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NorthoftheRedRiver · May 30, 2020

Reminded me of those times in the 60s, sitting in front of the TV biting my nails.

DanteEXT · May 30, 2020

Kinda neat watching the shots seeing how the vehicle is circling the disc

yesfan · May 30, 2020

NorthoftheRedRiver said:
Reminded me of those times in the 60s, sitting in front of the TV biting my nails.

I would watch the Gemini and Apollo missions on my Philco black and white tv This certainly made me think of my youth.

lukin2006 · May 30, 2020

The launch today brought me good memories. My Mother, Brother (both deceased...RIP) and I watched the very 1st shuttle launch together...just wish they were here today to watch America send Astronauts to space again. Well done SpaceX, Elon Musk and America...proud that Canada has contributed to the US space program...

My favourite Astronaut is a Canadian by the name of Chris Hadfield. He is a former cold war Canadian F18 fighter pilot.

He is truly a great person and I am so proud to call him a fellow Canuck. He grew up 90 minutes from me. I worked at the school board he attended and they had a school named him. Look him up...he is an amazing human.

He recorded this when he was the commander of the ISS

This is him and his brother and their Canadian pride.

DanteEXT · May 30, 2020

The astronauts named the capsule Endeavour

Runwildboys · May 30, 2020

YosemiteSam said:
The launch is about to happen.

Here is the live stream.

Watching and listening to Bob & Doug, I'm wishing they could see the likes we want to give them. LOL

SlammedZero · May 30, 2020

Runwildboys said:
I wonder if they'll have a live feed camera to prove the Earth is round.

They sure used a fantastic fisheye lens today.

YosemiteSam said:
Our "Curiosity" has already been there, done that.

Beat me to it!
:laugh:

big dog cowboy · May 30, 2020

I was very excited to see everything. The next few years will be exciting also with the plans that's been made. Watching the first woman step on the moon should be pretty dramatic.

triplets_93 · May 31, 2020

I was taken out of class to go to the cafeteria to watch John Glenn's orbit of the earth, on a small b&w TV.

Runwildboys · May 31, 2020

The live feed is so cool to watch. I really hope this makes at least some flat Earthers feel stupid.

YosemiteSam · May 31, 2020

YosemiteSam · May 31, 2020

They've docked with ISS.

JoeKing · May 31, 2020

I guess it takes time to debark from a dragon.

YosemiteSam · May 31, 2020

JoeKing said:
I guess it takes time to debark from a dragon.

Yeah, they said it needs to pressurize / stablize the vestibule between ISS and the Dragon capsule. (Endeavor) The temperature has to come down and they need to ensure proper mixing of the environmental atmosphere. Also need to ensure the CO2 pockets are blended out.

Last I heard, they said it takes about an hour or so.

Runwildboys · May 31, 2020

YosemiteSam said:

Boy, are they ever gonna be embarrassed when they see the footage of Earth out the window.

NorthoftheRedRiver · May 31, 2020

I'm just totally unqualified to be an astronaut. I'd have my seat tipped back and an arm hanging out the window.

DanteEXT · May 31, 2020

It was crazy the amount of steps that had to be taken just to get to the point of opening the doors once the capsule was docked.

Then you had the Russian just hanging out by the door the whole time with his arms crossed. I assume he is the bouncer.

Them · Jun 1, 2020

...Ya Gotta love this stuff...Spaceflight, man at his best! I remember of the Mercury, Gemini, and especially the Apollo missions...I'm glad we're back in the space rocket missions again...Now it's onward to the Moon, an soon Mars...I think I need to get out my old telescope again...it's a 4.5" Orion!!!...nyuk! :grin:

Hoofbite · Jun 1, 2020

YosemiteSam said:

Gotta wonder what it feels like. Bob looks like he's being inflated and is close to popping.

StarBoyz83 · Jun 1, 2020

ThemDangMartians said:
...Ya Gotta love this stuff...Spaceflight, man at his best! I remember of the Mercury, Gemini, and especially the Apollo missions...I'm glad we're back in the space rocket missions again...Now it's onward to the Moon, an soon Mars...I think I need to get out my old telescope again...it's a 4.5" Orion!!!...nyuk!

Itd be the 1st time on the moon and it would be awesome.

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