment as well.. I'm sure the risk is low but if i was on the ISS right now I'd be thinking twice about opening the hatch when the new crew came a knocking.Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
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While the risk could be higher now than normal---and I am not dismissing what you are saying, the same threat exists in every trip. I have to believe this possibility is very closely managed by NASA. The astronauts on station are believed to have suppressed immune systems.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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They did it...
I'm curious and can't seem find it on line but how does the crew capsule land when they return to earth? The boosters land on a barge but does the crew capsule parachute into the ocean like capsules of the past?
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It's a repeat of Mercury. They are planned to land in the Pacific but they do have the capability of landing on dry land.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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