Spacex launch today at 2 pm

[foxtrapper]

History being made! Discovery channel!

 

[Rook]

It won't be until 4:33 PM EDT.

 

[foxtrapper]

Yep coverage went live at 2.

 

[mishtub]

Launch scrubbed

 

[Snake45]

Tomorrow: Geraldo Rivera jumps the Snake River Canyon!

 

[Bull Barrel]

I see what ya did there!

 

[Jimbo357mag]

https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-nasa-astronaut-launch-weather-delayed-to-saturday-2020-5

Re-scheduled - the mission, called Demo-2, at 3:22 p.m. ET on Saturday. If that launch fails, they have one more opportunity on Sunday at 3 p.m.

 

[blume357]

It's probably all about selling advertising... I mean how hard is it to light a fuze?

 

[Snake45]

It's probably all about selling advertising... I mean how hard is it to light a fuze?

Depends...was the fuse made by the Acme Rocket Company?

 

[Jeepnik]

The US government has all but ceded manned space missions to other governments. Once we beat the Soviets to the moon they pretty much gave up. With the end of the shuttle program they all but got out of Space biz entirely.

Finally we have an opportunity to get back in the game. And it took American business to do it.

We had the promise all those years ago to make space exploration a reality. But we let it wither on the vine. Heck by now humans should have populated the moo and possibly nearby planets.

Truth is we need to get off this rock or we will disappear like other dominate species before us.

 

[vito]

I turned the TV on about a half hour before the scheduled launch and was disappointed, like most were, when the mission was delayed until Saturday. But this was the first launch that I had any interest in for a very long time. I admit that after the first two Apollo missions I sort of lost some interest, like most of the nation, and the same thing happened after the first few shuttle missions. But seeing this first SpaceX manned launch, and being the first time in 9 years to have Americans ready to go into orbit from an American launch site, was exciting for me. I will certainly be watching on Saturday and hope all goes as planned. I am still hopeful that there will be a manned mission to Mars within my lifetime, which likely means within the next ten years or so.

 

[Thumbcocker]

The US government has all but ceded manned space missions to other governments. Once we beat the Soviets to the moon they pretty much gave up. With the end of the shuttle program they all but got out of Space biz entirely.

Finally we have an opportunity to get back in the game. And it took American business to do it.

We had the promise all those years ago to make space exploration a reality. But we let it wither on the vine. Heck by now humans should have populated the moo and possibly nearby planets.

Truth is we need to get off this rock or we will disappear like other dominate species before us.

Totally agree

 

[chm270]

The US government has all but ceded manned space missions to other governments. Once we beat the Soviets to the moon they pretty much gave up. With the end of the shuttle program they all but got out of Space biz entirely.

Finally we have an opportunity to get back in the game. And it took American business to do it.

We had the promise all those years ago to make space exploration a reality. But we let it wither on the vine. Heck by now humans should have populated the moo and possibly nearby planets.

Truth is we need to get off this rock or we will disappear like other dominate species before us.

Totally agree

China is probably mapping out the far side as we speak.
Soon to claim the whole thing.
Wouldn't put it past them.

 

[wheelgun1958]

Watched it go live on nasa website.

 

[bobski]

every generation needs a feel good mission.
did anyone listen to the commentators? my GOD, they were crying.
feel good talk. give us more data specs!
so they launched 2 guys in space. we did that 60 years ago.
only history being made is a civilian co. did it.
ok ok...great.
what I consider history is reuseable stages that return to earth and real time video coverage onboard.

 

[Fox Mike]

every generation needs a feel good mission.
did anyone listen to the commentators? my GOD, they were crying.
feel good talk. give us more data specs!
so they launched 2 guys in space. we did that 60 years ago.
only history being made is a civilian co. did it.
ok ok...great.
what I consider history is reuseable stages that return to earth and real time video coverage onboard.

What you seem to be missing is that this launch is from the USA in a private concern's vehicle rather than in a government commissioned vehicle and not from Russia in a Soyuz space craft that we were paying out the nose for them to transport our people into space.

 

[Cooperhawk]

what I consider history is reuseable stages that return to earth and real time video coverage onboard.

I guess you missed the part where the first stage landed on the barge to be reused.

 

[bobski]

cooper, I guess you missed the part that 'that' was what I was talking about.

 

[bobski]

fox...I covered that point. nothing was missed.

 

[eveled]

My son watched this entire thing in absolute awe. I was very worried it would blow up or crash while he was watching live. So much hype seemed like a jinx to me. Seeing Christa McAuliffe vaporize on live tv traumatized a generation of school kids.

Glad all went well, and glad to see American back in the game.